Battle of Culloden
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Comment by Donald Munro on June 2nd, 2009 at 12:34 am
Battle of Culloden. In your section headed Armies you state that The British Army under Cumberland included “A professional battalion of Highland Scots from Clan Munro who had been fighting for the British in France.”
This is quite wrong, the Clan Munro did support the government side, they were not at Culloden. The mistake your writer has made is that he/she has assumed that because the name Munro appears on the battle plan, this was the clan Munro. This was, in fact, an English regiment, The Hampshire Regiment – the 37th Regiment of Foot.
The reason for this is that the tradition at that time was for a regiment to be named after its commanding officer who in this case was Sir Robert Munro. Sir Robert had been in command of the Black Watch on the continent and was brought back home and given the command of the Hampshire Regiment which then became Munro’s Regiment.
As it turns out, Munro did not even reach Culloden as he was killed at the battle of Falkirk on his way north. So the Munro’s Regiment shown at Culloden did not even have a Munro commanding officer – the regiment was by then under the command of Colonel Louis Dejean and the Regiment’s name had not been changed to Dejean’s.
It would take just a small amount of investigation to prove that what I have written is correct and hope that you will remove “A professional battalion of Highland Scots from Clan Munro who had been fighting for the British in France.” from your article. The internet includes so much that is good and informative but also includes a lot of wrong and misleading “facts.” I an sure that The New World Encyclopedia would not want to be accused of the latter.
Regards, Donald Munro
Comment by Michael Munro on August 26th, 2009 at 5:12 am
I agree with Donald Munro. There were actually no Munros at the Battle of Culloden. So this article is incorrect.
Regards, Michael Munro.
Comment by Clinton Bennett on August 26th, 2009 at 11:58 am
Thank you for the comment. However, the Munro’s 37th fought in the battle losing 14 men and suffering 69 casualties. Sir Robert Munro had been killed at Falkirk, so obviously he was not present. However, the regiment was and it would be odd if not a single man belonged to clan Munro although one of my great uncles was a soldier in a Scottish regiment and was not Scottish, so it is possible that the regiment did not have a single clan member. If you know that for a fact, please cite a reliable source.
regards
Dr Clinton Bennett
Comment by Graham Wolfe on October 6th, 2011 at 11:18 pm
CORRECTION!!!!
SECOND LINE—Maj.Gen John Huske
Wolfe’s Regiment of Foot (Lt.Col James Wolfe) This should be Lt. Gen Edward Wolfe, the fater of Lt. Col. James Wolfe.
Lt. Col. James Wolfe was at the battle. He was adj. to Lord Bury who assumed command of Bligh’s 20th on Bligh’s death.
The fact that fater and son were both at the battle often causes confusion. The assumption that the 8th were commanded by James Wolfe is oftem made due to him later becoming so famous at the Battle of Quebec.
Comment by Graham Wolfe on October 13th, 2011 at 9:18 pm
Error in last posting by me.
SECOND LINE—Maj.Gen John Huske
Wolfe’s Regiment of Foot (Lt.Col James Wolfe)
The above entry should be Lt. Gen Edward Wolfe, the father of Lt. Col. James Wolfe.
Lt. Col. James Wolfe was at the battle. He was adc. to Lord Bury who assumed command of Bligh’s 20th.
The fact that father and son were both at the battle often causes confusion. The assumption that the 8th were commanded by James Wolfe is oftem made due to James later becoming so famous at the Battle on the Plains of Abraham also know as the Battle of Quebec.
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