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Did the Duke of Cumberland introduce a new bayonet drill before Culloden?

Numerous histories of the Battle of Culloden reference the Duke of Cumberland's purportedly new bayonet drill which was allegedly introduced in his infantry battalions...

On this day

12 March

12 March 1689: The deposed James VII and II landed at Kinsale in Ireland from France, marking the beginning of the Williamite War which...

11 March

11 March 1708: With a French fleet carrying James Francis Edward Stuart sailing for Scotland, Queen Anne vetoed the Scottish Militia Bill. Anne withheld...

8 March

8 March 1702: The death at Kensington Palace of William III and II. William died of pneumonia, which arose as a complication from a...