22 February

22 February 1746: 130 soldiers from FritzJames’s Regiment of Horse were landed at Aberdeen by a French ship. The men who were mainly Irish and English were “clothed in red turned up with blue.” They brought saddles, horse furniture, cavalry arms, breastplates and ten cart-loads of baggage ashore.

22 February 1746: Four companies of the Argyllshire Militia marched from Dumbarton to Inveraray to defend the town and to confront any Jacobite advance into Argyllshire. The following day Major-General John Campbell of Mamore with another 4 companies would set out from Dumbarton.

Neil Ritchie
Neil Ritchie
Neil Ritchie is the founder and editor of JacobiteWars.com. Neil has a keen interest in the military history of Scotland and in particular the military history of the Civil Wars and the Jacobite Risings. He is also the editor of other online publications covering military history and defence matters. Neil can be found on Bluesky: @neilritchie.bsky.social

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