Sunday, July 20, 2008

Just a Fact, Ma'am

Fact of the Day

Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Inverkeithing (AKA Battle of Pitreavie) in 1651. Part of the third "English" civil war, the battle pitched Oliver Cromwell's parliamentary New Model Army against a force of Scots loyal to King Charles. Among the 2,000 Scots dead were some 760 Macleans.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Fred Bothwell
frebo3@yahoo.com

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