07/12/13 'soldiers' re-enact the Jacobite uprising of 1745 at Swarkestone Bridge.

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Dressed in period uniforms and using replica weapons, 'soldiers' re-enact the Jacobite uprising of 1745 at Swarkestone Bridge Derbyshire. The bridge on the River Trent marks the furthest southerly point the Jacobite army reached in 1745. The Jacobite Rebellion was led by Bonnie Prince Charlie. HIs army's advance party reached Swarkestone bridge, to gain control of the crossing of the Trent. Finding no reports of support from the south, they then on December 6th, turned back to Derby and then retreated to Scotland and final defeat at the Battle of Culloden. Swarkestone thereby being the most southerly point reached during that army's advance on London.

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Size: 5184px × 3108px
Photo credit: © Rod Kirkpatrick / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: bonnie, bridge, charlie, derbyshire, prince, swarkestone