Hoghton Towers, Chorley, Lancashire, UK. 19th July, 2015. Musket detail at the Battle of Preston – the last battle on English soil. This year sees the 300th anniversary of the last battle on English soil and a decisive moment in the first Jacobite Rising. The Battle of Preston (9–14 November 1715), also referred to as the Preston Fight, was fought during the Jacobite Rising of 1715 (often referred to as the First Jacobite Rising, or Rebellion by supporters of the Hanoverian government). Credit: CernanElias/Alamy Live News
The Battle of Preston – the last battle on English soil. This year sees the 300th anniversary of the last battle on English soil and a decisive moment in the first Jacobite Rising. The Battle of Preston (9–14 November 1715), also referred to as the Preston Fight, was fought during the Jacobite Rising of 1715 (often referred to as the First Jacobite Rising, or Rebellion by supporters of the Hanoverian government). A doglock is a type of lock for firearms that preceded the 'true' flintlock in fusils, muskets, and pistols in the 17th century. Commonly used throughout Europe in the 17th century, it gained popular favor in the British and Dutch military. A doglock carbine was the principal weapon of the harquebusier, the most numerous type of cavalry in the armies of the Thirty Years' War and English Civil War era. Like the snaphance, it was largely supplanted by the flintlock.
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Location: Hoghton, Preston, Lancashire, UK.
Photo credit: © Cernan Elias / Alamy / Afripics
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