Siege of Carlisle (December 1745)

Siege of Carlisle (December 1746)
Part of Jacobite rising of 1745
View of Carlisle, by Thomas Allom
Date 21–30 December 1745 Location Carlisle, England, Great Britain Result Government victory
Belligerents
British Government	Jacobites
Commanders and leaders
Duke of Cumberland George Wade William Belford	John Hamilton Francis Towneley
Strength
5,050	400
Casualties and losses
2 killed, 11 wounded	1 killed, 15 wounded, 384 captured

The siege of Carlisle (December 1745) took place from 21 to 30 December during the Jacobite rising of 1745, when a Jacobite garrison surrendered to government forces led by the Duke of Cumberland.

The town had been captured by the Jacobite army that invaded England in November 1745 and reached as far south as Derby, before turning back on 6 December. They re-entered Carlisle on 19 December; leaving a garrison of 400 men, the main army continued its retreat into Scotland the next day.

Advance elements of the government army reached Carlisle on 21 December, but siege operations were delayed until their heavy artillery arrived six days later. They commenced firing on 28 December, and the Jacobites surrendered on 30th; 384 prisoners were taken, some of whom were later executed and many others sentenced to transportation to the West Indies.