Skirmish of Alness

Skirmish of Alness
	Part of Jacobite rising of 1715
	; The Bridge of Alness
Date	October 1715
Location	Alness, Scotland
Result	Jacobite victory, government troops retreated
Belligerents
Great Britain:; Clan Sutherland; Clan Mackay; Clan Ross; Clan Munro	Jacobites:; Clan Mackenzie; Clan MacDonald of Sleat; Clan MacRae; Clan Mackinnon; Clan Chisholm
Commanders and leaders
Earl of Sutherland; Lord Reay; Baronet Munro; Munro of Newmore	Earl of Seaforth; Sir Donald MacDonald
Strength
1800	3000
Casualties and losses
1 killed	None

The Skirmish of Alness was a conflict that took place in October 1715 in Alness, in the county of Ross in the Scottish Highlands. It was part of the Jacobite rising of 1715 and pitted Highlanders loyal to the British-Hanoverian Government of George I of Great Britain against Highlanders loyal to the Jacobite House of Stuart.^[1]^[2]

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^ ^a ^b ^c Sage, Rev. Donald, A.M. (1789 - 1869). Minister of Resolis. "1". Memorabilia Domestica or Parish Life in the North of Scotland. pp. 4-5. Retrieved 4 April 2019.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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