Siege of Fort William (1746)
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The Siege of Fort William (1746) was a Jacobite attempt during the 1745–46 rising to capture the government-held fortress at Fort William in the Scottish Highlands, ultimately abandoned after an ineffective bombardment.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
event of the Jacobite rising of 1745
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ siege ⓘ |
| conflictIn | 18th century ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of Culloden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadArtilleryBatteriesLocation | hills around Fort William ⓘ |
| hadBelligerent |
British government
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jacobite forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadNavalSupportForDefenders | Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Siege of Fort William NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCause | Jacobite attempt to capture government-held fortress ⓘ |
| hasCountry | Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEndTime | 1746-04 ⓘ |
| hasFortificationTarget | Fort William garrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | Early modern period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Fort William
NERFINISHED
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Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryTheater | Scottish Highlands theater of the Jacobite rising ⓘ |
| hasObjective | capture Fort William ⓘ |
| hasOutcomeDescription |
Jacobites abandoned the siege
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bombardment proved ineffective against fortifications ⓘ |
| hasResult |
Jacobite withdrawal
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government victory ⓘ siege lifted ⓘ |
| hasStartTime | 1746-03 ⓘ |
| hasYear | 1746 ⓘ |
| isNotableFor |
failure of Jacobite artillery to breach defenses
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one of the last Jacobite offensive operations before Culloden ⓘ |
| isPartOfCampaign | Highland campaign of 1746 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Jacobite rising of 1745 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Siege of Inverness (1746) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tookPlaceAfter | Siege of Fort Augustus (1746) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tookPlaceOnBodyOfWater | Loch Linnhe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedWarfareType |
artillery bombardment
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siege warfare ⓘ |
| wasAttemptedBy | Jacobites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasCommandedByAttacker |
Alexander MacDonald of Keppoch
NERFINISHED
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Charles Edward Stuart NERFINISHED ⓘ James Grant of Pluscarden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasCommandedByDefender | Major William Cockburn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasDefendedBy |
British government forces
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Independent Highland Companies NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Artillery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Old Fort of Fort William