1746 London Gazette newspaper JACOBITE REBELLION Rebels RETREAT INTO SCOTLAND

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1746 London Gazette newspaper JACOBITE REBELLION Rebels RETREAT INTO SCOTLAND1746 London Gazette newspaper JACOBITE REBELLION Rebels RETREAT BACK INTO SCOTLAND - inv # 7R-217Please visit our EBAY STORE for THOUSANDS MORE HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS for SALE or at auctionSEE PHOTO(s) - COMPLETE ORIGINAL 4-page NEWSPAPER, the London Gazette (ENGLAND) dated Jan 4, 1746 (the date on the issue reads "1745" but it is actually 1746 due to the conflict between the old Julian Calendar and the new Gergorian Calendar). The main difference between Julian and Gregorian calendars is that an average year in Julian calendar is 365.25 days while an average year in Gregorian calendar is days. Gregorian calendar is the normal calendar we currently use to determine the date. Julian calendar was used from 46 B.C to 1582. This original 4-page newspaper contains inside page news of the retreat by the rebels from their invasion of England and back into Scotland at this critical point in the JACOBITE REBELLION of 1745 .The London Gazette claims to be the oldest surviving English newspaper title and the oldest continuously published newspaper in the UK, having been first published on 7 November 1665 as The Oxford Gazette.The term Jacobite comes from the Latin for James (i.e. James VII and II) 'Jacobus' 'Jacobite' is not to be confused with 'Jacobean', which refers to James Stuart's rule in England as James I.The Jacobite rising of 1745, also known as the Forty-five Rebellion or simply the '45 was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for his father, James Francis Edward Stuart. It took place during the War of the Austrian Succession, when the bulk of the British Army was fighting in mainland Europe, and proved to be the last in a series of revolts that began in 1689, with major outbreaks in 1708, 1715 and 1719.Charles launched the rebellion on 19 August 1745 at Glenfinnan in the Scottish Highlands, capturing Edinburgh and winning the Battle of Prestonpans in September. At a council in October, the Scots agreed to invade England after Charles assured them of substantial support from English Jacobites and a simultaneous French landing in Southern England. On that basis, the Jacobite army entered England in early November, reaching Derby on 4 December, where they decided to turn back.Similar discussions had taken place at Carlisle, Preston and Manchester and many felt they had gone too far already. The invasion route had been selected to cross areas considered strongly Jacobite but the promised English support failed to materialise; they were now outnumbered and in danger of having their retreat cut off. The decision was supported by the vast majority but caused an irretrievable split between Charles and his Scots supporters. Despite victory at Falkirk Muir in January 1746, the Battle of Culloden in April ended the Rebellion and significant backing for the Stuart cause. Charles escaped to France, but was unable to win support for another attempt, and died in Rome in 1788.Murray divided the army into two columns to conceal their destination from General Wade, government commander in Newcastle, and entered England on 8 November unopposed.[59] On 10th, they reached Carlisle, an important border fortress before the 1707 Union but whose defences were now in poor condition, held by a garrison of 80 elderly veterans. Despite this, without siege artillery the Jacobites would have to starve it into submission, an operation for which they had neither the equipment or time. The castle capitulated on 15 November, after learning Wade's relief force was delayed by snow; when he retook the town in December, Cumberland wanted to execute those responsible.Leaving a small garrison, the Jacobites continued south to Preston on 26 November, then Manchester on 28th. Here they received the first notable intake of English recruits, which were formed into the Manchester Regiment. Their commander was Francis Towneley, a Lancashire Catholic who previously served as an officer in the French Army; his e... read more

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