Raids on Lochaber and Shiramore

Raids on Lochaber and Shiramore
Part of the Jacobite rising of 1745
Knoydart, Lochaber
Date 22 May – 31 August 1746 Location Lochaber and Shiramore (Badenoch), Scottish Highlands Result British-Hanoverian Government victory: the north and western Highlands were cleared of Jacobite rebels, but the Jacobite leader Charles Edward Stuart escaped to France
Belligerents
Great Britain	Jacobites
Commanders and leaders
Duke of Cumberland General Bland Duke of Argyll Earl of Loudoun Viscount Sackville Jack Campbell Lieutenant-colonel Cornwallis Lieutenant-colonel Lord Albemarle	Bonnie Prince Charlie Cameron of Lochiel Coll MacDonnell Aeneas McDonnell Laird of Mackinnon
Casualties and losses
Captain George Munro of Culcairn killed	Many surrendered and taken prisoner Some executed Some fled into exile

The Raids on Lochaber and Shiramore (Scottish Gaelic: Bliadhna nan Creach) ("The Year of the Pillaging")^[1] took place in the Scottish Highlands between 22 May and 31 August 1746 and were part of the closing operations of the British-Hanoverian Government to bring to an end the Jacobite rising of 1745. Sometimes referred to as the "mopping up" operations,^[2] many rebels, forced to come of out of hiding by a scorched earth campaign by government troops,^[3][4] surrendered themselves and their arms, while others remained at large until they were captured and punished. It also included the hunt for the Jacobite leader Bonnie Prince Charles Edward Stuart otherwise known as the Young Pretender. Most of the work was done on behalf of the Government by the Independent Highland Companies of militia, the Campbell of Argyll Militia and also Loudon's Highlanders regiment.^[2]