I fought the battle as a solo game with my own ‘45 rules to see how they went. I took the part of Bonnie Prince Charlie. Both armies were put out on the field in the same order that they were in on the day back in 1746 because I wanted to try to win with the same deployment as Charlie had on the day. My plan of battle was for both of Lord Ogilvy’s battalions of his Lowland Regiment to move into the Culchunaig Enclosure then advance up on the right flank of the Jacobite army, drive back the 3 Companies of Cumberland’s Argyll Militia and the Dragoons of Cobham and Kerr and hit the left flank of Cumberland’s line at the same time as the Clans hit it. I must say that at the very start my plan went off OK. The battle opened with fire from the Jacobite Artillery on Cumberland’s line; only the guns on my right flank were in range. They did great damage to the 8th of Foot that Cumberland had put on his left flank en potence to the 4th of Foot. At the same time, Lord Ogilvy’s Regiment went over the stone wall (in fact this wall was only 4 feet high!) into the Culchunaig Enclosure. The 8th of Foot after being cut up a good bit by my Artillery fire, fell back on the left flank of the 4th of Foot. Further over on Cumberland’s left, 3 Companies of the Argyll Militia with Lord Kerr’s Dragoons and part of Cobham’s Dragoons advanced past the Leanach Farm towards the stone wall of the Culwhiniac Enclosure. In my plan for the battle, the army that held the Culwhiniac Enclosure would have victory! Ogilvy’s Lowlanders advanced over the Culchunaig Enclosure towards the Culwhiniac Enclosure and the Campbell’s of the Argyll Militia. At this time the Argyll Militiamen tore down part of the wall of the Culwhiniac Enclosure to let the Dragoons in. It was now that my first line advanced on Cumberland’s army, but way over on my Left Flank the advance was held up by marsh and bog land. Cumberland’s Artillery opened fire on the Clans and my ranks were thinned out a good bit. However, the Clans closed up and pushed on with the attack with Cumberland’s Artillery cutting down many. Back over on the Jacobite Right Flank, Kerr’s and Cobham’s Dragoons advanced into the Culwhiniac Enclosure and the Lowlanders of Lord Ogilvy advanced on the wall between the Culchunaig and Culwhiniac Enclosures and fought hand-to-hand over the wall with the Argyll Militiamen. But that God of War, the dice, were not with me and Ogilvy’s Regiment was pushed back from the wall! On my Left Flank things were not going too well for King James. Hanoverian cavalry, Kingston’s Light Horse and part of Cobham’s Dragoons crashed into the McDonald Brigade while Clan Farquharson and John Roy Stewart’s Edinburgh Regiment were held up in the marsh and bog land. Things were starting to go wrong!!! Now on my Right Flank, Lord Kerr’s and Cobham’s Dragoons poured into the Culwhiniac Enclosure, some of them dismounted and advanced on Lord Ogilvy’s Regiment who were now falling back. In the centre of my line all of my Clans had been badly hit by Cumberland’s Artillery fire and were also falling back. Only one Clan made it to Cumberland’s line and that was the Clan Cameron under Lochiel. Lochiel fell dead at Cumberland’s guns shot by a Royal Scots Fusilier and his Clan went into rout! With what was left of my first line falling back or routing, I began to pull back my guns - Cumberland kept his army in good order and just sent three more Companies of the Argyll Militia and his Left Wing cavalry in pursuit of the Clans. In the rout of my left flank, many of the men of Clan Donald with the Duke of Perth were taken prisoner. On my Left Flank all was a slaughter and the Jacobite Artillerymen on that flank abandoned the guns and joined in the rout. It was at this time that part of the Jacobite cavalry made a gallant charge at Cumberland’s cavalry. Lord Elcho’s Life Guards and Baggott’s Hussars charged Kingston’s Light Horse but were all killed in the melee. However, Cumberland did not have it all his own way that day! The Irish Picquets opened fire on Kingston’ Light Horse and killed a good few, causing them to retire, but after rallying they charged the Irish Picquets and killed 50% of them! My battle of Culloden came to an end with the Regiments of Glenbucket, the Duke of Perth’s, the Royal Ecossais and Kilmarnock’s Foot Guards making a last stand so what was left of the Clans and the Prince could get away. Well Kenn, that was my Culloden, and about the best that can be said for me is that my Jacobite Army killed more of my Cumberland’s Army than they did in 1746! But not too many more. Anyway Kenn I hope you like the photos. I am now working on the army of Lord Cromartie and the Government’s army of Lord Louden’s to fight the battles of the ‘45 in the North of Scotland. [Photos were excellent and it’s a shame they cannot be reproduced in Lone Warrior but the quality achieved is very poor and lots of the detail is lost. Having tramped over Culloden Moor, I can really appreciate the trouble with the ground the Clans had both in the real battle and obviously in yours! Kenn]. Back to Table of Contents -- Lone Warrior #137 Back to Lone Warrior List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 2002 by Solo Wargamers Association. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com