Battle of Culloden Chess and Strategy

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At the beginning of the chess pieces are in military folklore and testing of the modern chess game show parallels from a strategy of war.

It seems likely that even a modern high-ranking officer to see the light, as the fighting often takes the form of deadly chess game.For this reason, it seems reasonable that some of the best chess games for sale has a theme of famous historical battles.

A good example would be the battle of Culloden on 16 April 1746 will be fought as the culmination of the Jacobite rebellion of the Highland Scots against the English king.

Highland army led by Prince Charles Edward Stuart (”Bonny Prince Charlie”), who had arrived in Scotland from France last year with the promise that he could from the union of Scotland with England. Of course this will affect even Prince Charles became king.

The battle took place, so that the background of the two royal families: that of Stuart and Hanover. Two men played strategy: Prince Charles Stuart and the British commander, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, son of King George II

Unfortunately for the hopes of Highland, Cumberland definitely a better player from the pieces of his chess games because he has experienced in the war fought by armies on the Continent during the last three years. Though it be hard, Cumberland widely favored by hardened troops, and his influence has ensured that his men have the best equipment available.

Prince Charles was not experienced in strategy, not even the best chess game. He has the use of Lord George Murray yet.Murray was in the military since 1712 and is a rebel, who already had with a prisoner of the British and later fled to the Continent for some years.

Enthusiasm and passion of the rebels had the previous results.Highland army was driven deep into England as far as Derby (only 100 miles from London) and has led to panic in the capital.But the extended supply lines and cause rumors Jacobite army moved to go home.

The British Army has faced previous Jacobite, especially in the Battle of Falkirk in January 1746th This fight is not satisfactory in the United Kingdom and in a slightly confusing to solve for the Jacobites. After the defeat of this mess, was the British commander, Lieutenant General Henry Hawley, and removed from office by the Duke of Cumberland.

This is when the campaign changed direction.

Cumberland immediately took his troops north from its base in Edinburgh to Aberdeen. He took the route along the coast, to ensure their forces had fed from the sea again. Getting there without a break in Aberdeen, stopped Hanoverian army in the city for several weeks, taking advantage of the rest for some intense training, especially in the use of the bayonet. This is the first documented example of formal training as it happens.

It should be pointed out that, despite telling the romantic story of the Jacobite rebellion (developed by Victoria) properly, the army in England and Scotland and the Catholic vs. Protestant is divided, is not the case. The British army had a large number of lowland Scotland are happy to pursue their own long-running animosity toward the plateau, and this partly explains the ferocity of the fighting and its aftermath. Likewise, there are some Presbyterians in Scotland Highland army. Some regular Scottish, Irish and French troops ended the Highland army figures.

But his army has insisted, Prince Charles, they run around Scotland, while England has in Aberdeen, attacks on key targets and rushed the enemy.

Unfortunately, the Highland army are not as good as their opposition established. Many of the high level of missing their homeland and have been since the battle of Falkirk and the soldiers who still suffers from poor organization and internal feuds. Short supply and rationed so limited.

Disagreements between managers and the continuous functions from Prince Charles is not able to resolve the dispute. Adjutant Charles chose Moorland expanse of open ground on despite the protests of Lord George Murray and others.

Hanoverian troops arrived in Nairn to the east of the highlands and 15 April 1746 to celebrate the birthday of the Duke of Cumberland. Highland army tried to attack their opponent that night, to surprise them.

Again, poor planning thwart Highlanders and they were lost in the swamps and darkness. At this stage they are not near Nairn and finally had to retreat to Culloden as the dawn broke, hungry and exhausted.

Instead Hanoverian army was well fed and rested, and woke up the next morning after breakfast and set off Culloden. Advance party, including the Campbell plateau found Highland soldiers and the alarm was triggered.

Highland army of about 5,000 people marched to the moor with some of their weapons in the middle and sides.

Around noon, the Duke appeared 8000th Army on the heath They marched 10 miles and arrived in perfect formation to 300 yards from the rebel lines to stop. A regiment of foot to a position behind a wall set at right angles to the battlefields and willing to take in the sides of the Jacobite advance fire. It was again a failure of senior rebel officers, that they did not comply with warnings about the strategic role of Lord George Murray of the Wall.

Hanoverian arms, placed between and behind the front, began the bombardment of the Jacobite army. Charles Cumberland is expected to order a fee, but this is not the case. Charles hesitated, as a weapon ripped a hole in the army and its spirit.

Finally, he ordered his men to load and, at least, although the Clan MacDonald from leaning on the left wing. The bold plateau presents a frightening sight, as they ran, but they were canceled by selecting the battlefield. The Clan Chattan encounters marshy ground and had to turn right to avoid it. This makes them cross in front of their peers and they are all forced to walk towards the side wall. Hanoverian regiments fired properly into the wall behind the counter rebels and inflicted terrible losses.

Many of the Highlanders reached instead of fighting the enemy position and gruesome hand-to-hand. In a strategy worthy of the best players of chess pieces, Cumberland save up and now he is committed to the rebels who had crossed the line to shoot redcoats. Dragoons finally begin to go backwards from the Jacobite guns back behind the wall.

Prince Charles had seen enough and horseback riding.

Around 200 Hanoverian troops lost their lives, compared with about 1000 of the Jacobites.

Battle of Culloden played, as if to win a set of chess pieces and a better strategy. The battle had a major impact on Scottish history after that.

Next time your chess set pieces, you might consider how large the strategy has the story changed.