Battle of Coille Bhan

Battle of Coille Bhan
Part of the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1719

Attadale Forest
Date1721
Location
Result Tactical Government victory[1]
Strategic Jacobite victory[1]
Belligerents
 Great Britain Jacobites
Commanders and leaders
Captain McNeil Donald Murchison
Strength
Unknown 160 men
Casualties and losses
Unknown 1 killed

The Battle of Coille Bhan (Scottish Gaelic for White Wood) was fought in 1721 near Attadale, in the county of Ross in the Scottish Highlands in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1719. It was fought between a British government force against Highlanders of the Clan Mackenzie.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b c Mackenzie, Alexander (1894). History of the Mackenzies: With Genealogies of the Principal Families of the Name. pp. 310–311.
  2. ^ Mackenzie, Alan (2006). "10". History of the Mackenzies (PDF). pp. 142–144.

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