page_title: Jacobite Army (1745)
section_title: Cavalry
hierarchical_section_title: Jacobite Army (1745) / Composition and organisation / Cavalry
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Набросок, сделанный неизвестным автором во время якобитского восстания 1745 года в Шотландии, в г. Пеникуик.
context_page_description: The Jacobite Army, sometimes referred to as the "Highland Army", was the military force assembled by Charles Edward Stuart and his Jacobite supporters during the 1745 Rising that attempted to restore the House of Stuart to the British throne.
  Starting with less than 1,000 men at Glenfinnan in August 1745, the Jacobite army won a significant victory at Prestonpans in September. A force of about 5,500 then invaded England in November and reached as far south as Derby before successfully retreating into Scotland. Reaching a peak strength of between 9,000 to 14,000, they won another victory in January 1746 at Falkirk, before defeat at Culloden in April. While a large number of Jacobites remained in arms, lack of external and domestic support combined with overwhelming government numbers meant they dispersed, ending the rebellion.
  Once characterised as a largely Gaelic-speaking force recruited from the Scottish Highlands using traditional weapons and tactics, modern historians have demonstrated this was only partially accurate.
context_section_description: Jacobite cavalry was small in number in 1745-6 and were restricted largely to scouting and other typical light cavalry duties. Despite this, the units that were raised arguably performed better in this role during the campaign than the regulars opposing them. All except one of the 'regiments' comprised two troops and were over-officered to an even greater degree than the infantry, as commissions were used to reward Jacobite support.
caption: The Penicuik artist's depiction of one of the Jacobites' "Scotch Hussars".
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