In a new book, Culloden, published by Oxford University Press, Professor… But 270 years after Bonnie Prince Charlie’s defeat at Culloden, an academic claims the British government and generations of historians deliberately misrepresented key facts about the battle. The battle, depicted in a painting by David Morier AlamyHistory has painted it as a mismatched battle between a ragtag army of Scottish “savages” and a British force that was disciplined and better equipped. For decades the popular narrative of the 1746 encounter — the last pitched battle fought on British soil — has held that an ill-disciplined Highland army was routed by professional British redcoats with muskets and cannon fire.

Source: The Times July 09, 2016 22:48 UTC