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Stubby has been called the most decorated war dog of the Great War and the only dog to be nominated and promoted to sergeant through combat. Stubby's remains are in the National Museum of American History. [3] [4] [6] Stubby is the subject of the 2018 animated film Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero.
After Culloden, Rebel Hunting is an 1884 history painting by the British artist John Seymour Lucas depicting a scene from the Jacobite Rising of 1745. [1] In the wake of the Jacobite defeat the Battle of Culloden in the Scottish Highlands on 16 April 1746, the rebels were pursued.
The Battle of Culloden is an important episode in D. K. Broster's The Flight of the Heron (1925), the first volume of her Jacobite Trilogy, which has been made into a TV serial twice: by Scottish Television in 1968, as eight episodes and by the BBC in 1976. Naomi Mitchison's novel The Bull Calves (1947) deals with Culloden and its aftermath. [81]
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The Royal Artillery vastly outperformed their Jacobite counterparts during the Battle of Culloden. However, until this point in the campaign, the government artillery had performed dismally. The main weapon of the artillery was the 3-pounder. This weapon had a range of 500 yards (460 m) and fired two kinds of shot: round iron and canister.
Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to acknowledge: Moral injury.
A Skirmish between some Highlanders and English Infantry, The Battle of Culloden: Artist: David Morier: Year: 1746–1765: Medium: Oil-on-canvas: Subject: A battle between Jacobite and British government soldiers. Dimensions: 60.5 cm × 99.5 cm (23.8 in × 39.2 in) Location: Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh: Owner: Royal Collection: Accession ...
How this cute dog picture foiled an international drug gang. Barney Davis. January 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM. ... Baldauf, who was jailed for 28 years in December 2022, was ordered to repay £1,007,637 ...