Culloden Page #2

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And from behind the shelter

of these walls,

which O'Sullivan

has refused to pull down,

Lord George Murray also fears

both crossfire and outflanking.

Mr O'Sullivan,

in view of what Lord George

feels about the battlefield,

have you inspected

the ground yourself?

- No, I have not.

- Why not?

Because I don't deem it necessary.

It is a large, plain moor

and, as such, it's a fair field

for the enemy horse and cannon

against which the

Highlanders will be defenceless.

I have informed His Royal Highness

that it is a good field

which I believe it to be.

I have told the Prince

I do not like it.

Your Highness,

why are you fighting today,

when the ground here has been

criticized by some of your officers?

Because God is on our side

and I am convinced that my duty

to my people lies in fighting today.

It's my opinion that the choice

of the field for us is suicidal.

9,000 men, 16 battalions of infantry,

12 squadrons of cavalry,

8 companies of militia,

220,000 rounds of musket ammunition,

10 three-pounder battalion cannons,

800 three-pound cannonballs,

500 bags of cannon grapeshot.

This man's name is Fraser.

A deserter from the Government army,

he still wears its uniform

but now stands

in the ranks of the Prince's army,

amongst the men

of his own clan and name.

He knows that,

if he is captured as a deserter,

he will be immediately court-martialled

to a sentence of death by throttling.

These are the Wild Geese,

150 exiled Irishmen

sewing in the army

of His Most Christian Majesty,

Louis XV of France, the most

powerful ally of the Stuart cause.

Brigadier General Walter Stapleton,

commander, Irish pickets

of the French army.

Yes, we're here because

Prince Charles is a Catholic.

It will be a fine thing

for all Catholics

when Charlie's on the throne

and German George is off it.

If we had a Catholic king

on the throne in this country,

then we could get back

to living in our own.

You must remember that

your Protestant king in London

is passing penal laws

against the Catholics in Ireland.

I'm from County Tipperary.

Now I've got to live in Boulogne.

You won't find a Catholic Irishman

with much cause to love George ll.

William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland,

third son of King George ll.

Age 25 and one day.

Commander in chief

of the Government army in Scotland.

Salary 15,000 per year.

Alexander Laing, private.

Salary sixpence a day.

Patrick McColman,

three days ago a sergeant,

two days ago 800 lashes for looting,

today a private.

John Mallaby, private.

Pressed into service.

William Roach, private.

Two years of his pay would not

buy even the wig and hat

of the officer marching

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