What the records say
- When
- 9 Nov 1715 – 14 Nov 1715
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 53.75° N, 2.70° W
- Description
- final action of the Jacobite rising of 1715
2 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Preston: Government forces defeat the Jacobite incursion, at the conclusion of a five-day siege and action”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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