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In the evening, under the cover of an intense cannonade, the ships' boats went ashore surrounding the castle on all sides and after scaling the walls captured the place against little resistance. The government forces had captured "an Irishman, a captain, a Spanish lieutenant, a sergeant, one Scots
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Their first move was to send a boat ashore under a flag of truce to negotiate, but when the Spanish soldiers in the castle fired at the boat, it was recalled and all three ships opened fire on the castle for an hour or more. They then shifted anchorage and waited, the wind blowing a fresh gale.
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and set up base in Eilean Donan; this was Mackenzie territory and selected to maximise potential recruits. Although 500 Mackenzies joined Seaforth, the British Jacobites had more arms and ammunition than they could use, they therefore stored the surplus in Eilean Donan with a garrison of 40-50
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The Government troops then "burnt several barns etc where they had a quantity of corn for the use of their camp". The naval force spent the next two days demolishing the castle (it took twenty-seven barrels of gunpowder). The Spanish prisoners were put on board
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on the west coast of Scotland, which was held by Spanish troops. After a naval bombardment, the British government forces stormed the castle, and the defenders surrendered. The castle was subsequently destroyed with gunpowder.
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but, according to the naval logs, the rebels on the shore set fire to the house as the ship approached. Meanwhile, the other two ships continued to bombard the castle at intervals while they prepared a landing party.
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The next morning (11 May), acting on intelligence from a Spanish deserter, the commanding officer, Captain Chester Boyle of the
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Eilean Donan would stand in ruins for over 200 years until 1919 when it was rebuilt, restored and finished in 1932 by
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The rising ended with the defeat of the Jacobites with the remaining Spanish troops on 10 June at the
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rebel and thirty-nine Spanish soldiers, 343 barrels of powder and 52 barrels of musquet shot".
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Capture of a castle as part of the Jacobite rising of 1719, in Scotland
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to the throne of Great Britain. It was led by British Jacobite exiles
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was a land-based naval engagement that took place in 1719 during the
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sent five ships to the area for reconnaissance: two patrolling off
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Spanish marines while the main force of about 1,000 marched on
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Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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On 11 April 1719, the British Jacobites landed near
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Jacobite rising of 1719

Eilean Donan
Scotland
Great Britain
57°16′26.50″N 05°30′58″W / 57.2740278°N 5.51611°W / 57.2740278; -5.51611
Kingdom of Great Britain
British Government
Jacobites
Spain
Capture of Eilean Donan Castle is located in Scotland
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Jacobite rising of 1719
Eilean Donan
Glen Shiel
Glen Affric
Coille Bhan
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War of the Quadruple Alliance
Sardinia
Cape Passaro
Milazzo
Eilean Donan Castle
Glen Shiel
Francavilla

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