Highland Fencibles
The Scottish Highlands supplied fencible regiments for most of the second half of the 18th century. The first regiment was raised was the Argyle Fencibles in 1759 and the last was the MacLeod Fencibles in 1779. In all over 20 regiments were created, although they were not all in existence at the same time. Some Highland fencibles regiments saw action in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, while other performed garrison and policing duties in Britain, Ireland, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar.
Read more about this topic: Fencibles, British Use in Chronological Order
Famous quotes containing the word highland:
“If you would feel the full force of a tempest, take up your residence on the top of Mount Washington, or at the Highland Light, in Truro.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)