Tour Scotland travel video of the history of the mutiny of the Black Watch Regiment on visit to Balhousie Castle Perth, Perthshire. In 1743, the Highland Regiment marched to London, where their orders were to go to France to fight. The day before their departure a report circulated amongst the men that their real destination was the West Indies, at the time considered the grave of Europeans. On 17 of May, more than 100 Highland soldiers gathered on Finchley Common in London. They decided to abandon their posts and return to the Highlands of Scotland. The British army chased and captured them at Lady Wood, near Northampton. The full weight of military justice fell upon them. All the Highlanders were put on trial, found guilty, and sentenced to death.
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