European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                R the scots last stand part of a painting from the Culloden exhibit showing the bloody Battle of 1746. The inscription on the Monument says it most eloquently Quot the Gallant highlanders who fought for  the Battlefield at Culloden Moor about five Miles outside Inverness is a reminder of one of the Saddest chapters in scottish history. For it was there that the last Chance for scottish Independence died on april 16,1746. The Battle ended nearly nine months of fierce rebellion by Highland clans under Prince Charles Edward Stuart Quot Bonnie Prince  the highlanders and their Leader who had returned from French exile to reclaim for his father the British throne taken from his Grandfather in 1688, had won Victory upon Victory and came within a whisker of capturing London in december 1745. But their fortunes took a downturn and on april 15 the were tired hungry and facing a Superior Force commanded by the Duke of Cumberland. Hindsight says the scottish rebels fought the Battle in the wrong place at the wrong time. When the Battle began in late morning the rebels fatigue and organizational problems diminished the effectiveness of the highlanders fierce Broadsword and Dagger charge. The Flat Moor provided excellent tactical advantages for the government forces who were Superior in numbers and arms. Artillery firing grape shot and sharpshooters decimated the highlanders ranks causing confusion and disarray. The rebels fought ferociously but in less than an hour the Moor was littered with their dead and dying and the rest were in full flight. The aftermath was perhaps worse than the Battle itself. Wounded and fleeing highlanders were hunted Down and mercilessly slaughtered their bodies mutilated. Bystanders women and children also fell victim to atrocities. The number of rebels killed was about 1,000. Estimates of government casualties vary widely from 50 to nearly 370. Bonnie Prince Charlie was Able to evade a relentless search and make his Way to a French ship on the West coast. He died in exile some four decades later. There was never again to be a threat of scottish Independence coming out of the Highlands. In the following months and years the Countryside was Laid waste by plundering government troops and Laws were passed to disarm the scots and eradicate the identity of the highlanders. Kilts and bagpipes were declared illegal clan leaders stripped of their Powers. The British government made every Effort to obliterate the Battlefield site. A Road was built through the rebel Graves. A Forest was planted to obscure the Moor. But in 1881, Stone monuments and a 20-foot Cairn were erected. Battlefield at Culloden Moor and the nearby Clava Cairns an ancient burial site. The its publishes a paperback Book about the Battle that Sells for 1.95 pounds $3.16. A Norm Zeigler a Memona honors the highlanders and other volunteers who fought behind Bonnie Prince Charlie Puii pipe below Prince Charles leads the scots against the  cottage survived the Battle of Culloden that was fought around it it was restored in 1960 and is part of the Battlefield exhibit. \ \ Lodi i  a it  a Stone memorial salutes those who stood and fought for Scotland s Hills and Glens. July 18, 1991 stripes Magazine