Talk:Clifton Moor Skirmish

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I have replaces the terms " right " and " left " with the terms west and east to avoid confusion. Terms such as right and left of course are subjective, depending on which way you are facing.Wizlop 13:40, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

A map would eb useful for this, if anyone has one.Wizlop 13:40, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hanoverian or British

I see there has been some to-ing and fro-ing about what to call the winning side.

Normally, as a loyal Brit, I would say, "They were British, of course. The soldiers who defeated the Jacobites weren't from Hanover, they were British". But in this case, it's a bit different. The fighting was between two armies, each supporting a man they considered to be the rightful king of the United Kingdom. In this context, "British" is ambiguous. Ok, we all know that the Jacobites were defeated, and were pretty much a lost cause all along, so we can tell which side is meant. But Charles' supporters were also British, and were fighting for Britain, as they saw it, against a usurping king from Hanover. In the circumstances, I support the retention of the label "Hanoverian". Maproom (talk) 22:49, 21 January 2008 (UTC)