The Saber and Scroll Journal Volume 8, Number 3, Spring 2020 | Page 110

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fifteen hundred English troops, led
by Lord Loudon, were approaching. 77
Anne responded. “Running about like
a madwoman in her shift,” she strategically
placed a few men around the
estate. 78 The night was stormy with
thunder and lightning all about, as they
ran from station to station firing guns
and screaming war cries of the different
clans. In this way, it appeared the entire
Jacobite army was there. 79
Anne’s ruse caused the English
troops to flee while Prince Charles and
his few troops hid beside Loch Moy.
Cumberlands troops arrested Anne
Mackintosh for assisting the Stuart
cause, and she spent several weeks imprisoned
with other Jacobite women.
Authorities released her into the care
of her mother-in-law. Shortly after the
Rout of Moy, the Jacobite army captured
Anne’s husband, at which time Prince
Charles released him into Anne’s custody.
Upon greeting each other, Anne
said, “Your servant, Captain,” which he
replied, “Your servant, Colonel.” 80
Not to be outdone in raising
troops for Bonnie Prince Charles, Lady
Lude, Charlotte Robertson, daughter of
Lady Nairn, gathered many of the one
thousand men of the Atholl Brigade
under Lord George. 81 Lady Lude used
violence to bully her tenants into joining
the cause. She would burn them
out of their homes if they refused to accede
to the Prince’s troops. If they went
missing, Lady Lude had them hunted
down and forced them to pay the price
in monies for their lives. 82 In addition
to her recruiting efforts for the Jacobite
army, she played other significant roles
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