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1、OSPREY.MEN-AT-ARMSSERIESTextbyCHARLESGRANTColourplatesbyMICHAELYOUENS'!heCJ3/ack'J11ztcllstealing,andguardagainstanypossibleJacobite'TheincursionfromtheContinent.Accordingly,inthecourseofthefollowingyear,carlyYearssixIndependentCompanieswereembodied•threelargeoneseac
2、hofI10men,andthreelesseronesof70each.ThefirstthreecamefromtheFraser,CampbellandGrantclans,andwereinitiallycommandedbyLordLovat,SirDuncanCampbellofLochnellandGrantofBallindallochrespectively.IncommandofthesmalleroneswereCampbellofFinab,CampbellofCarrickandMunroofCalca
3、irn.Thecompanieshadmanyuniquefeatures.Mostifnotalloftheprivatesoldierswere'gentle•men':theybelongedtotheupperrankofHigh•landers(whoallclaimedrelationshipwiththeir'AwindinglinefromDumbarton,upontheRiverClyde,toDuninstra,upontheFirthofDornoch,separatestheHighlandsfromt
4、heLowlands.'1FromthetoweringbastionofStirlingCastleonemaygazenorthwardstowardsatumblingseaofhillsandmountains,ofglensandfoamingstreams,thehomeofaproudandpoeticpeopleoncedes•cribedbyEricLinklateras'theunpredictabledarkCelt'.Forcenturyaftercenturythisruggedlandsawwarsa
5、ndfeuds,clanbattlesandeverysortofinternecinestrife.Butastimeworeon,themoreenlightenedoftheclanchiefsrealisedthatsomeformoflaw-enforcementbodywasrequiredinthiscountryofhereditablejurisdiction,anditwasdecidedthatthewarlikenatureoftheHigh•landerscouldbeputtosomeuscifthe
6、ythem•selvesweretoprovidetheforce.ItseemsthatitwasthecelebratedDuncanForbesofCullodenwhoin1739suggestedthatinfantrycompaniesshouldberaisedfromcertainofthcclans,theirtaskbeingtoprotectthepopulacc,putdowncattlc-Detailofhiltofpresent.dayofficer'sclaymore3clanchief,inany
7、case)andtheprivilegeofdecidedtoorganisethecompaniesintoaregimentofficiallybearingarmsdrewagreatmanyyoungoffootontheRegularArmyestablishment,.the•menofqualityintotheranksofthecompanies.Ittitlefollowedthemenwhentheywereformedintowasnounusualthing,therefore,foraprivatem
8、anthe43rdRegimentofFootand,inMay1740,tobeaccompaniedbyaservantortwowhowouldmusteredinafieldbetweenTaybridgeandcarryhisbaggageandarm
