Word: highlandmen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...throne, the whip hand passed from Clavers' party to the Covenanters. James skedaddled and William of Orange took his place. William was Clavers' old commander but the Stuarts were still his liege lords, so he and Alastair left home, rode north to raise the clans. Leading his Highlandmen's victorious charge in the Pass of Killiecrankie, Clavers fell, shot from behind by a silver bullet. With the death of their leader the Stuart cause collapsed...
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