Season Finale: Part 2: Calum's Culloden

By Leigh Barker

The Duke of Cumberland is marching north through Scotland with 9,000 men, determined to end the rebellion once and for all.

Against these 9,000 rested, trained and well-fed soldiers stand less than 4,000 exhausted and starving highlanders.

Calum and John are also on Drummossie Moor, but they are there for Colonel York, for the final reckoning.

In less than an hour, the heather will be soaked in blood, and only the victors will walk away from the battlefield.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Leigh Barker
• Release date: Jul 7, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310822780

Leigh Barker

Leigh was born in Dudley in the middle of England. He has been a merchant seaman, a (useless) electronics salesman, a programmer, and a business analyst. And now he is a full-time writer, but that doesn't make him a bad person.He is presently writing 4 series:Clan, following the adventures of Calum Maclean as he tries to avoid the Bonnie Prince but still protect his beloved Highlands.The Hellfire Legacy Series follows US Marine Master Sergeant Ethan Gill and his team as they take on the jobs too hot for other special forces. They go where they're sent; South America, Middle East, Korea, but their most dangerous missions are on US soil.Volume #1: A Whisper of ArmageddonVolume #2: The Hellfire LegacyVolume #3: The Orpheus DirectiveEden, a three-volume series -Trinity is at war with Lucid, the son of Lucifer, and he will do whatever it takes to win. The Archangel Gabriel has an army but he needs more. He needs heroes, but they are few and far between. Which is why he gets Dylan and co. Not too much luck in Heaven then.Volume #1: Eden's Last HeroVolume #2: WinterwoodVolume #3: Requiem for Eden.Soldiers is set in 1914 and follows John Regret and his 12-man squad on their suicidal mission to find and destroy the German howitzer nicknamed Big Bertha. Find it before it drops it's thousand-pound shells on the allied army retreating across France. A seemingly hopeless mission that just cannot fail.Other occasional series include:Anarchy, the 'completely true' stories of men doing what men do when there's nobody to keep them in check. Create mayhem and behave like monkeys on speed.Coffee Break Reads - each issue has 5 stories short enough to read while taking a break from life. A mix of adventure, love, disaster, and fun. All with one thing in common; for a moment they transport the reader to another world.Episode 1 of each Season is free and can be picked up with other free books at:https://leighwbarker.com/my-library/Just copy the link above and paste it into your browser and you're there...

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Clan

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Season Finale - Part 2

Calum's Culloden Part 2

The Fall

Copyright 2014 Leigh Barker

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Calum’s Culloden – Part 2

The Duke of Cumberland leaned over the maps scattered across the table in his headquarters in Aberdeen and looked up slowly at the five senior officers. He turned to Lord Bury. Are we ready, George?

George Keppel was young, no more than twenty-one, but a lord, so a senior officer by default. He nodded once. Yes, my lord. Fifteen regiments of foot are already on the road and marching north. He smiled. Two regiments of dragoons and Kingston’s Light Horse are at Strathbogie, on the road to Inverness. He tapped the map to show where their position was. And three more with General Mordaunt at Oldmeldrum, forty miles north of here. He looked up. Yes, my lord, we are ready. Almost nine thousand men, if you include the Argyllshire Highlanders and other militia.

General Richmond, on his left, chuckled quietly. Yes, George, I think we should include the irregulars. They may well come in handy. He saw Lord Bury’s questioning look. Oh, in case we need… err… shall we say… a frontal assault.

Ah, I see, said Bury. No point squandering the king’s men, eh?

Quite.

Very good, said Cumberland, looking very pleased with what he’d heard so far. Then, gentlemen, I suggest we take these nine thousand men… He looked at Lord Bury. Including the militia… He flashed a quick smile. And introduce them to the rebels.

Bury returned the smile and began collecting the maps. He was in this war for profit, and so far there’d been very little of that. But when the rebels were crushed, well, there would be cattle and land aplenty. And perhaps some small amount of gold. Yes, perhaps.

Prince Charles stood with his back to the elegant sitting room and looked out of the floor-to-ceiling windows at the grounds of Culloden House that was now his headquarters. His hands were clasped behind his back, giving the impression of the man of the house at ease with his lot. It belied his true feelings as he listened to Lord George Murray, his senior commander, describe the situation.

You’re sure the English are across the river Spey? Charles asked without turning.

Yes, and the brothers Drummond and their Frenchies did little to impede his passage!

Charles suppressed a smile at his commander’s derogatory language. Do not be too hard on Lord Perth and his dear brother. In truth, there was little they could do to stop them, outmanned four to one.

Murray tutted quietly for a moment, looking out of the window