Ode to Sheriffmuir

Battle of Sheriffmuir

Graham pulled out his 1/72nd Jacobite collection and we took to the fields at Sheriffmuir for the Tuesday game.  As I commanded the Jacobite right under Mar, my scope of the entire battle was somewhat limited and myopic.  Therefore, for a full accounting of the battle, please visit Graham's post, And we ran, and they ran.

In our engagement, the action on the Jacobite right is recounted in the following Ode to Sheriffmuir.

The Battle of Sheriffmuir
We threw down our muskets,
Unsheathed our swords
Flying down slopes with screams

The enemy stood shocked
Our momentum not blocked
Floating like ghosts in their dreams

From afar, battle is ne'er as seems

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Their cavalry came on
With their sabers drawn
Resolve not as stout as deems

Many buckled in fear
As our Highlanders drew near
The broadsword overhead it gleams

From afar, battle is ne'er as seems

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http://wargaming4grownups.blogspot.com/

Scots against Scots, melees raged
Hacked fore and aft, none disengaged
Bravery and honor, redeems

Limbs cleaved clean as mighty sword falls
Men stare aghast as horror appalls
From afar, battle is ne'er as seems

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http://wargaming4grownups.blogspot.com/

Cut down where they stood

No commands could be heard
Bodies piled high in extremes

With Argyll high on plateau
Blind to the carnage below
From afar, battle is ne'er as seems

While his right had been battered
His left had been shattered
Torn asunder by Highlanders furloughed

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and battle is ne'er as seems.

-- Johann Freytag, wounded Sheriffmuir, 1715