There was mair lost at the Shirramuir. Don't grieve for your
losses, for worse have befallen others before now. The battle of
Sheriffmuir, in 1715, between the Jacobites and Hanoverians was very
bloody; both sides sustained heavy losses, and both sides claimed the
victory.
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