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Paoli Massacre

illiam Shepherd’s article [Hallowed Ground, May 2020] on the 1777 Battle of Paoli in Pennsylvania, in which 53 American Patriots were killed in what may or may not have been improper conduct by the British, reminds me of the short memory of Scots fighting for the British. Hadn’t the Scottish Highlanders had their rear ends kicked just 31 years before at

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