Shamed to Death ; Given the Order to Kill His Macdonald Hosts, a Campbell Captain Became the Scapegoat for Scotland's Most Awful Massacre
Daily Mail › February 02, 2007
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CAPTAIN Robert Campbell of Glenlyon had the grace to defer to his host in the game they were playing. He conceded defeat by throwing his cards on the table.
He was, after all, the guest of a clan chief. It would have been churlish to do otherwise.See the full content of this document
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Shamed to Death ; Given the Order to Kill His Macdonald Hosts, a Campbell Captain Became the Scapegoat for Scotland's Most Awful Massacre
The soldier, a minor noble himself and related to the MacDonald chief through marriage, excused himself, but not before accepting an invitation to dine the following evening with old Alastair, the 12th chief of Glencoe.
It was an assignation neither would keep. Campbell had in his pocket a secret communication he had received that day from his superior officer, Major Robert Duncanso...See the full content of this document
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