Prestonpans
a seaside resort in the Lothian region, in SE Scotland, E of Edinburgh: battle 1745.
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How to use Prestonpans in a sentence
Their object was to gain the top of this ridge before the enemy, and then to repeat the manœuvres of Prestonpans.
The Red True Story Book | VariousThe men were fresh, well fed, confident in their general, and eager to retrieve the dishonour of Prestonpans and Falkirk.
The Red True Story Book | VariousHe had been eager to give up Holyrood to the wounded of Prestonpans; his wounded were left to die, or were stabbed on the field.
The Red True Story Book | VariousThe last battles fought in the county were those of Dunbar and Prestonpans .
It will be remembered that Mr. Forsters want of generalship lost the battle of Prestonpans.
The Chronicles of Newgate, vol. 1/2 | Arthur Griffiths
British Dictionary definitions for Prestonpans
/ (ˌprɛstənˈpænz) /
a small town and resort in SE Scotland, in East Lothian on the Firth of Forth: scene of the battle (1745) in which the Jacobite army of Prince Charles Edward defeated government forces under Sir John Cope. Pop: 7153 (2001)
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