What is Battle of Prestonpans?
The '''Battle of Prestonpans''', also known as the '''Battle of Gladsmuir''', was fought on 21 September 1745, near [[Prestonpans]], in [[East Lothian]]. It was the first significant engagement of the [[Jacobite]] rising of 1745, which is sometimes viewed as a subsidiary conflict of the [[War of the Austrian Succession]]. {{Multistub|history|UK}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Prestonpans}} [[Category:18th century in the Kingdom of Great Britain]] [[Category:1745]] [[Category:18th century in Scotland]] [[Category:18th-century battles]] [[Category:East Lothian]]