"Previously..." "We will unite the clans and I will lead you all to glory." "Charles has landed in Scotland and is gathering his army." "brother?" "we must band together." "Angus!" "Rupert!" "Dougal!" "Colum change his mind then?" "Colum's mind is his own." "We are here." "We'll make a fine group of Highland soldiers." "It is our time." "my clan." "They'll answer to me and no one else. then you'll follow my orders without objection." "I would give my life to see a Stuart back on the throne. we will win." "♪ Sing me a song ♪" "♪ Of a lass that is gone ♪ could that lass ♪" "♪ Be I?" "♪" "♪ Merry of soul ♪" "♪ She sailed on a day ♪" "♪ Over the sea ♪" "♪ To Skye ♪" "♪ Billow and breeze ♪" "♪ Islands and seas ♪" "♪ Mountains of rain and sun ♪" "♪ All that was good ♪" "♪ All that was fair ♪" "♪ All that was me ♪" "♪ Is gone ♪" "♪ Sing me a song ♪" "♪ Of a lass that is gone ♪ could that lass ♪" "♪ Be I?" "♪" "♪ Merry of soul ♪" "♪ She sailed on a day ♪" "♪ Over the sea ♪" "♪ To Skye ♪" "♪♪" "♪" "How many men had I seen killed in war?" "This Highlander who had run afoul of a redcoat patrol was only the latest one." "The rebellion Jamie and I had labored so hard to prevent was upon us." "Our only hope was that somehow we could change the outcome." "I feared in my heart that history would not be rewritten." "victory would remain forever out of reach." "how long do you need to take a simple pish?" "I'll be right there." "How many men had I seen killed in war?" "♪" "far too many." "sir." "Right there is your enemy." "Yet we do nothing but sit here and twiddle our thumbs." "John?" "Quartermaster O'Sullivan." "damn it." "I cannot understand why General Murray insists we waste our time in dilly-dally." "I rushed the army here to ensure our possession of the high ground." "And now you wish us to abandon such a strong defensive position and attack the enemy in force?" "sir." "sir." "Time is of the essence." "Your Majesty." "We must strike and strike hard." "May I remind the Quartermaster through Tranent Meadows." "Though "meadow" is a fancy name for the bog that lies between us and the enemy." "Since when did a Scotsman huh?" "Especially when there's an enemy waiting for him on the other side." "Since when does an Irish-born officer dismiss the dangers of boggy ground to an infantry attack?" "at last." "Sire?" "Your army wallowing helplessly while under a withering volley from the British Brown Bess musket?" "A weapon deadly at 50 yards and accurate up to 100." "Cavalry could prove useful to our needs." "Both to test the ground and to report on the enemy position." "a braw squad of dragoons could mean the difference between victory and defeat." "Let us not speak of defeat or of cavalry we do not have." "may I remind him and therefore need not be concerned about British marksmanship." "sir?" "sir." "I'm merely grateful that we are dependent upon the bravery of our warriors... here!" "Who are not afraid to face shot or shell to pursue a glorious victory for our prince and for our king. now it is but weeks gone since we took the cities of Perth and Edinburgh without firing a single shot. they welcomed me with open arms." "but on both occasions" "Your Royal Highness." "General Cope wasna expecting us." "His troops fled." "Sir." "Perhaps if I were to arrange a meeting with the General?" "Offer him generous terms of surrender." "Give him my word his men will be allowed to march back to England unmolested." "I am sure he has no more desire to shed English blood than I have." "We are all brothers after all." "Even as a young lad" "Sir." "But I fear the time for talk is done." "We sailed from France to fight a war." "Let us fight... and be done with it." "I will not risk destroying our army... by ordering it to cross potentially lethal ground." "sir?" "I will not allow it." "Then resign your commission and let the prince find himself a general with a firmer backbone!" "You pompous toe-rag! what do I tell Clan MacDonald?" "Tell your men to await further orders." "Which may be some time." "Why must the Scots be such intractable people?" "we can be pig-headed on occasion." "On many an occasion." "I fear." "James." "and I have promised God." "Mark me." "Your noble wife will be among those providing medical succor for those poor souls in need of such come the cannon's roar?" "she's helping to set up a field hospital" "Your Royal Highness." "Be so kind to tell her the prince asks that British casualties be tended to before the Jacobite wounded. and I will have them well cared for." "They must be made to realize the Scots wage war upon them with the greatest of reluctance." "but one day soon they will be our friends again." "I'm afraid the British have never been a friend to the Scots." "I would advise you not to speak of such things within earshot of the men." "They would not appreciate such sentiment." "Nor do I believe would my wife follow such an order." "perhaps not." "But surely Lady Broch Tuarach would prove obedient to an edict from her lord and master." "Aye." "♪" "Enough!" "ye say?" "all right." "I heard it with these very ears." "The ale ye waste now is ale ye'll probably be wanting later." "Quench the thirst of battle." "ye say?" "eh? same as you." "For gore and glory." "is it? but men." "And they'll be looking to do the same to you. and we'll do what needs doing to return the king across the water." "Will ye now?" "I bet ye Lallybroch tumshies will turn arse and run at first blast of cannon fire." "ye buggering wee shite!" "ye fancy a doing?" "I'll open ye from yer belly to yer bone!" "Put that blade down or I'll ram it up yer arse until ye taste it." "ye bushy-faced whoreson! how can a man nap with all this blathering?" "Is that a dirk I see in yer hand?" "Angus." "See yer getting on as well as our commanders." "Jamie?" "No." "Nor are we likely to while the general and O'Sullivan remain hopping mad at each other." "It sounds like someone in the front ranks eh?" "If only that was all was needed." "What is required is a reconnaissance of the marshland that sits between us and the British camp." "Discover if the ground is solid enough for our army to cross." "So the plan is for us to attack?" "If the Quartermaster has his way." "Though I'm of a mind it's the better part of valor to force the British to come to us." "But not even O'Sullivan will countenance an attack until the question of the ground is solved." "To undertake such a mission under the very guns of our enemies will be naught but suicide." "eat yer fill and rest up." "Save the whisky for when we have cause to celebrate." "a word." "It would be an easy thing to have someone ride out to take a measure of the marshland?" "And get a musket ball between the eyes for their trouble." "Not if he's prudent." "And lucky." "There's no other way about it. it can support infantry. is it yerself ye're nominating? the prince would have yer head for endangering the life of one of his most trusted aides." "Hmm." "Aye." "He would not be best pleased." "No. someone has to risk the doing." "And all I need to do is stay out of range of their guns." "125 yards should do it." "I was thinking more 105." "The redcoats will only be too happy to crack away breathing target. but it's worth the risk." "I'd like to prove my mettle to the prince and Lord Murray and the rest of these jackanapes. 125 yards?" "Or thereabouts." "♪" "look." "men." "to ranks." "Load." "Extraordinary fellow." "That's Dougal MacKenzie." "Personal friend of mine." "You are?" "Charles Edward Stuart." "Are ye really?" "Ye hear that?" "I'm talking to the prince." " Your Royal Highness." " Quite so." "boy." "Fire at will!" "♪" " Fire!" " Come on." "lads." "I think we've learned all we need to know." "Quite enough." "♪" "Surrender." "Bravo!" "Bravo! this war would be over tomorrow. but I fear that it's joyless news that I bring back with me." "Indeed. there will be no glorious Highland charge through Tranent Meadows. and they can't get to us." "We should disengage from the enemy under cover of darkness and return to Edinburgh." "And wait for the British to lay siege to the city?" "not in Edinburgh." "I look to you to break this stalemate or I will be forced to find myself a new general." "♪" "Ye're a lucky bastard." "Ye should get that looked at." "Either way." "It's just a scratch." "I'm off to change my breeks because the hero of the hour has shat his pants." "apparently your Doctor MacPherson left Tranent a few days ago." "he left his medical bag behind. more useful than the doctor himself probably would have." "it is up to us to tend to the wounded." "And I have no doubt that together we will be able to do it." "you're a strong girl." "your job is to see to it that the pails and buckets are filled at all times." "And use water from the well only." "Lady Broch Tuarach." "There's no time for all of that." "Claire" is fine." "Fergus?" "Please?" "I've forgotten your name." "Madame." "that's right." "You are responsible for looking after the honey water." "I don't see what good sweet water's going to do for bullet wounds." "nothing." "But it will help keep the patients' blood pressure up." "it's important." "It will also help replace any fluids lost and prevent shock." "he will be responsible for keeping the kettle fires burning." "Women's work." "I-I'm sorry." "What was that?" "Milady." "Leave it to me." "Thank you." "Milady!" "Milady!" "he wishes to speak to the commander of His Highness' army." "Has information of the utmost importance." "a moment please." "Sir." "Madame." "Claire Fraser." "Milady." "I've lived in these parts all my life." "so I ken the grounds where the armies are like the back of my hand." "There's a way down from the ridge where the Highland troops are." "hidden trail that will lead them past the bog at the bottom to catch the English unawares." " I see." " If I may speak perhaps Lord Murray himself." "do you think you can find your master?" "I-I will find him." "but be careful." "Tell him to come back straightaway to speak with Mr. Anderson." "you say?" "Aye." "Or thereabouts." "I don't ken much from maps." "There's no such path marked." "it's there. and hopeless to find in the dark." "Unless ye ken where to look." "And you do?" "I do." "Fortune drops out of the sky and onto our doorstep." "is it not?" "If we dare trust this boy." "And ye're willing to lead us across the meadows?" "There's no other way for it. but I'll get ye from here to there without a misstep." "Mr. Anderson." "Your help is much appreciated." "I do wish that John was here." "I pray I might hear his opinion." "And I pray the Quartermaster is off somewhere gathering much needed victuals for this army." "Your Royal Highness." "♪ gentlemen." "Now we shall not return unless we bring victory back with us. it would ease me greatly to know that you'll watch over Bess and the croft. if it proves necessary." "My Marina and the six bairns?" "I'd wish them on no man." "there's a wee bit of coin buried south of the pig sty." "She-devil knows where." " Then it's settled." " Aye." "and yours mine." "You can have my sword." "And my dirk." "And my sporran." "eh?" "What are you havering about now?" "Were ye no listening to those two?" "What's his is his." "What's mine is yours." "What use would I have for a sword that's never been used?" "Ye think I need a fat man's blade dangling from my hip?" "Eh?" "It occurs to me..." "I'll be leaving Scarlet to ye as well." "Scarlet the whore?" "Part-time whore." "Full-time barmaid." "ye daft bastard." "I'm saying she is." "And it's ye I'll be giving her to." "Do ye accept?" "I do not." "Now shut yer gab before ye bring the devil's own eye upon us. ye'll be grinding that blade to a needle." "May as well get it off yer chest." "Whatever it is." "Ah..." "It's just... every man has a part to play." "You tell yerself that the raid's success or failure is dependent on yer actions. chances are... ye stare into his eyes when doing it. ye'd die knowing that yer memory would live on within yer clan." "Yer death would have meaning." "But this... this is different." "000 strong army." "alone would be meaningless." "000 would have to be slain before our deaths take on any meaning." "That's not a very comforting thought on the eve of battle." "Aye." "It weighs on me." "I've none to give." "I almost lost my marriage trying to stop all of this from happening." "I failed." "We." "We failed." "I feel much the same way you do." "Aye." "It is." "Sassenach." "Tomorrow will be a... a trying day for us all." "I don't think sleep will be an option for anyone tonight." "Milord." "I request permission to join you in the fight that is to come." "hmm?" "I'm sure someone else can handle such work." "I can sneak into the very tent of General Cope." "I will steal his sword." "A general cannot fight without his sword." "laddie." "who will look after the women? I don't know." "huh?" "There's no one I trust with her safety more than you." "Looks like you're going to have to stay and like it." "Is that understood?" "Jamie." "It's time." "It's time to send the British army to hell. the British don't stand a chance." "Angus." "Surely there's another woman you can have kiss you good-bye." "none that will have him. at this time tomorrow" "I could be laying in a field bleeding to death?" "I would hate for my last thought to be how you denied me my final request." "You are shameless." "Claire." "since none of us will be meeting our maker in this place. share a stiff dram." "Mistress." "♪" "Watch over Jamie." "Always." "correct?" "It is the promise of history." "we will win this day." "So we shall." "♪" "soldier." "♪" "♪" "all of you." "That's an order." "Have any of you seen Fergus?" "♪" "General. but all of Scotland's in your debt. you see the prince stays here out of harm's way." "I shall indeed. must I remind you that this is my army?" "Now I very much desire to lead them into battle." "It is my right and my destiny. and I am trained in its use." "but Your Royal Highness must realize this rebellion would never survive your death." "regaining the throne would never mean as much to King James if the son that made it possible wasna there to share the moment wi' him." "James." "I don't believe my father is all that fond of me. ye shall remain behind the lines with the Quartermaster and the Lord General." "I need these strips to be a little wider." "Madame." "That looks good." "Just keep going." "I know what you're all feeling." "I've been there myself." "The fear." "The self-doubt." "But our men are depending on us." "And we will not let them down." "♪" "Boil these again." "They need to be spotless." "Right away." "♪" "Everyone up!" "Get up!" "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty." "please." "We're going to need lots and lots of hot water." ""He is my refuge and my fortress: my God:" "in Him will I trust."" "ye'll have to bite it tight." "Ross?" "Come with me." "Could someone get some more hot water?" "More dressings!" "If ye could rip more dressings!" "I'm sorry." "Sorry?" "He's gone." "Claire." "There's nothing more I can do." "♪" "♪" "Come on!" "♪" "you dogs!" "Don't turn your back on these traitors!" "Stand your ground!" "♪" "The British!" "The British prisoners are here." "Madame." "But we do require your assistance." "sort these men out by the severity of their wounds." "over there." "Get this man on to a bed." "Mistress." "I'll be there in a second." "Now!" "ma'am." "Mistress." "I'll no allow that fat bawbag to die on me." "Oh." "we have to close this wound before an infection sets in." "and thread." "mistress." "it was Angus." "Is he blown up?" "Tell me!" " What's he talking about?" " It's just a cannon blast." "It's nothing." "Damn it all!" "Stand your ground!" "♪" "♪ will he live?" "I wish I knew. then..." "Let me see that head of yours." "Come on." "Your eyes are clear." "Any nausea?" "I'm fine." "it's a mild concussion. but no napping;" "I want you awake. but I'll be keeping both eyes on this big belly going up and down." "there's hope." "Aye." "Sassenach." "The British are routed. leaving hundreds of dead and wounded behind." "And our losses can't number more than 50 men." "The whole thing took all of 15 minutes. perhaps put an end to the rebellion this very morning." "♪" "Where's Fergus?" "I'm sure he went to fight." "Sassenach." "Take a wee peek outside." "Fergus!" "you wretch!" "What do you mean by sneaking off like that?" "Should box your ears until your head rattles." " Milady." " Are you all right?" "I..." "Milady." "Don't tell me that." "I think I killed him." "He... he fell down." "I had a knife." "I struck him." "Fergus." "I'm so sorry." "are you?" "No." "I'm just... tired." "very tired." "♪" "Come with me. somewhere to sleep." "Ahh!" "Dougal MacKenzie." "Do I know ye?" "Lieutenant Jeremy Foster." "I accompanied you and the lady Claire Beauchamp to the village of Brockton." "aye." "The only honorable redcoat in Lord Thomas' staff." "I would be much obliged if you would see me to your infirmary." "ye expect me to carry ye to Tranent?" "I've still got work to do here." "Is your thirst for slaughter not quenched yet?" "You've won a great victory today." "Aye." "And I wager there'll be many more to follow." "A war chief should know better." "I tell you this in all candor:" "you cannot defeat the British army." "but you will never win this war." "Well..." "No." "No!" "God alone knows the answer to that." "Shush." "there." "And if so..." "I'll look for you in hell." "♪" "We did not run. that blubber no doubt protected his innards." "Aye." "Must have been those third portions he gobbled that did it." "the man could eat." "I meant to say. you look done in." "it's just..." "It's been a long night." "What is that?" "You look like you got stepped on by a horse." "'cause I was." "The British were in such retreat an officer galloped right over me." "fill this." "You've had 400 weight of horse step on your kidney." "I want to see if there's any blood in your urine." "Here." "Hold this while I take aim." "Six pence says you can't make it from where you stand." "I'll make the effort." "everyone." "Let the man concentrate. your labors on our behalf are much appreciated." "Your Royal Highness." "Please be careful of the blood;" "the floor is slippery." "I bring you the blessing and gratitude of my father." "Your deeds today will be forever remembered. my joy would be complete. it brings a damp chill over my heart." "I say to you all: but one country." " My father will tell me..." " Victory is ours!" "Let the writing of the ballads begin." "Dougal!" "then?" "What?" "Do ye mean to tell me ye been tending this scum as if they were yer own kin?" "the British were taught a lesson this morning they are not soon to forget." "Like bloody hell." "I say we put an end to this shit here... killing these men willna add to our victory." "Ye call these bastards "men"?" "Yes." "Men." "And they are my father's subjects." "And each one of them is your brother." "where is your Christian charity?" "James..." "I wish for you to remove this gentleman from the muster roll immediately." "There is no place for such wanton disregard for Englishmen in my army." "Dougal MacKenzie is a true warrior. despite his foolish tongue. we'll need every warrior we can muster." "James." "And the fastest horse will undoubtedly win the race." "Now what good is it when its master is tossed from its saddle in the process?" "What am I to do with such a blood-thirsty barbarian?" "We... promote him..." "Your Royal Highness." "As captain of the newly formed give him 15 of our best riders and horses. harass his supply lines." "we use his abilities... and Your Royal Highness will never have to lay eyes upon him." "James." "rouge." "See that he does not come to lament his benevolence." "♪ lad." "Truly." "And I swear... that I will not give you cause to regret your generosity." "But I know what ye're up to. both at the same time." "That's a plan worthy of my brother Colum." "how's Rupert?" "man." "He's my friend as well." "Claire!" "Angus!" "the cannon blast." "He's been bleeding internally this whole time." " Angus." " Is there nothing you can do?" "♪" "♪" "♪" "I expected the flavor of victory to taste sweeter." "no matter the outcome. turns out you were right about Prestonpans after all." "wasn't I?" "That means I'm also right about the disaster awaiting us at Culloden." "down ♪" "♪ Here's a health to the king ♪" "♪ And a lasting peace ♪" "♪ To factions end and wealth increase ♪" "♪ Come let us drink while we have breath ♪" "♪ For there's no drinking after death ♪" "♪ And he that would" "♪ This toast deny ♪" "♪ Down among the dead men ♪" "♪ Down among the dead men ♪ down ♪ let him lie ♪" "♪"