Orkney from mainland Scotland sought refuge on Orkney and were helped on to safety in Sweden. In 1745, the Jacobite lairds on the islands ensured that Orkney remained pro-Jacobite in outlook, and was a safe place to land supplies from Spain to aid their cause. Orkney was the last place in the British Isles that held out for the Jacobites and was not retaken by the British Government until 24 May 1746, over a month after the defeat of the main Jacobite army at Culloden. Orkney was the site of a Royal Navy base at Scapa Flow, which played a major
The Ancient Art of War in the Skies The Ancient Art of War in the Skies The Ancient Art of War in the Skies is a video game developed by Evryware in 1992 for PC/MS-DOS computers as a sequel to "The Ancient Art of War" and "The Ancient Art of War at Sea". In 1993 the game was converted to Amiga and Atari ST. In "The Ancient Art of War in the Skies", the player plays either the British or German forces in World War I. In this air combat simulation, the player makes aerial assaults against opponents such as Lord Kitchener, Ferdinand Foch, Kaiser Wilhelm II, fictional