Scottish clan support for the Stuarts when James was deposed by William of Orange in the Glorious Revolution. Clan support, their remoteness from authority and the ready mobilisation of the clan hosts made the Highlands the starting point for the Jacobite risings. In Scottish Jacobite ideology, the Highlander symbolised patriotic purity as against the corruption of the Union, and as early as 1689 some Lowlanders wore ""Highland habit"" in the Jacobite army. Many clan chiefs, such as those of the Clan Mackenzie and the Clan Macdonald of Sleat, did not take part in the Jacobite rising of 1745 because of the threat
Action at La Hogue (1692) French :<br> 12 ships of the line, plus auxiliaries. 1st Rank – "Ambitieux" 96, "Merveilleux" 90, "Foudroyant" 84, "Magnifique" 86, and "Saint Philippe" 84<br> 2nd Rank – "Terrible" 80, "Bourbon" 68, "Fier" 80, and "Tonnant" 80<br> 3rd Rank – "St Louis" 64, "Gaillard" 68, and "Fort" 60, Action at La Hogue (1692) The Action at La Hogue occurred during the pursuit by the English of the French fleet after the Battle of Barfleur on 19 May Old Style (29 May (New Style)), 1692, during the Nine Years' War. The pursuing English fleet, under the command of Admiral of the Fleet