John 'Old_Gibraltar' MACPHEE

Family 1:
  1. Sarah MACPHEE 
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!SOURCE: Rev. Dr. Donald MacKinnon and Alick Morrison, THE MACLEODS: THE GENEALOGY OF A CLAN, Section III, "MacLeod Cadet Families", Edinburgh, The Clan MacLeod Society, 1970, p. 164. Nicknamed 'Old Gibraltar', who had served in the 71st Highlanders during the heroic siege of Gibraltar 1779-1783. During the siege, the soldiers at one time were reduced to eating thistles. The enemy apparently covered their ships with wool and later leather, which the bullets of the defenders could not penetrate. MacPhee thought of a method of defeating this stratagem by making the bullets red hot. The idea proved most effective. 'Old Gibraltar' came to Canada and died there.

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