I received a copy of 'Lord George Murray and the '45' published in Aberdeen by Milne & Hutchison in 1927, author Winifred Duke. In the text on page 130, is described an incident in the Battle of Clifton. During the retreat, Glenbucket (who was nearly crippled and was riding) gave his targe to Lord George who provides this interesting description: 'it was convex and covered with a plate of metal, which was painted; the paint was cleared in two or three places with the enemy's bullets..." To me this is a unique description of a targe, not only because it was convex, metal covered and painted (which would be enough on its own) but the hint that it had deflected bullets.

There has been some debate here before about convex targes and metal plates, however, this is the only first hand description I have seen by one who actually used it.

The original text quoted here is cited as being in the Atholl Jacobite Memoires pp. 65-73. I provide this information for those of you interested in such.

I also read the same passage and started wondering what this may have looked like...

Cheers,
Henrik