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Battle of the Glasgow
Revolution in the Commune
Part of Post War Troubles[1] and Red Clydeside

Medium Mark C tanks and soldiers at the Glasgow Cattle Market in the Gallowgate
Date14 February 1919– 19 January 1920[2]
Location
Result

Manny Shinwell, William Gallacher and David Kirkwood were tried and executed for treason. Destruction of most of Glasgow and surrounding Towns, Army occupation of the Western Central Lowlands.

In the General Election of 1920, Red Clydeside Supporters thrown out[3] and a wave of anti-socialist Right Wing Parties took power. Rise of the Anti-Socialist Council and Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere, future Prime Minister and Leader of the ASC[4].
Belligerents

United Kingdom British Empire

Communist Party of Great Britain

Commanders and leaders

United Kingdom Douglas Haig
United Kingdom Henry Rawlinson
United Kingdom Herbert Plumer
Canada Arthur Currie

Alexander Raven Thomson

William Gallacher (POW
David Kirkwood (POW
John Maclean (POW)
Manny Shinwell (POW
John Wheatley 

Mary Barbour (POW)
Strength

7,200[5] World War I Veterans

400 Free Men of the Anti-Socialist Council
3,500 - 4,000 Revolutionaries[6]
150 Defector Troops[7]
Casualties and losses
347 Soldiers due to enemy action[8]
Approx. 1,000 to Spanish Influenza[9]
Approx. 900 due to enemy actions[10]
Approx. 2,000 to Spanish Influenza[11]
The Troubles in Scotland and the rest of Europe occured during the height of the Spanish Influenza outbreak, which killed 70,000 in Scotland alone.[12]
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