Auldearn 1645

The Marquis of Montrose’s Scottish campaign

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Description

In August 1644, at the height of the First English Civil War, John Graham, the Marquis of Montrose, raised the standard of Royalist rebellion in Scotland.

In a single year he won a string of remarkable victories with his army of Irish mercenaries and Highland clansmen. His victory at Auldearn, the centrepiece of his campaign, was won only after a day-long struggle and heavy casualties on both sides.

This book details the remarkable sequence of victories at Tippermuir, Aberdeen, Inverlochy, Auldearn and Kilsyth that left Montrose briefly in the ascendant in Scotland. However, his decisive defeat and surrender at Philiphaugh finally crushed the Royalist cause in Scotland.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chronology

Opposing Commanders
Opposing Armies
Opposing Plans
The Campaign begins
The battle of Auldearn
The Campaign continued

Aftermath
The Battlefields Today
Bibliography
Index

Product details

Published Sep 20 2012
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781782004165
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 63 b/w; 37 col
Series Campaign
Short code CAM 123
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

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Stuart Reid

Stuart Reid was born in Aberdeen in 1954 and is ma…

Illustrator

Gerry Embleton

Gerry Embleton has been a leading illustrator an…

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