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.

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In 1644 the Earl of Montrose led a Royalist rebellion against the ruling Covenanters, in the course of a year he won a string of victories which left him momentarily in control of Scotland, The Battle of Auldearn was the centrepiece of this campaign. This work details that campaign.
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Introduction
Chronology

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

Aftermath
The Battlefields Today
Bibliography
Index

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Auldearn 1645 details the remarkable sequence of victories at Tippermuir, Aberdeen, Inverlochy, Auldearn and Kilsyth during the First English Civil War.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781841766799
Publisert
2003-05-20
Utgiver
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Vekt
325 gr
Høyde
248 mm
Bredde
184 mm
Dybde
8 mm
Aldersnivå
G, P, 01, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
96

Forfatter
Illustratør

Biografisk notat

Stuart Reid was born in Aberdeen in 1954. His life long interest in military history has led to a longstanding involvement in historical re-enactment, which has broadened into work as a military advisor for film companies. Stuart has written numerous titles for the Osprey military list including a three volume set on King George’s Army 1740-93 in the Men-at-Arms series and two volumes in the Warrior series on the British Redcoat 1740-93 and 1793-1815 respectively.

Gerry Embleton has been a leading historical illustrator since the early 1970s specialising in the medieval period, but with a keen interest in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. An illustrator, and author, of a number of Osprey titles he has lived in Switzerland since the early 1980s.