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	Battle of Auldearn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tippermuir â“ Aberdeen â“ Inverlochy â“ Auldearn â“ Alford â“ Kilsyth â“ Philiphaugh â“ Dunbar â“ Worcester
		The Battle of Auldearn was an engagement of the Scottish Civil War, which took place on May 9, 1645, near the village of Auldearn in Nairnshire.
		The village of Auldearn ran linearly along a roughly north-south road.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Auldearn (401 words)

	Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Battles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		So, my suggestion: for every battle where one or more side has more than one line in their commander box, all commanders should be bulleted.
		I first noticed this when Battle of Nechtansmere was moved from "English battles" to "Battled in England", despite the place not being in England at all.
		*Battles in X Country is not a useful category, because, more often than not, it is not where a battle took place that's important, but who participated.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Wikiproject_Battles (4053 words)

	Campaigns of the Marquis of Montrose, 1644-5
		Elcho's cavalry advanced against the Irish but were unnerved by their bloodcurdling shrieks and battle cries.
		At least 2,000 were killed in the battle and rout.
		Having defeated Colonel Hurry at Auldearn, the Marquis of Montrose continued his raiding and guerrilla campaign in the Highlands.
	www.british-civil-wars.co.uk /military/1644-5-montrose-scotland.htm (2056 words)

	Auldearn Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		Auldearn lies on the traditional route from Inverness to Aberdeen just two miles east of Nairn.
		But the Royalists were forewarned and the closely fought and bloody battle that followed was finally turned when Covenanter cavalry, in an early example of "friendly fire", broke through their own infantry in error.
		To the north of the centre of Auldearn, again on raised ground, is the Parish Church.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /auldearn/auldearn (655 words)

	Clan SUTHERLAND
		William, second Earl of Sutherland, was the hero who overthrew a large force of invading Danes at the battle of Embo in 1259, himself slaying their leader with the leg of a horse, a circumstance commemorated in the name of Dornoch—a horse’s hoof, and by the Earl’s Cross which still stands on the spot.
		This chief’s brother, Kenneth, the fourth Earl, married a daughter of the Earl of Mar, and fell at the disastrous battle of Halidon Hill in 1333.
		After the battle Angus Dhu had himself carried to the field to seek the bodies of his cousins, and while doing this was killed with an arrow by a Sutherland man from behind a bush.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/stoz/sutherl2.html (6781 words)

	Battle of Kilsyth - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Tippermuir – Aberdeen – Inverlochy – Auldearn – Alford – Kilsyth – Philiphaugh – Dunbar – Worcester
		The Battle of Kilsyth was an engagement of the Scottish Civil War which took place on August 15, 1645.
		Despite the numerical disadvantage, the battle was another victory for Royalist forces, and marked the end of William Baillie 's pursuit of the Royalists.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/Battle_of_Kilsyth (798 words)

	All about Scotland - Over 350 pages on Scotland past and present (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Battle of Preston in which Duke of Hamilton at the head of an army of 20,000 crossed into England in support of Charles I. Scots defeated by Cromwell, 2,000 killed, 8,000 captured and Hamilton surrendered on 25 August (and beheaded in March 1649).
		Battle of Rullion Green in Galloway, in which the King's army, led by Sir Thomas Dalzell, defeated the Covenanters.
		Battle of Killiecrankie in which Viscount Dundee (John Graham of Claverhouse) leading a force of Jacobite Highlanders overcame the forces of King William, led by General Hugh Mackay.
	www.niceguy.org.uk /scotland/1600.htm (882 words)

	Features - Notable Dates in History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Battle of Arkinholm, Dumfriesshire, where three brothers of 9th Earl of Douglas were defeated on the Esk, near Langholm, by an army composed of leading Border families; marked downfall of the Black Douglasses.
		Battle of Langside, the final defeat of Mary, Queen of Scots, in her attempt to regain the throne from her son, James V1, and his supporters.
		Battle of Bothwell, defeat of the Covenanters under Balfour of Burleigh and Hackson of Rathillet, by Royal Troops led by the Duke of Monmouth.
	www.theflaginthewind.net /dates1-2.htm (7192 words)

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		Between 1642 and 1651 a struggle for power took place in Britain between Parliament and King Charles I. In 1649 the King was beheaded and his son attempted to continue the fight, being forced to flee the country only after his defeat at Worcester in 1651.
		Probably one of the largest battles ever fought on British soil and the biggest during the Civil War.
		The battle of Marston Moor is especially famous for the Earl of Newcastle’s White Coat regiments heroic last stand.
	www.thomasballards.com /WhatECW.htm (1399 words)

	Auldearn 1645: The Marquis of Montrose's Scottish Campaign (Campaign) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Auldearn 1645: The Marquis of Montrose's Scottish Campaign (Campaign) Review: It is difficult to see how Stuart Reid's volume on the Auldearn Campaign in Scotland in 1645 made it into Osprey's Campaign series.
		First and foremost, the Auldearn Campaign simply didn't matter because the English Civil War was decided by Englishmen in England, not small bands of Irish mercenaries and Scottish tribal levies in the boondocks of Scotland.
		Finally, the Auldearn Campaign is simply not worthy of serious military study, since the forces involved were such primitive tactical throwbacks.
	www.textkit.com /0_1841766798.html (1250 words)

	First Newbury 1643 (Campaign, 116) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		American readers may ponder not only why this battle is described by the author as the "turning point" of the war, but also why such a seemingly minor action merits a book in the same series as Waterloo, Kursk and Gettysburg.
		There are three 3-D Bird's Eye View maps of the Battle of Newbury and five 2-D maps (England in 1643, the siege of Gloucester, the march from Gloucester to Newbury, the march from Newbury to London, and England in late 1643).
		As for describing the Battle of Newbury, not only does the author make no mention of casualties, but he seems at a loss to explain the significance of any of the events described.
	www.enotalone.com /books/1841763330.html (589 words)

	Clan MACRAE
		In this battle one of the MacRaes, Duncan More, a man of immense strength, is said to have played a very conspicuous part, and contributed largely to the defeat of the MacDonalds.
		In consequence the battle was commemorated in the famous tune, "Spaidsearachd mhic Rha'," which to the present day, as its name imports, is the march of the clan.
		In this capacity, at the battle of Auldearn, a large number of the MacLennans were cut to pieces.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/m/macrae2.html (3274 words)

	Historic Earls and Earldoms of Scotland - Chapter III - Earldom and Earls of Huntly - Section XIV
		The battle raged with the utmost fury, and was long and fiercely contested.
		The battle began and raged furiously with no apparent success on either side; at last Montrose brought up his reserve, and Lord Gordon attacked the Covenanters in flank; and they were completely defeated.
		At the battle of Kilsyth, on the 24th of August, many of the Gordons fought under the command of Viscount Aboyne.
	www.electricscotland.com /WEBCLANS/earldoms/chapter3s14.htm (1428 words)

	Discover and Explore Auldearn
		Auldearn is a small village on the Inverness road about two miles east of Nairn.
		It is said that some of the dead from this battle are buried in the church graveyard.
		For the tourists from abroad the nearest airports are Inverness with a connection by rail to Nairn and on to Auldearn by bus, coach or car, Glasgow with a rail connection to Inverness then Nairn and on as above, or Aberdeen with a rail connection to Nairn and on as above.
	www.thelandofmacbeth.com /auldearn.htm (256 words)

	CDM04A04 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A splendidly graphic account of the battle written by Brigadier John Sym DSO, is preserved under cover at the dovecote, and by courtesy of the National Trust for Scotland we reproduce this account below.
		Auldearn was the scene of one of his most remarkable victories and his tactics in this classic encounter have been the object of study and admiration by soldiers and historians ever since.
		Although he escaped after the battle, he was later betrayed, captured and executed in Edinburgh on 21st May. But Montrose died, as he had lived, a Presbyterian and adhering to the National Covenant.
	www.clandonald.org.uk /cdm04a04.htm (1731 words)

	Battles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sir Alexander de SETON of that Ilk; defected from the English to the Scots on the eve of the battle
		This battle was one of the high points of English success during the Hundred Years War.
		As a result of this battle the Scots ceased to be a major aid to the French during the war.
	home.austarnet.com.au /dfgoonan/BATTLES.htm (3389 words)

	Historical perspective for Auldearn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The principal residences are Boath House, 3 furlongs N of the village, and Lethen House, near the southern boundary; and 6 proprietors hold each an annual value of £500 and upwards, 4 of from £20 to £50.
		Its parish church is situated at the village, and was built in 1757 in place of an older structure, dedicated to St Colm, and anciently held by the sub-dean of Elgin cathedral.
		The three public schools of Auldearn, Innes, and Moyness, with respective accommodation for 84,81, and 83 children, had (1879) an average attendance of 39,61, and 56, and grants of.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/towns/townhistory5312.html (1113 words)

	Chronology of Scottish History - 1600 to 1899
		Battle of Sheriffmuir in which a force of Jacobites led by John, 6th Earl of Mar, fought an inconclusive battle against a Hanoverian force led by John, 2nd Duke of Argyll.
		"Battle of Tranent" in which a demonstration against conscription under the Militia Act was broken up by the Cinque Ports Dragoons and East Lothian Yeomanry with the death of 12 participants.
		Battle of the Braes in which crofters in Skye fought 50 policemen during a dispute over land rights.
	www.rampantscotland.com /timeline/1899.htm (6105 words)

	Irish Soldiers of the British Army
		At the Battle of Tippermuir (1644) and Aberdeen (1644), the Irish Regiments held the centre of the line and with the Highland Clans developed the famed highland charge.
		At Inverlochy (1645) they took the flanks of the battle, and at Auldearn (1645) they held the right flank, but at Kilsyth they again held the centre — every battle a victory for the combined Irish and Scottish Gaelic force.
		The 5th Royal Irish Lancers were raised in 1689 fought at the Battle of the Boyne and as Ross's Horse were sent to the Netherlands were disbanded in 1799 having being infiltrated by the United Irishmen.
	www.doyle.com.au /irish_soldiers_of_the_british_ar.htm (1284 words)

	Overview of Auldearn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Although Auldearn was an early Scottish burgh, it lost its status c.1190 with the founding of Nairn closeby.
		Auldearn is perhaps best remembered as the site of a battle fought in May 1645 on boggy ground to the south west of the village.
		The battle is recalled in local place-names such as Dead Wood and in memorial stones in the north porch of the parish church which dates from 1757.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk:81 /scotgaz/towns/townfirst5312.html (314 words)

	Auldearn DSL - Broadband-Internet-Providers.Org.Uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The hamlet of Auldearn was built on the steep western slops of a ridge running roughly north to...
		Covenanters came within musket shot of Auldearn the morning mist had lifted...
		Narden, when the Battle of Auldearn was fought in full view of...
	www.broadband-internet-providers.org.uk /7/Auldearn-DSL.html (196 words)

	All about Scotland - Over 350 pages on Scotland past and present (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland on the death of Queen Elizabeth I and the succession of King James VI of Scotland.
		Lord Maxwell executed for the murder of the head of the Johnstone family (the son of the Johnstone involved in the Battle of Dryfe Sands in December 6, 1593 above).
		Battle at Romanno Bridge between two gypsy tribes, Faas and Shaw.
	scotland.niceguy.org.uk /1600.htm (882 words)

	MacLennan 2
		Residing near Loch Duich near the Isle of Skye, the MacLennans became involved in 1645 at the battle of Auldearn defending the Duke of Argyle against the British campaign of Montrose.
		At the battle in May 1645, the MacLennans defended the standard of Lord Seaforth to nearly the last man. Eighteen of the widows then married their servants and with that the MacRaes became an important part of the clan.
		On April 16, 1746, at the battle of Culloden, the MacLennans and their highland partners lost over 1,000 as Charlie fled for France and the Jacobite revolt was over.
	www.cybertude.com /genealogy/bios/mclennan/prehistory2.html (472 words)

	Church 2
		606 Death of King Aidan of 685 Battle of Nectansmere.
		The King of Scots 1297 Battle of Stirling Bridge.
		1308 Battle of the Pass of Brander 1314 Battle of Bannockburn.
	www.themorganclan.com /scottimeline.htm (644 words)

	Piob. Soc. Books Index
		Battle of Bealach nam Brog, The Blar Bealach nam Brog 246 9
		Battle of Waterloo, The Blar Bhaterloo 324 11
		Battle of Worcester, The Blàr Vuster 455 14
	www.piobaireachd.com /library/piobsoc.htm (2427 words)

	Origin of the McLendon/McClendons in America
		After a bloody battle with the Frasers near Kessock, in which Gilliegorm fell, his widow was carried off by the victors, and soon afterward gave birth to a Gillegorm’s son.
		In the 15th century a feud between the Logans and the Frasers ended in a sanguinary battle at Kessock, in which Gilligorm, the chief of the Logans, was killed, and his widow carried off by the victors.
		They were numerous in Kintail, and at the Battle of Auldearn in 1645, where they acted as standard bearers to Lord Seaforth, many of them were killed in their gallant defence of the Standard.
	www.gwest.org /mclmyth.htm (2018 words)

	Clan Fraser Website Homepage
		You can then work out exactly where the battle was fought, for, although the area isn't built up, the fact that it's arable land makes it difficult to envisage the battlefield.
		The Battle of Auldearn was fought on 9 th May 1645, when Montrose's army defeated the Covenanters, whose army contained many Frasers.
		It's said that the Battle left 87 Lovat Fraser widows, giving some idea of the number of Frasers who were actually involved.
	www.fraser-clan.org /update/fraser_connections_5.htm (468 words)

	General History of the Highlands
		Disturbances in Sutherland and Battle of Harlaw 1411
		At this point we detail many of the individual clan feuds that went on in the Highlands to give you an impression of the general unrest there was during the next two centuries.
		Macintosh, chief of the clan Chattan in dispute with Earl of Huntly.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/genhist (1287 words)

	Osprey Campaign 123 : Auldearn 1645 : The Marquis of Montrose's Scottish Campaign
		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.
		His victory at Auldearn, the centrepiece of his campaign, was won only after a day-long struggle and heavy casualties on both sides.
		Stuart Reid details the remarkable sequence of victories at Tippermuir, Aberdeen, Inverlochy, Auldearn and Kilsyth that left Montrose briefly in the ascendant in Scotland.
	www.militaryfocus.com /osprey/campaign/123.htm (155 words)

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