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	Clan Donald - Wikipedia Mirror (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The Battle of the Western Isles 1586 was fought between Clan MacDonald and the Clan MacLean.
		The Battle of the Isle of Isla 1598.
		This battle was between the Scottish Argyll government forces of Clan Campbell led by Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll and the Royalist forces of the Marquess of Montrose mainly made up of Clan MacDonald, Clan MacLean and other MacDonalds and men from Ireland.
	www.wiki-mirror.us /index.php/Clan_Macdonald (1783 words)

	Scotland History: The Scottish Clan System - C
		The Battle of Inverlochy 1431, Clan Cameron fought as Royalists during this battle between the nephew of Alexander the Earl of Ross and Lord of the Isles against the Royalist forces led by the Earl of Mar and Earl of Caithness.
		Battle of Inverlochy (1645), This battle was between the Scottish Argyll Covenanter forces of Clan Campbell led by Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll and the Royalist forces of James Graham the Marquess of Montrose mainly made up from Clan MacDonald, Clan MacLean and other MacDonalds and men from Ireland.
		Battle of Stirling (1648), Campbells were among the forces of the Marquis of Argyll who was defeated at the Battle of Stirling in 1648 by the forces of Sir George Munro who were in support of the Earl of Lanerick.
	www.scotlandhistory.net /clanc.html (6742 words)

	Scotland History: The Scottish Clan System - O
		A regiment from the Ogilvy Clan fought at the Battle of Culloden in 1746.
		The chief's eldest son was implicated in the conspiracy known as the Ruthven Raid led by the Clan Ruthven, to kidnap the young King James VI of Scotland and was therefore exiled in 1582.
		The ninth Lord Oliphant led the clan at the Battle of Killiecrankie in 1689 and was afterwards imprisoned.
	www.scotlandhistory.net /clano.html (1220 words)

	Battle of Inverlochy 1645 - ScotWwars
		Of all the battles that Montrose fought, the battle of Inverlochy is perhaps the most significant.
		His Irish troops were battle hardened veterans, used to fighting and marching in all conditions, and his Highlanders had grown up in such a climate.
		The significance of this battle was not lost on the Highlanders.
	www.scotwars.com /html/battle_of_inverlochy.htm (1906 words)

	Old Inverlochy Castle, Fort William, Scotland
		Inverlochy Castle, that is Old Inverlochy Castle, has a very long and ancient history, where two notable battles were fought in the 1600s.
		Old Inverlochy Castle was built around 1280 by one of the Comwyns, possibly at the command of Edward I of England.
		It was here on 2nd February 1645 that a bloody battle was fought between the Royalists forces of Montrose defending the castle and the Marquis of Argyll and a Highland army of clansmen.
	www.visit-fortwilliam.co.uk /old-inverlochy/index.htm (284 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Battle of Inverlochy (1645)
		Soon after their joint victory at the Battle of Tippermuir in September 1644 Alasdair MacColla separated from Montrose, intending to check on the bases he had established on the western coast and to raise additional recruits from among the anti-Campbell clans.
		For despite his successes at Tippermuir and the subsequent Battle of Aberdeen he had so far failed in his main aim of drawing the Covenanters back from the war against the king in England.
		A halt was made at Inverlochy Castle, close to the site of the modern town of Fort William, and the location of an ancient Macdonald victory over a Lowland army in 1431.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Battle_of_Inverlochy_(1645) (2101 words)

	Chapter XII. Battle of Kilsyth (1645)
		In 1645, when the affairs of Charles I. were much on the decline in England, a vigorous effort was made for him in Scotland by the Earl of Montrose.
		Montrose, putting himself at the head of this force, began his operations in the north; and his success from the first was so rapid, that, in the space of twelve months, he gained six victories, and over-ran the greater part of Scotland.
		The battle at last began, in the valley behind the town of Kilsyth, where Montrose waited for his enemy.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/stirlingshire/chap12.htm (2013 words)

	Historic Scottish Battles - From Rampant Scotland
		The army of Prince Charles Edward Stewart, consisting mainly of Highlanders, was soundly defeated by the Duke of Cumberland, bringing to an end the ambitions of the "Young Pretender" to recover the throne for the Stewart dynasty.
		With the defeat of King James VII at the Battle of the Boyne in Northern Ireland the following year, Dunkeld was the last battle in Scotland in the 17th century to restore the Stewarts to the throne.
		The Marquis of Montrose, after his success at the Battle of Tippermuir (see below), was being pursued by a Covenanting force led by the Marquis of Argyll and his Campbell clan (though a General Baillie also though he was in command and the two men could not stand the sight of one another!).
	www.rampantscotland.com /features/battles.htm (3250 words)

	Battle of Inverkeithing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tippermuir – Aberdeen – Inverlochy – Auldearn – Carlisle – Alford – Kilsyth – Philiphaugh – Stirling – Carbisdale – Dunbar –
		The battle resulted in a decisive English victory that gave Oliver Cromwell's forces control of the Firth of Forth and outflanked the defensive position of the main Scottish Army under David Leslie.
		Here, in one of the most heroic episodes of the battle of Inverkeithing, the clan Macleans of Mull, surrounded by superior enemy forces, fought to the death in defence of their chief.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Inverkeithing (1529 words)

	Battle of Kilsyth 1645 - Scotwars
		It was almost too late, as the Scots had assembled a sizeable army under General Alexander Leslie (later the Earl of Leven) and sent it south to join the parliamentary forces operating against the King in the North of England.
		A year and five battles later, he had succeeded in those objects and was now poised for the final blow, which would give him control of Scotland.
		In August, 1645, Montrose had an army of 4,500 infantry and 500 cavalry assembled at Dunkeld, in Perthshire.
	www.scotwars.com /html/battle_of_kilsyth.htm (1489 words)

	Battle of Dunbar (1650) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tippermuir – Aberdeen – Inverlochy – Auldearn – Carlisle – Alford – Kilsyth – Philiphaugh – Stirling – Carbisdale –
		The Battle of Dunbar (3 September 1650) was a battle of the Third English Civil War.
		Lord Ralph Neville had commanded part of the English army which had defeated the Scots at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346 on the outskirts of Durham City.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Dunbar_(1650) (986 words)

	Battle of Inverlochy - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Battle of Inverlochy
		Originally a garrison town in the 1650s, it subsequently housed employees of a nearby aluminium-smelting works.
		In 1645 Inverlochy Castle, now a neglected ruin, saw the defeat of parliamentary forces under Argyll by the Royalist Montrose.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Battle+of+Inverlochy (118 words)

	Old Inverlochy Castle, Fort William, Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Although now a ruin this was one of the most important castles in Scottish history and has been the backdrop for two major engagements, the first and second battles of Inverlochy.
		In 1645 the royalist Earl of Montrose routed the roundhead forces of the Campbell Chief Duke of Argyll at the second Battle of Inverlochy.
		However, some parts of the ruins still remain by the side of the Loch, at the end of the by-pass before the College and supermarket at the end of the road.
	www.inverlochycastle.co.uk (294 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		At Tippermuir and Aberdeen he routed Covenanting levies; at Inverlochy he crushed the Campbells, at Auldearn, Alford and Kilsyth his victories were obtained over well-led and disciplined armies.
		Charles had been defeated at the Battle of Naseby on 14 June, and Montrose must come to his help if there was to be still a king to proclaim.
		Crossing to the mainland, he tried in vain to raise the clans, and on 27 April he was surprised and routed at the Battle of Carbisdale (1650) in Ross-shire.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=James_Graham,_1st_Marquess_of_Montrose (1605 words)

	The Battle of Inverlochy
		During early 1645, in the Wars of the Covenant, The Marquis of Montrose and his army had wintered-down at Inveraray, which had been taken from the Campbells.
		What is known is that from the Roy Bridge area they forded the river Spean near Corriechoille and traversed a secret way via the old townships of Kilchonate and Leanachan and were at the foot of Ben Nevis' "shoulder" of Meall an t-Suidhe before dark.
		Allan himself did not partake in the battle, being nearly ninety years of age at the time.
	www.clan-cameron.org /battles/1645.html (419 words)

	Fort William to Gairlochy
		A mere handful of years ago you would have had to walk through Inverlochy itself, which is really little more than a rather drab housing estate, but the GGW follows a newly constructed path around the edge of the village, through an area of mixed scrub and woodland.
		Fort William's satellites of Inverlochy, Caol, Banavie and Corpach cluster around this elbow of sea lochs and we'll be hugging the coastline for some three miles.
		Inverlochy village falls away to your right and the path now crosses an open area, on which a couple of sports grounds are laid out; the Fort William - Mallaig railway line runs along the far side.
	www.jbutler.org.uk /e2e/ggw/w1/index.shtml (2393 words)

	Alasdair MacColla (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		MacColla was born in the Western Isles of Scotland in the early seventeenth century into the Clan Donald branch of the MacDonald clan.
		In the subsequent Scottish Civil War, MacColla and Montrose won a series of victories at the battle of Tippermuir, the battle of Inverlochy (1645) and the battle of Auldearn.
		MacColla's men were mostly killed in the Confederate defeats at the battle of Dungans Hill in Meath and then at the battle of Knocknanauss in Cork.
	alasdair-maccolla.iqnaut.net (658 words)

	UK Battlefields Resource Centre - The Civil Wars
		» Battle of Stow on the Wold - 1646
		Battle of Stow on the Wold - 1646
		The first military action was in the Bishops Wars, between Scotland and England in 1638 - 1640, culminating in the battle of Newburn (Northumberland).
	battlefieldstrust.com /resource-centre/civil-war/battleview.asp?... (226 words)

	Clan MacKinnon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Lands on Mull and Strathordell in the Isle of Skye were held, and Dunakin (Castle Maoil) on Skye was a MacKinnon stronghold from the 12th to the 15th century.
		The MacKinnons were loyal to the Stuarts and fought in the army of Montrose at the Battle of Inverlochy in 1645.
		The clan remained loyal to the Stuarts in the next century, and sent 150 men to join the Earl of Mar at the Battle of Sheriffmuir in 1715.
	www.clanshop.co.uk /clanfocus/mackinnon.htm (318 words)

	This Month in Celtic History - July 2004
		In late November of 1645, the Marquis of Argyll was in Edinburgh fighting to keep his command before the Committee of Estates.
		February 2, 1645, the second battle of Inverlochy, was a day when the Siol a'Shormhaile, the MacDonalds, took their vengeance on the Siol a'Dhiarmaid, the Campbells, for stealing their hegemony in the west.
		But more importantly, it was a battle where Scottish and Irish Gaels together turned and defeated the agent in their world that had done the most to aid the enemies of the Gael.
	www.celticleague.org /history_7-04a.html (2396 words)

	Scottish History
		Historic Scottish Battles A list of all the major battles that shaped the Scottish nation.
		The Battle of Falkirk and the execution of Wallace
		The "Bonnie Dundee" and the Battle of Killiecrankie
	mackenzie.00family.com /historylinks.htm (1611 words)

	mary jane lamond: stòras (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		This very old song is said to have been composed by a Campbell woman after the Battle of Inverlochy in 1645.
		In this battle the Campbells and the Covenanters were routed by Montrose and his troops.
		It is said that little quarter was given as we can hear as this woman sings of losing her, father, husband, four brothers and three sons in the battle as well as having her fields and animals burned.
	www.maryjanelamond.com /lyrics/storas/5.htm (509 words)

	iaokim network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
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	iaokim5s1y.blogspot.com (15159 words)

	the biography of James Graham Marquis of Montrose - life story
		Early in 1645, Montrose led a guerrilla campaign against the Campbells and their chief, the Marquis of Argyll.
		In August 1645, Montrose achieved his greatest victory when he defeated Baillie and the Covenanter Committee of War headed by Argyll at the battle of Kilsyth, which left him for a short time master of Scotland.
		Montrose was defeated at the battle of Carbisdale by Colonel Strachan in April 1650.
	www.poemhunter.com /james-graham-marquis-of-montrose/biography (1475 words)

	MyClan.com : Clan MacKinnon : Clan History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Despite this, the Mackinnons were loyal to the Stuarts, and fought in the army of Montrose at the Battle of Inverlochy in 1645.
		In 1650, Lachlan raised a regiment which fought on the royalist side at the Battle of Worcester in 1651.
		The chief was created a knight banneret by Charles II on the field of battle.
	www.myclan.com /clans/MacKinnon_82/default.php (918 words)

	Haughs o' Cromdale, The
		There was only one Battle of Cromdale, in which Williamite army of Thomas Livingstone beat the Jacobites under Buchan easily.
		Montrose, typically, had won a battle at Inverlochy in February, only to see most of his army dissolve.
		Auldern came only a few weeks before the Battle of Naseby (June 14), and that much bigger and more important battle settled Charles I's hopes for good and all (though it was a while before people realized that).
	www.csufresno.edu /folklore/ballads/BrHauCro.html (375 words)

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