Battle of Auldearn

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The Battle of Auldearn was a 1645 engagement in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in which Royalist forces under James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, defeated a larger Covenanter army in the Scottish Highlands.

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Battle of Auldearn canonical 9
Battle of Auldearn (1645) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
aftermath consolidated Montrose’s control in the north of Scotland ⓘ
weakened Covenanter military position in the Highlands ⓘ
associatedWith Alasdair MacColla ⓘ
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose ⓘ
belligerent Royalists ⓘ
Scottish Covenanters ⓘ
commander Alasdair MacColla ⓘ
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose ⓘ
Sir John Hurry ⓘ
Sir Mungo Campbell of Lawers ⓘ
conflict Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
CovenanterForceComposition Lowland infantry ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
CovenanterStrength numerically superior to Royalists ⓘ
date 9 May 1645 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Alford ⓘ
Battle of Kilsyth ⓘ
historicalPeriod 17th century ⓘ
historicalRegion Early modern Scotland ⓘ
location Auldearn ⓘ
Nairnshire ⓘ
Scottish Highlands ⓘ
notableFeature heavy Covenanter casualties ⓘ
significant boost to Royalist morale in Scotland ⓘ
use of terrain and village of Auldearn for defensive advantage ⓘ
partOf Scottish Civil War ⓘ
partOfCampaign Montrose’s 1644–1645 Royalist campaign in Scotland ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Inverlochy (1645) ⓘ
result Royalist victory ⓘ
RoyalistForceComposition Highland clansmen ⓘ
Irish infantry ⓘ
RoyalistStrength outnumbered by Covenanters ⓘ
tacticUsed defensive stand by Irish infantry under Alasdair MacColla ⓘ
feigned retreat by Royalist forces ⓘ
year 1645 ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

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Clan Graham → battleInvolvement → Battle of Auldearn (1645) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Auldearn
Scottish Covenanter army → notableBattle → Battle of Auldearn ⓘ
Clan MacKenzie → tookPartIn → Battle of Auldearn ⓘ
Battle of Inverlochy (1645) → followedBy → Battle of Auldearn ⓘ
Clan Keith → notableBattle → Battle of Auldearn ⓘ
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose → battle → Battle of Auldearn ⓘ
subject linked to: James Graham
Battle of Alford → precededBy → Battle of Auldearn ⓘ
Scottish Civil War → hasPart → Battle of Auldearn ⓘ