Battle of Alford

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The Battle of Alford was a 1645 engagement in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in which Royalist forces under James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, defeated a Covenanter army in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
armedConflictType civil war battle ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Alasdair MacColla ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Alford ⓘ
River Don ⓘ
belligerent Royalists ⓘ
Scottish Covenanters ⓘ
campaign Montrose’s 1644–1645 campaign in Scotland ⓘ
chronologyPosition One of Montrose’s later victories in his 1644–1645 campaign ⓘ
combatantLeaderCovenanter William Baillie of Letham ⓘ
combatantLeaderRoyalist James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose ⓘ
commander James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose ⓘ
William Baillie of Letham ⓘ
conflict Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
covenanterForcesIncluded Lowland infantry ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
covenanterSideAllegiance Scottish Covenanter government ⓘ
date 2 July 1645 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Kilsyth ⓘ
historicalEra Early modern period ⓘ
linked to: Early Modern period
location near Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ⓘ
notableConsequence Further weakened Covenanter control in northern Scotland ⓘ
notableTactic Use of high ground by Royalist forces ⓘ
partOf First English Civil War broader conflict system ⓘ
Scottish campaign of 1644–1645 ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Auldearn ⓘ
region Aberdeenshire ⓘ
result Royalist victory ⓘ
royalistForcesIncluded Highland clansmen ⓘ
Irish infantry under Alasdair MacColla ⓘ
sideRoyalistAllegiance Charles I of England and Scotland ⓘ
strategicOutcome Opened the way for Montrose’s advance into central Scotland ⓘ
theatre Scotland ⓘ
year 1645 ⓘ

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Battle of Kilsyth (1645) → precededBy → Battle of Alford ⓘ
Clan Graham → battleInvolvement → Battle of Alford (1645) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Alford
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose → battle → Battle of Alford ⓘ
subject linked to: James Graham
Battle of Auldearn → followedBy → Battle of Alford ⓘ
Battle of Kilsyth → precededBy → Battle of Alford ⓘ
Montrose’s 1644–1645 Scottish campaign → dateOfBattle → Battle of Alford, 2 July 1645 ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Alford
Scottish Civil War → hasPart → Battle of Alford ⓘ