Battle of Kilsyth

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The Battle of Kilsyth was a major 1645 engagement of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in which Royalist forces in Scotland won a decisive victory over Covenanter armies.

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Battle of Kilsyth canonical 13

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Kilsyth (1645) ⓘ
associatedWith James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose’s 1644–1645 campaign ⓘ
belligerent Covenanters ⓘ
Royalists ⓘ
casualties heavy Covenanter casualties ⓘ
light to moderate Royalist casualties ⓘ
combatant Royalist forces in Scotland ⓘ
Scottish Covenanter army ⓘ
commandedBy James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose ⓘ
conflict Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
CovenanterCommander Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll ⓘ
Lord Balcarres ⓘ
Lord Elcho ⓘ
William Baillie of Letham ⓘ
CovenanterForcesIncluded Lowland infantry ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
CovenanterStrength approximately 6,000–7,000 men ⓘ
date 15 August 1645 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Philiphaugh ⓘ
historicalPeriod 17th century ⓘ
location Scotland ⓘ
Stirlingshire ⓘ
near Kilsyth ⓘ
near Kilsyth Hills ⓘ
River Kelvin ⓘ
outcome Covenanter army routed ⓘ
partOf Scottish Civil War ⓘ
Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Alford ⓘ
result Royalist victory ⓘ
RoyalistCommander Alasdair Mac Colla ⓘ
linked to: Alasdair MacColla

James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose ⓘ
RoyalistForcesIncluded Highland clansmen ⓘ
Irish infantry ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
RoyalistStrength approximately 4,000–5,000 men ⓘ
significance decisive Royalist victory in Scotland ⓘ
temporarily gave Royalists control over most of Scotland ⓘ
tacticalFeature Covenanter line collapsed under infantry assault ⓘ
Royalists attacked Covenanter positions on high ground ⓘ
theatre Scottish theatre of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
year 1645 ⓘ

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Battle of Kilsyth (1645) → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Kilsyth ⓘ
Battle of Philiphaugh → followed → Battle of Kilsyth ⓘ
subject linked to: Battle of Philiphaugh (1645)
Clan Graham → battleInvolvement → Battle of Kilsyth ⓘ
Scottish Covenanter army → notableBattle → Battle of Kilsyth ⓘ
Kilsyth → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of Kilsyth ⓘ
Scottish army → notableBattle → Battle of Kilsyth ⓘ
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose → battle → Battle of Kilsyth ⓘ
subject linked to: James Graham
Battle of Auldearn → followedBy → Battle of Kilsyth ⓘ
Battle of Alford → followedBy → Battle of Kilsyth ⓘ
Battle of Philiphaugh → precededBy → Battle of Kilsyth ⓘ
Scottish Civil War → hasPart → Battle of Kilsyth ⓘ