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The civil wars 1639 to 1651 (1) Raid on the Isles by Alasdair MacColla, November 1640. [2) Raid on the Isles by Alasdair MacColla, November 1642 to early 1645. [3) Marquis of Huntly seizes Aberdeen (March 1644) but soon forced to abandon it. [4) Marquis of Montrose seizes Dumfries, but forced to retreat into England. [5) Alasdair MacColla sails with Irish confederate expeditionary force from Wexford to Ardnamurchan, June to July 1644. After seeking support from anti-covenanter clans joins Montrose at Blair Atholl, July to August 1644. [6) Montrose campaigns, August 1644 to August 1645 (shown in the next two ~ (] maps). "'» foiJ [7) Montrose advances south after his final victory at Kilsyth. Attempts to SJr;rv.s establish a royalist regime, but defeated at Philiphaugh by forces sent C:J}> .5.::t. home by the Scottish army in England, August to September 1645. ~ [8) Montrose goes into exile, having failed to recruit a new army after Philiphaugh, 3 September 1646. [9) Alasdair MacColla driven back to Ireland, June 1647, and killed in battle later in the year. [10) Pluscardine's rising: royalists from Atholl and the north led by Sir Thomas Pluscardine and others were dispersed at Balvenie, March to May 1649. [11) Montrose's men occupy Orkney, September 1649, and (Mont rose himself having joined them) land on the mainland in April 1650: they are routed at Carbisdale, and Montrose o ~'"tly "'oc"'''' ...... .... ...... km. 0 2.5 5,0 7.5 100 I , , , 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 miles Royalist risings and invasions 1640 to 1650 140Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
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Aberdeenshire County, Angus County, Argyll County, Ayrshire County, Banffshire County, Berwickshire County, Buteshire County, Caithness County, Clackmannanshire County, Cromarty County, Dumfriesshire County, Dunbartonshire County, East Lothian County, Fife County, Inverness-shire County, Kincardineshire County, Kinross-shire County, Kirkcudbrightshire County, Lanarkshire County, Midlothian County, Morayshire County, Nairnshire County, Orkney County, Peeblesshire County, Perthshire County, Renfrewshire County, Ross County, Ross And Cromarty County, Roxburghshire County, Selkirkshire County, Shetland County, Stirlingshire County, Sutherland County, West Lothian County, Wigtownshire County