James Graham Montrose, 1st13 September 1644
Wins a small Battle at the head of a Royalist Army invading Scotland
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Wins a small Battle at the head of a Royalist Army invading Scotland
Asked by Charles to leave Scotland because Charles has joined the Covenanters
Defends Scotland from invasion by Oliver Cromwell after Charles II lands in Scotland
Lands with an invasion force on the Orkneys
Wounded & defeated in battle, the invasion is defeated & Montrose flees to the hills
Arrives from the Orkneys with a Royalist invasion force of about 1,500
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