What the records say
- When
- 9 May 1645
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 57.58° N, 3.81° W
- Description
- 1645 battle of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms
Battle of Auldearn
Part of the Scottish Civil War (1645)
The Battle of Auldearn was an engagement of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It took place on 9 May 1645, in and around the village of Auldearn in Nairnshire. It resulted in a victory for the royalists, led by the Marquess of Montrose and Alasdair MacColla, over Sir John Urry and an army raised by the Covenanter-dominated Scottish government.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Auldearn: Scottish Covenanters are defeated by Montrose”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при Олдерне”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page