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<HEAD><HI>SIR,</HI> Here is the true Relation of the Happy Victory receaved by the Marques <HI>of Montro&s;e, agayn&s;t Generall Lievete|nant Bailie, and others of the Rebels,</HI> at Alfoord, Iulii 2. A. D. 1645.</HEAD>
<P>THE MARQUES of MONTROSE (as I &s;hew in my la&s;t) beeing in Stretharle Lind&s;ay did retyre to the Strengths and Holds about Neutile, &s;o that the Marques could not without de&s;perate hazard force him to fight; wherefore hee re&s;olved to march back vpon Bailie, who was then of return from Innerne&s;s, and oppre&s;sing all his Maje&s;ties faythfull Subjects within the Shyrefdom of Aberdene.</P>
<P>MONTROSE lifteth from Stretharle, and by long marches, the third night pitcheth in Cro of Marr: Bailie (being then at Neuton in Garioch) moveth toward the Park of Drum (always incamping in the &s;tronge&s;t grounds vpon his march) and there re&s;olveth to &s;tay vntill Lind&s;ay &s;hould come for his A&s;&s;i&s;tance, who hee had advertized for that effect.</P>
<P>MONTROSE all this tyme was obliedged to &s;tay in Cro of Marr, expecting his Levies chiefly of Voluntire Hor&s;s; who were &s;low in comming neither very con&s;ide|rable at that tyme when they were come. <HI>MONTROSE</HI> being thus di&s;appoynted of his own &s;upplies, and having
<PB N="4" REF="2">directed Ma&s;ter <HI>Mack Donald,</HI> with &s;ome Forces, for ray&s;ing the <HI>Hie-lands,</HI> to joyn with them: When hee did vnder&s;tand of Lind&s;ay's Advance hee thought it not fit to hazard one &s;o vnequall terms, nor hand&s;om to &s;eem to march off vpon their joyning. Therefore, hee re&s;olved to &s;eem to haue another de&s;ign, and matched for Cargarth, which is a &s;trong ground, and lay conveniently for the Randevou&s;s of all his Forces. Upon which Lind&s;ay re|turneth to Angus, taking the Regiment of Red-coats; and leaving tho&s;e hee had, with Baylie in their place after which Baylie removed to the Engie, and there &s;eemeth to re&s;olue his &s;tay, vpon which <HI>MONTROSE</HI> marcheth to Balvenie, &s;ome eyght myles from him. And being &s;uffi|ciently informed of his Force, re&s;olved to march towards him.</P>
<P>But Baylie removeth that &s;ame very tyme, vpon which <HI>MONTROSE</HI> directed out &s;ome Hor&s;s, who pre&s;entlie vewed the Enemies whole Hor&s;s and Dragowniers their foot being at a little di&s;tance: Wherevpon <HI>MONTROSE</HI> drew vp his whole foot the Armies being at about two myles di&s;tance, and commandeth them to halt there in their Order hee him&s;elf goeth with his whole Hor&s;s, and &s;ome four hundreth Mu&s;quetiers, for &s;tankers to the top of the next hill, to vew the Enemie: Which they percea|ving (after &s;ome Skirmi&s;hing, with lou&s;s Hor&s;es) rety|reth over a pa&s;&s;e: where they placed &s;ome Dragoniers, and thereafter to another pa&s;&s;e hard by it, at the foot of a Bra; to which their Dragoniers retyred quyting the fir&s;t pa&s;&s;e. Upon which <HI>MONTROSE</HI> advanceth all his Foot to his Hor&s;s, and putteth Mu&s;quetiers to the fir&s;t pa&s;&s;e. The Enemie draweth all their Foot to the Bra, to which their Hor&s;s retyred which was an extream &s;trong ground. Thus lay both the Armies on hights, and each of them mayn|tayn a pa&s;&s;e in the bottom, it beeing alreadie dark, they
<PB N="5" REF="2">pa&s;&s;ed that night: The next morning <HI>MONTROSE</HI> (fin|ding there was no po&s;&s;ibilitie to force the Enemie, without much hazard) directed a Drum to them, and de&s;yred they would take it in their choyce, eyther to pa&s;s towards him, and hee would march off; or that they would march off, that hee might advance towards them: Both of which they refu&s;ed; and replyed, they would bee at thier advantage. Upon which <HI>MONTROSE</HI> marched off; thinking to haue drawn them after him: But they did not &s;o much as put out a Scout, to &s;ee whither hee was gone: So hee mar|ched that night to Drumminer.</P>
<P>Where putting off the next day, hee re&s;olveth the day thereafter, to march for Alfoord; the Enemie being infor|med, that <HI>MONTROSE</HI> men were all &s;tragled advanceth towards Drumminer this &s;ame morning. Notwith&s;tan|ding <HI>MONTROSE</HI> re&s;olved to continue his march, vntill hee &s;hould vew, and get intelligence, and vnder&s;tand per|fectlie, vpon what occa&s;ion the Enemie had altered their Re&s;olution, as not being willing before to fight now &s;o hardilie to per&s;ue it.</P>
<P>His march at Drumminer was not well moving, when the Enemies Scouts appeareth, notwith&s;tanding hee advan|ceth &s;lowlie, and keepeth his whole Hor&s;s, and &s;ome Mu&s;|quetiers on the Rire; the Enemie advances and takes a little to the left hand: But <HI>MONTROSE</HI> continueth his march to Alfoord; where hee incampeth that night; and the Enemie pitcheth &s;ome four myles from him, vpon the left hand.</P>
<P>The next morning, <HI>MONTROSE</HI> going abroad him&s;elf (to direct &s;ome well mounted Hor&s;s, for &s;couting certayn intelligence, concerning the Enemie) fyndeth (that they were fa&s;t advancing (vpon their former intelligence of <HI>MONTROSE</HI> &s;mall number,) wherevpon knowing hee was able to fight them, tho not near in number, and that
<PB N="6" REF="3">Lind&s;ay was on his march to joyn with them, hee re&s;ol|veth to draw from his Quarter towards them; and that hee might do it with the more freedom, (the Enemie beeing within two myles, hee appoynteth a Troup with &s;ome lou&s;e hor&s;s to Skirmi&s;h: But they conceaving that hee was marching off, and taking the retreat, advanced with the more expedition, and cro&s;&s;eth the River of Done, with their whole Hor&s;s, and commanded Mu&s;quetiers, beateth in <HI>MONTROSE</HI> lou&s;e Hor&s;es, and advanced their whole Armie, within half a myle to him. Which hee percea|ving that they would either haue him fight, or make an hot Retreat; and knowing perfectlie their numbers, (as in tho&s;e ca&s;es, it is &s;till the be&s;t to bee the per&s;uer) re&s;olved to put them to their defence: Whyle they &s;uppo&s;ed hee had been retiring, hee advanceth fa&s;t vpon them, with his whole Armie, (which forced their Hor&s;s Retire to their Foot) and taketh his Stand, within little more than Mu&s;|quet-&s;hot to them, the Enemie, as yet, not being in po&s;ture in re&s;pect all their numbers were not, as yet, come vp.</P>
<P>They began both to range them&s;elues, the Enemie fyn|ding <HI>MONTROSE</HI> re&s;olved to fight, did a&s;&s;wage their fu|rie, and got the half of the fear, and contenting them&s;elues not to advance further, betook them&s;elues to dykes and ad|vantages of ground; where they put them&s;elues in Battaill: <HI>MONTROSE</HI> beeing vpon a little &s;welling hight, they did not well perceaue his numbers vntill they were near the chock, which made them much the more a&s;toni&s;hed, hee lykewy&s;e put him&s;elf in order, giving the charge of his Right Wing to the Lord Gordon, and Colonell Gordon, of the Left to the Lord Oboin, and Sir William Rollok, the Hie-landers had the Bodie of the Battaill, led on by Balloch General, Quarter Ma&s;ter Graham, &amp; William Far|char&s;one of Innerray, the Iri&s;h Mu&s;quetiers flanked the wings of Hor&s;s, hee him&s;elf was before the right wing with
<PB N="7" REF="3">&s;ome reformire officers, the Ma&s;ter of Napier commanded the Re&s;erue of the right wing, and Glangarie that of the Hie-landers. Thus framed after <HI>MONTROSE</HI> had ordered his Hor&s;s to charge at fir&s;t with Sword: hee maketh a &s;ign to march vpon the Enemie, who had their Foot within dykes, and their wings a little advanced with flanking Mu&s;|quetiers: But the Enemie perceaving him march re&s;olute|lie vpon them, keeps only their Stand, vntill the wings were within a verie little di&s;tance, then they advanced at a trot where there was a verie hot charge, and warm ran|counter: For it was &s;o rough vpon the Enemies left wing (their Hor&s;s being &s;o hotly handled, by tho&s;e Gallant Gen|tle-men of <HI>MONTROSE</HI> Right Wing) that they would gladly haue changed their Adver&s;aries, and aimed, to fall vpon the Foot that flanked tho&s;e Hor&s;s: But that <HI>MONT|ROSE</HI> him&s;elf &s;topt their de&s;ign, with his Right Wings re|&s;erue commanded by the Ma&s;ter of Napier, who had ad|vanced to fall on vpon the flank and reire of the Enemie. Which the Enemies flanking Mu&s;quetiers perceaving after their &s;alvie retired behind their Hor&s;s: and their Hor&s;s per|ceaving that <HI>MONTROSE</HI> with the re&s;erue was readie to fall vpon their naked flank, they run Hor&s;s and Foot.</P>
<P>The right wing was routed with le&s;s difficultie: for after the betting in of &s;ome commanded Mu&s;quetiers, their hor&s;s did not bide the charge only their piks &s;eemed to make &s;om &s;tay, who beeing &s;urrounded by the flanking Mu&s;quetiers of <HI>MONTROSE</HI> left wing, were all cut off in the place.</P>
<P>The Enemie was of Foot 1500, and of Hor&s;s 500, the whole Foot Officers and Souldiours, were totallie cut off, except &s;ome few Straglers, and twelue Officers that were taken Pri&s;oners: their Hor&s;es had the Cha&s;e nyne myles, and were all killed, wounded, or di&s;per&s;ed.</P>
<P><HI>MONTROSE</HI> had killed on the Field only &s;even that were known, after all the Search, hee could make among&s;t
<PB N="8" REF="4">who was the Lord Gordon, a braue Gentle-man; who lived faythfully, and died valiantly, in his Maje&s;ties &s;ervice; the Lairds of Balwholy, and Milton al&s;o. Where were divers hurt, Among&s;t who were George Dowgla&s;s &s;onne to the Earll of Morton, who carried the Standart of Hor&s;s; Sir William Hay of Dalgitie Colonell Gordon, the Laird of Gight; all acting the Parts of braue Men.</P>
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<P>IT were to bee wi&s;ht, that people of all &s;orts and conditions, would take this to con&s;ideration, that the hand of the Lord hath now the fift tyme gi|ven an eyedent token of His wrath and anger, for the &s;tryvings of this &s;e|ditious faction in this Nation, agayn&s;t their Prince. For now this is the fift powerfull Armie, that haue been totallie overthrown to them, by the <HI>Mar|ques of Montro&s;e,</HI> without the aide of any, except the Earl of Airlie, and the Lord Gordon; hee beeing &s;till but an handfull, lyke Gedion's choice, wa|ter-leaperty they tru&s;ting in the numbers of their Armies, and multitude of Forces: Hee without Amonition, Arms, or that which is the &s;inewes of Ar|mies; &s;aving what hee had from their Camp; they full fraught withall.</P>
<P>When wee &s;ee their frequent Fa&s;tings, &amp; Humiliations, &amp; the Lord &s;till angrie, can wee but think, that there is &s;ome bo&s;ome &s;innes vnrepented of, when wee &s;ee them humbled, for the ordinarie &s;innes of the world, as Adul|teries, Murthers, Drunkenne&s;s, &amp;c. And yet the Lord &s;till &s;myting: Can wee but conceaue, but there is &s;ome extraordinarie &s;innes lieth hid?</P>
<P>Is it not Achans Wedge? And Babylonian Garment? Is not that &s;tol|len Wedge of Gold there? The Kings Rents hee is robbed of here. Is not that Babylonian Garment there? His Royall Praerogatiue rent from him here. But, Who hath repented of this? Or, Who hath thought it a &s;inne at all, amongst other &s;innes?</P>
<P>Truelie, it were to bee wi&s;hed, that they would repent them of the Evill Done; And intended agayn&s;t his Maje&s;ties Sacred Per&s;on, and Authori|tie; And, no que&s;tion, the LORD would repent Him of the Evill de|termined agayn&s;t them; and in the midde&s;t of His Anger, would remember, Mercie, to &s;tay the I&s;&s;ue of Blood, by &s;heathing the Devowring Sword vpon the one Hand; And &s;top the Furie of the De&s;troying Plague on the other.</P>
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