The Marquis of Montrose . ^ Boath Ifouse •P^ #??? 1 ^-^^>.^ ^i;% ^ MONTROSE ,-7^ THE V^ BATTLE or AULDEARN Montr-ose ??Hurry CZD Scattered Troops « • ?Jli/lnwrJccc/A. notv covered tvit/i wood^\^/idAnoitTi as Deadmens iVood J^ Sculc ol Hulf .1 Mile ^ AULDEARN. 141 impression that he was Montrose, he would havedifficulty with his cavalry among the village gardens,while Montrose at the right moment would be freeto swing round his horse from their cover behind theridge and take him unprepared on his right flank. There was only one mistake in the was undermanned. He can have

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The Marquis of Montrose . ^ Boath Ifouse •P^ #??? 1 ^-^^>.^ ^i;% ^ MONTROSE ,-7^ THE V^ BATTLE or AULDEARN Montr-ose ??Hurry CZD Scattered Troops « • ?Jli/lnwrJccc/A. notv covered tvit/i wood^\^/idAnoitTi as Deadmens iVood J^ Sculc ol Hulf .1 Mile ^ AULDEARN. 141 impression that he was Montrose, he would havedifficulty with his cavalry among the village gardens,while Montrose at the right moment would be freeto swing round his horse from their cover behind theridge and take him unprepared on his right flank. There was only one mistake in the was undermanned. He can have had nomore than five hundred men, all infantry, to opposethe attack of 3,400 foot and 400 horse. If we re-member that the musketeers of those days were con-sidered to be unable to face cavalry unless drawn upbehind hedges or palisades, we get some notion of thedesperate odds. They were increased by Alastairsown impetuous conduct. He was never the man toawait an onset, and while Hurrys army was struggling

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