The Marquis of Montrose . escapade brought him racing back fromBalcarress side, but the mischief had been done. Heendeavoured in vain to rally the foot, and then indespair galloped to the rear for the Fife the men of Fife had early despaired of the issue,and were in full flight for their homes. About thesame time Montroses trumpets sounded the generaladvance. The whole Royalist army swept up the hill,but no foe awaited them on the crest. The semicircleof the little amphitheatre was empty, and the outsiderim was strewn with flying horse and foot. Of the6,000 men who ha
The Marquis of Montrose . escapade brought him racing back fromBalcarress side, but the mischief had been done. Heendeavoured in vain to rally the foot, and then indespair galloped to the rear for the Fife the men of Fife had early despaired of the issue,and were in full flight for their homes. About thesame time Montroses trumpets sounded the generaladvance. The whole Royalist army swept up the hill,but no foe awaited them on the crest. The semicircleof the little amphitheatre was empty, and the outsiderim was strewn with flying horse and foot. Of the6,000 men who had set out to fight that morningunder the Covenants banner scarcely a hundredescaped. The murder of their women in MethvenWood had not disposed Ulsterman or Highlander toa mercy which they knew would never be extended tothemselves. Many of the horse, too, perished, caughtin the mires of Dullatur. The leaders escaped, asalways happened in the Covenants battles. The lairdsand nobles had better horses, and they had no scruple. KILSYTH. 171 of honour In saving their own necks and leaving theplain folk who had trusted them to perish for themselves that the western Covenanters weretoo late for the fight, and had ample time to fled to Berwick, Glencalrn and Cassllis toIreland. Baillie sought sanctuary in Stirling Castle,where he was joined by Balcarres and Balfour ofBurleigh. Loudoun and Lindsay escaped to galloped twenty miles to Queensferry on theForth, where he found a boat which landed him atBerwick in the safe keeping of the Scots at Inveraray and at Inverlochy he escaped by waterfrom Montroses swords. The decisive battle had at last been fought. So faras Scotland was concerned the forces of the Covenantwere annihilated, and Its leaders were in exile. Scarcelya year had passed since that autumn evening when,with two companions, Montrose had alighted at thedoor of Tullibelton—without men, money, or pros-pects, and with no re
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