The Marquis of Montrose . e Ord of summoned Sutherlands castle of Dunrobin, butadmission was denied, and the place was too strong totake. Now began his fatal delay. He did not dareto face the garrisons of the Dornoch lowlands, so heturned inland up the glen of the Fleet, past Rhaoineto Lairg at the foot of Loch Shin. He was hoping forrecruits from the Monroes and the Rosses, and aboveall from the great clan of Mackenzie. In the last daysof April, or the beginning of May in the new style,^^^^he began his march from the valley of the Shin to StrathOykell. There the Mackenzies must b
The Marquis of Montrose . e Ord of summoned Sutherlands castle of Dunrobin, butadmission was denied, and the place was too strong totake. Now began his fatal delay. He did not dareto face the garrisons of the Dornoch lowlands, so heturned inland up the glen of the Fleet, past Rhaoineto Lairg at the foot of Loch Shin. He was hoping forrecruits from the Monroes and the Rosses, and aboveall from the great clan of Mackenzie. In the last daysof April, or the beginning of May in the new style,^^^^he began his march from the valley of the Shin to StrathOykell. There the Mackenzies must be awaiting him,and in any case to go south he must turn the long inletknown as the Kyle of Sutherland. Meantime Leslie was hurrying north to a rendezvousat Brechin which he had appointed for the 25th of instructed Strachan and Halkett, who commandedthe Covenant troops in Moray, to do their best tocheck Montroses advance, so Strachan with the gar-risons of Brahan and Chanonry came north to Tain, iDuncansbiiy I Irt. — _„ Jeton=:.--/ » -• „ Montroses MarchStrachans March CAMPAIGN or CARBISDALt ^ c a-^ Scale or AJues THE LAST CAMPAIGN. 239 where he was joined by other Covenant garrisons. Hehad 220 horse, all veterans, 36 musketeers of Lawersregiment, and a reserve of 400 Monroes and Rosseswhom Montrose had vainly hoped to attach to hisstandard. Sutherland was sent north of the Kyle tooppose Harry Graham, and cut off the way of retreatin that direction. On Saturday, the 27th of April, Strachan marched westfrom Tain to a place called Wester Fearn on the southernshore of the Kyle, some few miles south-east of BonarBridge and the mouth of the river Carron. Leslieonly left Brechin on the same day. Montrose hadmarched down Strath Oykell to a spot near the headof the Kyle on its south side under the lee of a steephill called Craigcaoinichean. It was covered with alight scrog of wood, and in front was a piece of moreor less level ground with the tarn of Carbisdale at then
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