The Marquis of Montrose . e harrying of Clan Campbell. Leader-less and unprepared they made no resistance to Mon-troses army of flushed and battle - worn and Macdonalds, Stewarts and Camerons,satiated their ancient grudges with the plunder ofInveraray. The kerns thawed their half-frozen limbsat the warmth of blazing steadings, and appeased theirravenous hunger at the expense of the bakers andvintners and fleshers of the burgh. Never had thebroken men of Lochaber and the Isles fared so some happy weeks they ran riot in what for themwas a land of milk and honey ; whil
The Marquis of Montrose . e harrying of Clan Campbell. Leader-less and unprepared they made no resistance to Mon-troses army of flushed and battle - worn and Macdonalds, Stewarts and Camerons,satiated their ancient grudges with the plunder ofInveraray. The kerns thawed their half-frozen limbsat the warmth of blazing steadings, and appeased theirravenous hunger at the expense of the bakers andvintners and fleshers of the burgh. Never had thebroken men of Lochaber and the Isles fared so some happy weeks they ran riot in what for themwas a land of milk and honey ; while the townsmen,crouching in cellars and thickets, or safe behind thecastle gates, wondered how long it would be beforetheir chief returned to avenge them. There seemsto have been no special barbarity about the and there a refractory Campbell was dirked, butAlastairs men preferred victual and cattle to humanblood. Meantime word had gone from the exile at Rose-neath to the Estates in Edinburgh. William Baillie. CAMPAIGN Of IN\ERLOCHY English Miles Montroses March INVERLOCHY. 113 of Letham, the new commander-in-chief, was a naturalson of Sir William Baillie of Lamington. An oldsoldier of Gustavus, he had done good service atMarston Moor and at the siege of Newcastle, and hebrought to Scotland some of the pick of Levensinfantry, which he increased by local levies. He wasnow ordered by the Estates to repair to Roseneathand consult with Argyll on the best way of crushingMontrose. But at Roseneath he found the exile in adifficult humour. There must be no stranger generalin the Campbell fastness. It was for Argyll, and Argyllalone, to avenge the shame of his clan. Accordinglythe Estates ordered Baillie to transfer to Argyll 1,100of his best foot, representing the flower of the Scottishmilitia. Baillie himself was sent to Perth, with SirJohn Hurry (who was a Royalist a year before and wasto be a Royalist again) as his second in command. Hewas bidden keep in touch with the
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