A history of the Highlands and of the Highland clans : with an extensive selection from the hitherto inedited Stuart Papers . ance of thefoot, and forced to retreat with precipitation. Though his men weregreatly alarmed, Hurry, who was a brave officer, having placed himselfin the rear, managed his retreat across the North Esk with very littleloss. After this affair, INIontrose allowed his men to refresh themselves fora few dajs, and, on the twenty-fifth of March, he put his army in mo-tion in the direction of Brechin. On hearing of his approach, the in-habitants of the town concealed their eff
A history of the Highlands and of the Highland clans : with an extensive selection from the hitherto inedited Stuart Papers . ance of thefoot, and forced to retreat with precipitation. Though his men weregreatly alarmed, Hurry, who was a brave officer, having placed himselfin the rear, managed his retreat across the North Esk with very littleloss. After this affair, INIontrose allowed his men to refresh themselves fora few dajs, and, on the twenty-fifth of March, he put his army in mo-tion in the direction of Brechin. On hearing of his approach, the in-habitants of the town concealed their effects in the castle and in thesteeples of the churches, and fled. Montroses troops, although theyfound out the secreted goods, were so enraged at the conduct of the in-habitants that they plundered the town, and burnt about sixty houses. K!GI-i I 1 --1) j(» onlv tlie house tiltrrh :ramuted similar depredations. advanopd to FrttoroiJrn, tho fnnoT\in- roar, managed his retr-. STORMfNn AND CAPTURE OF DUNDEE. 375 From Brechin, Montrose proceeded tlirough Angus, %vith the intentioneither of fighting Baillie, or of marching onwards to the south. His wholeforce, at this time, did not exceed three tliousanii men, and, on reachingKirriemuir, his cavalry was grcatlj diminished by his having been obligedto send away about one hundred and sixty horsemen to Lord Gordon and iiis brother, Lewis, to deftiid their fathers pos-sessions against the covenanters. Montrose proceeded, with his army,along the foot of the Grampians, in the direction of Dunkeld, wherehe intended to cross the Taj in the sight of General Baillie, who com-manded an army greatly superior in numbers; but, although Montrosefrequently offered him battle, Baillie, contrary, it is said, to tlie adviceof Hurry, as often declined it. On arriving at the water of Isla, thetwo armies, separated by that stream, remained motionless for severaldays, as if undetermined how to act. At length Mont
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