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The Battle of Kilsyth: Montrose's Highland Thunderbolt
In this episode of The Story of Scotland, Lucas and Luna venture beyond the familiar ground of Bannockburn and Culloden to explore a breathtakingly audacious campaign that reshaped the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. They focus on the Battle of Kilsyth (August 15, 1645), where James Graham, Marquess of Montrose, leading a ragged army of Irish veterans and Highland clansmen, delivered a devastating blow to the Covenanter government. Lucas explains how Montrose's alliance with Alasdair Mac Colla, the use of the Highland charge, and a fatal tactical error by the Covenanter general William…
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