Cromwell against the Scots: The Last Anglo-Scottish War 1650-1652 PDF
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Cromwell Against the Scots CCrroommwweellll AAggaaiinnsstt tthhee SSccoottss..iinndddd 11 0077//0044//22002211 0099::2211 CCrroommwweellll AAggaaiinnsstt tthhee SSccoottss..iinndddd 22 0077//0044//22002211 0099::2211 Cromwell Against the Scots The Last Anglo-Scottish War 1650–1652 Revised Edition John D Grainger CCrroommwweellll AAggaaiinnsstt tthhee SSccoottss..iinndddd 33 1122//0044//22002211 1133::5599 First published in Great Britain in 1997 by Tuckwell Press Ltd. First published in this format in Great Britain in 2021 by Pen & Sword Military An imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd Yorkshire – Philadelphia Copyright © John D Grainger 2021 ISBN 978 1 52678 6 500 The right of John D Grainger to be identified as Author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the Publisher in writing. Printed and bound in the UK by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CR0 4YY. Pen & Sword Books Limited incorporates the imprints of Atlas, Archaeology, Aviation, Discovery, Family History, Fiction, History, Maritime, Military, Military Classics, Politics, Select, Transport, True Crime, Air World, Frontline Publishing, Leo Cooper, Remember When, Seaforth Publishing, The Praetorian Press, Wharncliffe Local History, Wharncliffe Transport, Wharncliffe True Crime and White Owl. For a complete list of Pen & Sword titles please contact PEN & SWORD BOOKS LIMITED 47 Church Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 2AS, England E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.pen-and-sword.co.uk Or PEN AND SWORD BOOKS 1950 Lawrence Rd, Havertown, PA 19083, USA E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.penandswordbooks.com CCrroommwweellll AAggaaiinnsstt tthhee SSccoottss..iinndddd 44 0077//0044//22002211 0099::2211 Contents Illustrations and Maps vi Preface to the Second Edition xii Introduction xiii Glossary xvii Chapter 1 Garmouth and Whitehall 1 Chapter 2 The Invasion of Scotland 12 Chapter 3 Dunbar 32 Chapter 4 A Rearrangement of Parties 46 Chapter 5 The Scottish Recovery 71 Chapter 6 Torwood and Inverkeithing 90 Chapter 7 The Invasion of England 108 Chapter 8 Worcester 124 Chapter 9 Stirling and Dundee 144 Chapter 10 The Final Conquest 159 Conclusion 172 Appendix 179 Notes 186 Abbreviated References 196 Bibliography 197 Index 201 CCrroommwweellll AAggaaiinnsstt tthhee SSccoottss..iinndddd 55 0077//0044//22002211 0099::2211 Maps THE ENGLISH INVASION 22nd − 29th July FIFE FIRTH OF FO R TH Bass Rock Dunbar 26th July Leith HHaaddddiinnggttoonn 2277tthh JJuullyy Edinburgh Gladsmuir The Lines Cockburnspath Musselburgh 28th July PENTLAND LAMMERMUIR Ayton HILLS HILLS 22nd − 24th July Berwick N W E Coldstream S 0 10 kms 20 30 River Tweed THE CAMPAIGN AROUND Leith EDINBURGH To Queensferry Lochend Loch Corstorphine Musselburgh Gogar Edinburgh Niddry Castle Arthur’s To Linlithgow Blackford Seat DudLdoincghston Toa nHda Ddduinnbgatron and Falkirk Hill Colinton Castle Braid Water of Leith Hill Dalkeith Newbattle PENTLAND Abbey HILLS N Roslin Dalhousie W E Castle Castle 0 1 2 3 4 5 kms S CCrroommwweellll AAggaaiinnsstt tthhee SSccoottss..iinndddd 66 0077//0044//22002211 0099::2211 Maps vii DUNBAR − SEPTEMBER 2nd − 3rd, 1650 Dunbar From Haddington Cromwell 5 1 Scots move down to the burn Broxburn House 2 English lateral move by night 2 Monck 4 Lambert 3 Concentration of English guns S S 4 English dawn attack 3 5 Cromwell’s flank attack Ravine S S To Berwick N Brock Burn S 1 W E DOON HILL S CENTRAL SCOTLAND Perth N September − December 1650 W E S Stirling Burntisland Bass Rock TCoawstlness atankde Cnities Kilsy2thFalLkiinrklit1hgow abc LeDithirleton HTaialenstaDlluonnbar Fast a bByla tchken Eesnsglish RREENNFFRRRREEuuWWtthheerrgglleenn GGllaassggooww 3c CoRlionstloinn EdinDbauDlrhgaohlukseiiHethaddington Berwick bc DInuchngdaarsvie BBooHHttaahhmmwwiieellllttllooLLnnaannaarrkk 3LPPeeeebblleess Borthwick LauderHome LWaensdte ornf the LLAANNAARRKK Neidpath Selkirk Association Ayr Jedburgh AAYYRR English Campaigns 1 Cromwell 12th − 15th Sept. Dumfries 2 Cromwell 9th − 15th Oct. WWIIGGTTOOWWNN KKIIRRKKCCUUDDBBRRIIGGHHTT 3c Cromwell Carlisle 27th Nov. − 1st Dec. 0 1 2 3 4 5 3L Lambert kms CCrroommwweellll AAggaaiinnsstt tthhee SSccoottss..iinndddd 77 0077//0044//22002211 0099::2211 viii Cromwell Against the Scots THE DEADLOCK BROKEN June − July 1651 Dundee 1 Cromwell’s March Jun. 30th – Jul. 3rd 2 Cromwell’s March Jul. 4th – 7th Perth 3 Cromwell’s March Jul. 12th – 15th 4O Overton’s Crossing Jul. 19th – 20th Bridge St. Andrews 4L Lambert’s Crossing Jul. 20th of Earn 5 Cromwell’s Campaign Jul. 29th – Aug. 2nd 6 Scots March 5 Anstruther Torwood Scots Fortified Positions StirlingRiver Forth Dunfermline Bass Rock TToorrwwoooodd Inverkeithing Burntisland Dumbarton CKuimlsbytehrnaul6d Falkirk Blackness 4L 4O Leith Linlithgow Glasgow 1 Edinburgh N River Clyde 3 2 Berwick W E Hamilton S River Tweed 0 10 20 30 Melrose kms To England Cromwell’s Position WORCESTER 30th Aug. – 3rd Sep. 27th Aug. – 2nd Sept. Worcester River Teme N Cromwell & Bransford Lambert Powick W E 27th Aug. S n r e Madresfield ev Court r S PPeerrsshhoorree e viR L29atmh Abuegr.t River Avon Evesham Upton Fleetwood 27th Aug. CCrroommwweellll AAggaaiinnsstt tthhee SSccoottss..iinndddd 88 0077//0044//22002211 0099::2211 Maps ix Scots Route to S Worcester THE INVASION C Cromwell’s March OF ENGLAND F Route of Fleetwod’s Forces H March of Harrison Perth L March of Lambert Stirling Route of Lilburne and CCuummbbeerrnnaauulldd LC Cromwell’s Regiment Leith EEddiinnbbuurrgghh H Berwick D Route of Derby Lanark Biggar Kelso Selkirk Moffat S HHaawwiicckk Dumfries L Newcastle Ayton Carlisle N Penrith AApppplleebbyy C Kendal LC W E Isle LLaannccaasstteerr of H S Man D SSkkiippttoonn PPrreessttoonn WWiiggaann MMaanncchheesstteerr LLiivveerrppooooll LC WWaarrrriinnggttoonn NNoorrtthhwwiicchh Mansfield Chester S Shrewsbury C Bewdley W arwick Worcester Stratford Northampton Hereford Evesham Banbury F St. Albans Gloucester F Barnet London Reading 0 50 100 150 kms CCrroommwweellll AAggaaiinnsstt tthhee SSccoottss..iinndddd 99 0077//0044//22002211 0099::2211
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