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Page 61
... fighting for the Protestant cause under the great Gustavus . During a short visit to Scotland in the spring of 1638 Leslie had seen how the land lay . He had returned to Ger- many , but not for long . By the end of the year he was back ...
... fighting for the Protestant cause under the great Gustavus . During a short visit to Scotland in the spring of 1638 Leslie had seen how the land lay . He had returned to Ger- many , but not for long . By the end of the year he was back ...
Page 63
... fight , and , though he was perhaps the better man for the moment , he knew also that Leslie was at hand with a force more than double his own . Had the positions of the two leaders been reversed there can be no doubt what Montrose ...
... fight , and , though he was perhaps the better man for the moment , he knew also that Leslie was at hand with a force more than double his own . Had the positions of the two leaders been reversed there can be no doubt what Montrose ...
Page 69
... to collect , far readier and far more eager to fight . But it is clear that such reinforcements as Hamilton could furnish , while they could have availed little against the trained and resolute troops of Leslie , had been invaluable.
... to collect , far readier and far more eager to fight . But it is clear that such reinforcements as Hamilton could furnish , while they could have availed little against the trained and resolute troops of Leslie , had been invaluable.
Page 73
... fighting force consisted of a few young gentlemen as inexperienced as himself , the field - pieces he had brought from the Forth , and the vaunted Gun . For some days he lay in the harbour , in the vain hope of more aid from Hamilton ...
... fighting force consisted of a few young gentlemen as inexperienced as himself , the field - pieces he had brought from the Forth , and the vaunted Gun . For some days he lay in the harbour , in the vain hope of more aid from Hamilton ...
Page 74
... fighting . Aboyne was in a bad plight . The Highlanders were in hot flight back to their mountains . The most part of his artillery and ammunition was on board ship , and the ships were out of reach . The sapient Gun had recom- mended ...
... fighting . Aboyne was in a bad plight . The Highlanders were in hot flight back to their mountains . The most part of his artillery and ammunition was on board ship , and the ships were out of reach . The sapient Gun had recom- mended ...
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