BattlefieldsArgyll landing at Campbeltown 1685
English Civil War

Argyll landing at Campbeltown 1685

1685
Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Scottish royalist forces
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Argyll c.300 exiles
Outcome
Argyll landed safely; initial phase of rising begun
The Battle

History & Significance

Archibald Campbell, ninth Earl of Argyll, landed at Campbeltown in Kintyre in May 1685 with a small force of exiles from the Netherlands, intending to raise his Campbell clansmen against James VII in coordination with Monmouth's rebellion in England. The landing was the opening act of the Argyll Rising of 1685. Argyll hoped that his Campbell clansmen would flock to his standard as they had in his father's time.

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