A band of Covenanters ambushed government dragoons escorting prisoners through the Enterkin Pass in Dumfriesshire and freed the captives. One of the most dramatic incidents of the Killing Time — suggesting the Covenanters could still mount offensive operations despite the systematic persecution. The pass was notoriously dangerous and the government escort was caught in a narrow defile.
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