In the days before Philiphaugh, Covenanting cavalry under David Leslie moved quickly southward and made contact with Montrose forward parties near Selkirk. The skirmish gave neither side reliable intelligence and Montrose fatally underestimated the size of the approaching force. The failure to properly screen his position led directly to his destruction at Philiphaugh.
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