BattlefieldsBattle of Kilsyth
English Civil War

Battle of Kilsyth

1645
Stirlingshire, Scotland
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Stirlingshire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Covenanters (Baillie)
Forces
c.4,400 Royalists (Montrose); Montrose greatest victory
VS
Victor
Royalists (Montrose)
Forces
c.8,000 Covenanters (Baillie)
Outcome
Complete Royalist victory; Covenanting army annihilated
The Battle

History & Significance

Montrose's greatest victory and the peak of his power. The Covenanters marched across his front in full view — an incomprehensible blunder — and were destroyed. Montrose briefly controlled all Scotland.

Casualties & Losses

c.6,000 Covenanters killed

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