BattlefieldsAction at Aberdeen 1639
English Civil War

Action at Aberdeen 1639

1639
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Also known as: Aberdeen Royalist rising First Bishops War
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Aberdeen Royalists
Forces
Aberdeen Royalists c.500–1,000
VS
Victor
Covenanters
Forces
Covenanters c.2,000–3,000
Outcome
Covenanting army entered Aberdeen; Gordon clan resistance collapsed
The Battle

History & Significance

Aberdeen was the main centre of Royalist sympathy in the north-east of Scotland in the Bishops Wars; the Covenanting army under Montrose — then fighting for the Covenant — marched on Aberdeen and the Gordon-led Royalist resistance collapsed; the city submitted in the first major Covenanting military operation.

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