BattlefieldsDumfries seizure by Maxwell 1572
Tudor

Dumfries seizure by Maxwell 1572

1572
Scotland
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Johnstone
Forces
Johnstone garrison
VS
Victor
Maxwell
Forces
Maxwell affinity
Outcome
Maxwell control of Dumfries briefly established
The Battle

History & Significance

Maxwell forces retook Dumfries from Johnstone adherents during the civil war; the town changed factional control multiple times in this period illustrating the anarchic conditions of Annandale and Nithsdale

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