The Bridge of Dee fight in June 1639 was one of the few actual combat actions of the First Bishops War. The Gordons held the ancient bridge with artillery. Montrose battered and outflanked them after three days, forcing the crossing and the submission of Aberdeen. It demonstrated that even when the main armies faced each other in stalemate at Duns Law, fighting was occurring elsewhere in Scotland.
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