After Killiecrankie, the Jacobite Highland army advanced to Dunkeld. The newly formed Cameronian Regiment — Covenanting soldiers who had fought for William III — refused to yield and fought street by street through the town. Running short of ammunition, they tore lead from the cathedral roof. After hours of house-to-house fighting the Highlanders withdrew. The Cameronians lost a third of their men but saved the government's position in Scotland. The rising collapsed without Dundee's leadership.
Heavy losses both sides; Cameronians held the town
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