A Covenanting field conventicle was attacked by John Graham of Claverhouse with government dragoons. The Covenanters, armed with pikes, muskets and scythes, used the boggy moorland terrain to neutralise Claverhouse's cavalry advantage. The government force was broken and fled. It was the greatest Covenanting military victory of the Restoration period — and the only time Claverhouse was ever defeated in battle. Three weeks later the larger government army under Monmouth destroyed the Covenanters at Bothwell Bridge.
c.36 government killed; c.8 Covenanters killed
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