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Battle of Alford - 1645 Commanders and leaders
Royalist Irish and Highland Scots: Lord Montrose Lord Gordon Alasdair MacColla, Manus O'Cahan
Scots Covenanters General William Baillie The Committee of Estates Lord Balcarre
Result Royalist Victory
The Battle of Alford was an engagement of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, which took place near the village of Alford on 2 July 1645.
Covenant losses were about 1,500 of their 2,000 infantry, although much of their cavalry, along with the Baillie, Balcarres and the Committee escaped. The Royalists lost several hundred men, including Lord Gordon. Nevertheless, the battle of Alford was one of the few bright moments for the Royalist cause in the aftermath of Naseby, only two weeks earlier
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