Battle of Annan Moor

Battle of Annan Moor

The Battle of Annan Moor, took place on 20/21 October 1645 between the Royalists under Lord Digby and Marmaduke Langdale against the newly-raised cavalry regiment commanded by Sir John Brown of Fordell. The Royalists were defeated and lost more than half of their 600 men as casualties or prisoners. The remainder of the Royalist force retired into England.

References

* Brown, C, "Scottish Battlefields," Gloucestershire, 2008. ISBN 9780752436852

ources

* Furgol, E., A Regimental History of the Covenanting armies (John Donald, 1990).


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