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| ====1651==== | ====1651==== | ||
| *April: Re-raised | *April: Re-raised | ||
| - | *Assigned to Vandruske's 6th Cavalry Brigade | + | *May: Assigned to Vandruske's 6th Cavalry Brigade |
| + | *August: Cochrane appointed to lead Vandruske's horse in Scotland (a detachment?) | ||
| + | *August: Cochrane and the Laird of Blantyre flee from Colonel Okey into the Highlands | ||
| *September: Battle of Worcester | *September: Battle of Worcester | ||
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| A list of the regiment's officers is shown in Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 1. The Army of the Covenant 1639-1651// Partizan Press 1998 ISBN 094652550 | A list of the regiment's officers is shown in Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 1. The Army of the Covenant 1639-1651// Partizan Press 1998 ISBN 094652550 | ||
| ====Jonas Vandruske==== | ====Jonas Vandruske==== | ||
| - | A Dutchman, variously spelt Van Druschke, Van Druske etc. Previously led a regiment of horse in Waller’s army, [[parliamentarian:horse-regiments:col.-robert-burghill|Colonel Jonas Vandruske's Regiment of Horse]], until it was disbanded in April 1645. Led a brigade of Charles II's Scots army at Worcester in the Third Civil War. | + | A Dutchman, variously spelt Van Druschke, Van Druske etc. Previously led a regiment of horse in Waller’s army, [[parliamentarian:horse-regiments:col.-robert-burghill|Colonel Jonas Vandruske's Regiment of Horse]], until it was disbanded in April 1645. Led a brigade of Charles II's Scots army at Worcester in the Third Civil War and was captured there. |
| =====Strength===== | =====Strength===== | ||
| *January 1646: 324 troopers in 7 troops, 6 sick, 13 absent without leave | *January 1646: 324 troopers in 7 troops, 6 sick, 13 absent without leave | ||
