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| *3rd September: Battle of Dunbar - //5 troops// | *3rd September: Battle of Dunbar - //5 troops// | ||
| - | *Regiment taken over by Sir Walter Scott of Whitestede | + | *September: Regiment taken over by Sir Walter Scott of Whitslaid who is commissioned to raise horse in Teviotdale, Selkirk and Peebles |
| + | *October: Join the Western Association army | ||
| + | *November: Quartered in Fife | ||
| + | *November: Ordered to Stirling | ||
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| - | *Assigned to Browne's 3rd Cavalry Brigade | + | *April: Quartered in Dunfermline |
| - | *Quartered at Fife | + | *May: Assigned to Browne's 3rd Cavalry Brigade |
| - | *July: Battle of Inverkeithing | + | *June: Ordered from Fife to join the army at Stirling |
| + | *July: Sent with Brown and Holborn to Inverkeithing | ||
| + | *July: Battle of Inverkeithing //left wing// | ||
| =====Notes==== | =====Notes==== | ||
| + | A history of the unit is shown in Edward M. Furgol’s //A Regimental History of the Covenanting Armies 1639-1651// Edinburgh, 1990. ISBN 0 85976 194 0 | ||
| =====Flags and Equipment===== | =====Flags and Equipment===== | ||
| A cornet said to have been from the regiment is preserved at the National Museum of Scotland. It is larger than a usual cornet and is blue with a white saltire.((Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 2: Scots Colours// Partizan Press 1988)) | A cornet said to have been from the regiment is preserved at the National Museum of Scotland. It is larger than a usual cornet and is blue with a white saltire.((Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 2: Scots Colours// Partizan Press 1988)) | ||
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| A list of the regiment's officers is shown in Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 2: Scots Colours// Partizan Press 1988 ISBN 094652550 1 | A list of the regiment's officers is shown in Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 2: Scots Colours// Partizan Press 1988 ISBN 094652550 1 | ||
| ====Walter Scott==== | ====Walter Scott==== | ||
| - | ====Sir Walter Scott of Whitestede==== | + | ====Sir Walter Scott of Whitslaid==== |
| =====Strength===== | =====Strength===== | ||
| =====See Also====== | =====See Also====== | ||
| ===== Links ===== | ===== Links ===== | ||
