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| + | 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 | ||
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| Augustine the Mosser was the most notorious leader of the 'moss troopers', raised from the shattered Scots cavalry after Dunbar. Furgol identifies him as the Augustine Hoffman serving in [[covenanter:horse-regiments:david-leslie|Maj. Gen. David Leslie’s Regiment of Horse]] during the First Civil War. he led an audacious relief of Edinburgh Castle in December 1650, though it was soon to fall. At Inverkeithing his regiment was brigaded with Lord Balcarres' horse. | Augustine the Mosser was the most notorious leader of the 'moss troopers', raised from the shattered Scots cavalry after Dunbar. Furgol identifies him as the Augustine Hoffman serving in [[covenanter:horse-regiments:david-leslie|Maj. Gen. David Leslie’s Regiment of Horse]] during the First Civil War. he led an audacious relief of Edinburgh Castle in December 1650, though it was soon to fall. At Inverkeithing his regiment was brigaded with Lord Balcarres' horse. | ||
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