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| - | |**Active**|1643 to 1651| | + | |**Active**|1643 to 1648| |
| + | | |1649 to 1651| | ||
| |**Country**|Scotland| | |**Country**|Scotland| | ||
| |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | ||
| |**Conflicts**|First Civil War| | |**Conflicts**|First Civil War| | ||
| + | | |Second Civil War| | ||
| | |Third Civil War| | | |Third Civil War| | ||
| |**Type**|Horse| | |**Type**|Horse| | ||
| |**Colonel**|David Leslie| | |**Colonel**|David Leslie| | ||
| |**Area Raised**|Stirling & Perth| | |**Area Raised**|Stirling & Perth| | ||
| - | | |Lanark, Renfrew, Atr| | + | | |Lanark, Renfrew, Ayr| |
| |**Flag Colour**|| | |**Flag Colour**|| | ||
| |**Flag Design**|| | |**Flag Design**|| | ||
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| *March: Suppress Earl of Atholl's Rising | *March: Suppress Earl of Atholl's Rising | ||
| *May: Take Chanonry Castle | *May: Take Chanonry Castle | ||
| + | *June: Ordered to Banff and Aberdeen | ||
| + | *September: At Balnaboth and Kinbath | ||
| + | *October: Move north to guard against Royalists from Orkney | ||
| + | *November: Move south to winter quarters | ||
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| + | *April: Muster at Brechin then proceed to mop up Royalists in the aftermath of Carbisdale | ||
| + | *June: Ordered to Fife (Leslie t) and Lanark (Allanton & Carmichael) | ||
| + | *July to September: With the army facing Cromwell in the Edinburgh-Leith area | ||
| *3rd September: Battle of Dunbar - 3 troops | *3rd September: Battle of Dunbar - 3 troops | ||
| + | *September to October: Based at Stirling | ||
| + | *October to November: Advance north against Middleton | ||
| + | *November: At Strathbogie, Leslie and Middleton sign a treaty and disband Middleton's forces | ||
| + | *November: Over-winter at Fife | ||
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| - | *Assigned to Leslie's 1st Cavalry Brigade | + | *May: Leslie assigned to command the 1st Cavalry Brigade |
| + | *June: Ordered to Stirling | ||
| + | *July: Depart Stirling on the Worcester campaign, Leslie's Lifeguard remain to guard the Committee of Estates | ||
| + | *August: Leslie's Lifeguiard troop captured at Alyth with the Committee of Estates | ||
| *September: Battle of Worcester | *September: Battle of Worcester | ||
| + | *September: Leslie captured at Blackstone Edge | ||
| =====Notes==== | =====Notes==== | ||
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| *January 1646: 538 horse and 70 dragoons | *January 1646: 538 horse and 70 dragoons | ||
| *1647: 1 troop of 80 horse, reduced to 75, 1 company of 70 dragoons | *1647: 1 troop of 80 horse, reduced to 75, 1 company of 70 dragoons | ||
| - | *1649: 3 troops | + | *July 1649: 3 troops of 60 each; Leslie, Rm Carmichael, Laird of Allanton |
| + | *August 1649: 117 levies ordered from Lanarkshire | ||
| + | *July 1650: Lanarkshire ordered to raise 75 men | ||
| + | *June 1651: 156 levies ordered from Berwickshire, Midlothian and Teviotdale | ||
| =====See Also====== | =====See Also====== | ||
| ===== Links ===== | ===== Links ===== | ||
