Talk:Battle of Tippermuir

Archers

I have removed the references to archers. They are based on Wishart's use of the the term 'saggitarii', which, though it does strictly mean 'archers' would be more accurately translated as 'irregular' infantry. Had the Roayalist army really deployed archers it would be remarkable that no-one - apart from Wishart - took notice. I would be perfectly happy to see the term 'archers' restored if better evidence for their employment can be produced. (Dr.) Chris Brown. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.152.110.125 (talk) 11:12, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Archers and Horse

The archers also appear in a dispatch sent to Ormonde by an Irish officer of Colkitto's brigade ("the Lord Kilpunt commanding the bow-men" [1]), and in Gordon of Ruthven ("the Atholl and Banzenoch men had swordes, bowes, and fyreockes" [2]). The references are to the troops who were the left and right wings, respectively.

The comments on cavalry numbers in the current version of the article, however, seem to be based on a misunderstanding: in England, Montrose had command of a cavalry force including some "Northern Horse", (English royalist cavalry) lent by the Marquis of Newcastle; these troopers were left in England, and Montrose had no cavalry at all at Tippermuir (something agreed on by all the primary sources); after the battle, he made a rendezvous with a completely different force of "northern" horse (Scottish royalist cavalry), who provided a new cavalry contingent at the Battle of Aberdeen. AJN (talk) 00:10, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

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And No Quarter

This article (and the article on Walsh's book) are slightly ambiguous about the traditional story that the Covenanter slogan was "Jesus, and no quarter". Do we have clarification on this? PatGallacher (talk) 19:58, 18 December 2021 (UTC)