Drumclog, battle of
Drumclog, battle of, 1679. John Graham (Dundee) of Claverhouse, attempting to disperse a rising of covenanters on 1 June, was sharply repulsed in a skirmish at Drumclog, near Strathaven. The insurgents went on to occupy Glasgow but were defeated at Bothwell Bridge by Monmouth. William Cleland fought with the covenanting forces and the engagement was described by Scott in Old Mortality.
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