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xiv.

Agus seo mar ċuireann sé iad sain agus saiġdiúirí an Ċoiḃinint le taoiḃ a ċéile:

Hurry's cavalry were the troops which had done brilliant service under Leven, and Baillie's foot were the finest regular soldiers that Scotland could show."

"The Irish were, of course, tried veterans, and superior to any of the Covenant infantry," l. 133.

Seo mar laḃrann sé fós ar ṡaiġdiúiríḃ Ṁuntrós fá mar do ḃíodar roiṁ caṫ Ċille Saiḋḃe:

"Montrose now commanded a force of at least 4,400 foot and 500 cavalry; a seasoned force, for all were hard fighting men, and the 1,000 Irish were probably the best foot in Britain at the time," l. 162.

Seo é a ṁeas ar na saiġdiuiríḃ do fríoṫ i nGaeḋealtaċt Alban:

"The Highlanders were active fellows accustomed to an outdoor life, but their equipment was fantastic, for only a few carried claymores, and most were armed with pikes and sticks P and bows and arrows" (.i. roiṁ caṫ Ṫiobair Ṁóir) l. 85.

Ḃí do loċt orṫa so go dtéidís a ḃaile i gcoṁnaiḋe d’éis an ċaṫa ċum a n-éadála do ċur i dtaisge. Ní hasta sain do ḃíoḋ ionntaoiḃ ag Muntrós, aċt as na Gaeḋealaiḃ Éireannaċa, aṁail mar adeir Buchan ann so:

(Tar éis caṫa Ḋúin Dé) "He had now a compact force of 2,000 foot and about 200 horse. The nucleus of the infantry was still Alastair's Irish, who may have numbered from a thousand to twelve hundred men," l. 125.

Seo tráċt beag ón uġdar gcéadna ar an gcalmaċt do rinne na hÉireannaiġ:

(i gcaṫ ObairḊeaḋain) "The attack fell upon Alastair's infantry, and gallantly they met it. They opened their ranks and let the troopers sweep through; then facing round they pursued them with volleys. The Covenant horse were soon out of action," l. 96.

(i gcaṫ na Fioḋḃaiḋe) "The Covenanting centre advanced up the little hill, and was half-way to the top before Montrose saw his danger. He called to a young Ulsterman, O'Kean,