Battle of Aberdeen (1644)

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Battle of Aberdeen
Part of Wars of the Three Kingdoms
Bon Accord Terrace Gardens, Aberdeen. In 1644 this area was outside the city. Montrose attacked from the approximate line of Willowbank Road, in the distance, towards the camera position and the site of the Crabstane
Date 13 September 1644 Location Aberdeen, Scotland Result Royalist/Irish victory
Belligerents
Royalists Irish Brigade	Covenanters
Commanders and leaders
Lord Montrose Alasdair MacColla Col. James Hay Sir William Rollo	Lord Burleigh Lord Gordon Sir William Forbes
Strength
1,500-foot, 80 horse	2,000-foot, 300 horse
Casualties and losses
Light	520
118–160 people killed in sack of Aberdeen by Royalists

Aberdeen

Perth

Dundee

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Scotland

The Battle of Aberdeen, also known as the Battle of Justice Mills and the Crabstane Rout, was an engagement in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms which took place outside the city of Aberdeen on 13 September 1644. During the battle, Royalist forces led by James Graham, Lord Montrose routed an army raised by the Covenanter-dominated Parliament of Scotland under Robert Balfour, 2nd Lord Balfour of Burleigh.

The battlefield was assessed to be inventoried and protected by Historic Scotland under the Scottish Historical Environment Policy of 2009, but it failed to meet one or more of the criteria.^[1][2]