Battle of Mauchline Muir

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Battle of Mauchline Muir
Part of the Scottish Civil War
Mauchline Muir battle site
Date 12 June 1648 Location Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
Engagers Party	Kirk Party
Commanders and leaders
John Middleton James Livingstone	John Campbell
Strength
800 infantry[1] 1,200 cavalry	850 cavalry[2]

Mauchline

Edinburgh

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Scotland and Mauchline

The Battle of Mauchline Muir was an engagement fought on 12 June 1648 between two rival factions of the Covenanters of Scotland. On one side were those who favoured The Engagement, known as Engagers, and on the other those who were opposed to the Engagement, and known as the Kirk party.^[3]