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engagement, and, as the result of unskilful surgical treat- 

 ment, succumbed to his wounds after an apparent recovery. 

 Finding himself sufficiently strong to take the offensive, 

 Glencairn marched into Aberdeenshire to menace the 

 English and obtain supplies for his army. At White- 

 lums, near the Earl of Mar's Castle of Kildrummie, where 

 an English garrison lay, Glencairn remained for a fort- 

 night, inactive and unmolested. Thence he moved to 

 Elgin, which he made his head-quarters, and where he 

 was joined by the Marquis of Montrose (son of the great 

 Montrose), and by Lord Forrester and others. 



In March, 1654, Middleton landed in Scotland with two 

 vessels from Holland. He was accompanied by Lord 

 Napier, Sir George Monro, Major-General Dalziel, Colonel 

 Lewis Drummond, and about 200 men, and was furnished 

 with a commission as Commander-in-Chief of the Royalists 

 in Scotland. In that capacity, he sent a communication to 

 Glencairn at Elgin, desiring him to move north and join 

 him in Sutherlandshire. At the grand muster of the com- 

 bined forces which took place at Dornoch, Middleton 

 found himself in command of 3,500 foot and 1,500 horse. 

 These included 600 of Seaforth's men under the leadership 

 of Kenneth Mor, who had marched from Ross-shire to join 

 Middleton, after having distinguished himself by capturing 

 with boats, an English vessel laden with a cargo of arms 

 and ammunition.* The supersession of Glencairn by 

 Middleton gave rise to considerable ill-feeling among the 

 partisans of the former, which reached a climax at an 

 entertainment given by the superseded General to his 

 successor. An imprudent, not to say impudent, remark 

 by Sir George Monro about Glencairn's following led to 

 hot words, followed by two duels, one between Glencairn 

 and Monro, in which the latter was severely wounded, and 

 the other between Captain Livingston, a friend of Monro, 

 and a gentleman named Lindsay, resulting in the death of 

 Livingston. These disputes were peculiarly unfortunate 



* Whitelocke (April, 1654). 



