Thanks again, from a Graham. Sending love from Canada 🇨🇦
@angriella2 жыл бұрын
Hell of a man, Montrose! Can't help but like the guy, his poetry, his grief at Charles's murder, the way he brazenly outfaced death..make a great movie!
@alecgraham87523 жыл бұрын
He wasn't called the Great Montrose for nothing ! Proud of my heroic ancestor - a general, a poet, a hero - definitely Scotlands greatest general
@lukemillette32712 жыл бұрын
We have a common ancestor
@kedwardsuwo2 жыл бұрын
@@lukemillette3271 Family reunion. :) Guess he was my 12th great grandfather which is why I looked this up. That's pretty far back.
@lukemillette32712 жыл бұрын
That's awesome I didn't know I had more family
@kedwardsuwo2 жыл бұрын
@@lukemillette3271 I assigned my students to construct a small family tree as an introduction to reasoning about social networks. Of course I did the assignment too, but went completely down a rabbit hole.
@lukemillette32712 жыл бұрын
Lol that is awesome, what do you teach
@robbiethepict27833 жыл бұрын
Where I live there is the Gordon stone where The Marquis of Montrose won the battle but lost his best general who died defending him when he was pulled from his horse. You can see the musket and cannon marks on the bridge to this day.
@allanmackenzie9583 жыл бұрын
We must be telepathetic...This historical character is one of my favourites. Great video. It also so happens its next on my reading list. A great man, loyal to a fault betrayed by those to whom he gave immense service to.
@Kiltoonie10 ай бұрын
also a Turncoat...
@JOOLZBRUTNELL2 жыл бұрын
Hi Bruce - thank you for doing these video's of the history of Scotland . My mother who is 83 is so grateful for these little films as she can't visit Scotland and you take her on journeys all around Scotland , telling true tales about its past :)
@michaelwhite80313 жыл бұрын
I think Montrose is my favourite historical character, he is like someone out of a Greek myth. His personal bravery and honour l believe make him stand head and shoulders above men of his time and for that matter most times. The way he behaved when he faced his execution silenced his haters. Thanks for making this video and l really look forward to more about him. Respect !!! When you want an early hero who never seems to get mentioned you would not have to look further than Andrew Murray.
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
Who's that then? kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWS3haGuj6ipZqs
@michaelwhite80313 жыл бұрын
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Well done, l did not see that.
@andrewwalker98303 жыл бұрын
Montrose has been my hero ever since I picked up a Nigel Tranter on the great Marquis from a jumble sale just outside Ayr.
@eamonnclabby70673 жыл бұрын
Quite agree ,Max Hastings has written a great book about the Marquis of Montrose ....The Kings Champion....E
@WynonaCosplay3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for these fantastic videos! I found out who this great man was through genealogy research, and I have been fascinated ever since. Scottish history is interesting to say the least. I look forward to your future uploads!
@wexfordgirl13 жыл бұрын
Oh I just love the addition of the troop maneuver indicators Bruce. That's really helpful and great viewing.
@craig85423 жыл бұрын
20 plus years ago, on a Burnsian tour of Edinburgh , we visited St Giles. Amongst our party were several men very learned in Scots history. After some very interesting observances of the stained glasses, one said "let's visit The Montrose". We entered the room (I'm sure there is a better word in cathedral speak) and it is breathtaking. One of our party, who had been head of history at my high school started to speak about the Marquis and his achievements. Also present was a party of American tourists who hung on his every word, particularly when Tom announced that West Point still taught the tactics and strategies of Montrose to that day. I will never forget the moment enhanced by the fresh white rose on the tomb. My first comment as a patreon of Bruce, I will try to keep them shorter going forward !! Great work big man!
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
Guid lad
@yvonnehadad7818 Жыл бұрын
thx for the details you shared, I'm Scottish \Netherlands mix Australian! Have worked in London, travelled overland around Europe, Middle east & Israel, spent many holidays in Asia and New Zealand..... but not Scotland ..xx
@saidahamelin31183 жыл бұрын
Held my breath with this one. Delighted the Irish didn't let them down. Very well told!
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
😘
@TheSamGrahamShow3 жыл бұрын
I am actually related to them! 😊 All hail the Graham’s! 🏴
@owenhopkins91923 жыл бұрын
im autistic and I watch your videos when in down they help me so much love from northumbria aka northern england
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
Wow Owen. I'm so happy that I might help in some small way. That brings a tear to my eye
@apachecatcat34953 жыл бұрын
My Ancestor was named James Graham too. But he ended up in Tennessee in the late 1700s.
@rivergirl34443 жыл бұрын
My great grandmother was a Graham. In Kentucky.
@racheltaylor65783 жыл бұрын
I was brought up in Kilsyth.The battlefield is under Banton Loch now but you can still imagine the highlanders charging down the hills surrounding the Loch.
@stufromoz81643 жыл бұрын
"Fancy meeting you here, do ya want ta change sides"....."Auch orright"....have to love your historical perspective and analysys, if only all wars were so informally friendly and cordial.
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
😊
@jessicasmith45323 жыл бұрын
I've always had a soft spot for Montrose!
@gymynycricket17227 ай бұрын
Would that be when he was murdering women and children covenanters or when he was a covenanter
@geowidman3 жыл бұрын
That "Highland Charge" seem exactly like the Jacobite tactic at Culloden - but with better result on better terrain. Thanks for a fine tale!
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
That's the point. It WAS the same tactic. It's just that this was the first time it was deployed in Scotland
@JimLahey213 жыл бұрын
Excellent work as usual
@frankiedeans76373 жыл бұрын
Yes he was without doubt the greatest fighting general Scotland has produced.He was also a brilliant poet ..He was recognised and awarded by many other European nations for his fine generalship. Died a hero's death. A must read is from the famed Scottish authour NIGEL TRANTER his two excellent biographies on this honorable gentleman life and ultimate death are truly memorable and touching. Fine work again Bruce..ggtthb.
@flashcad81853 жыл бұрын
John Buchan's biography "Montrose", a gift from my Mother on my ninth birthday, was responsible for my life-long interest in James Graham and the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. As you would expect, both Tranter's novels, "The Young Montrose" and "Montrose: The Captain General" are extremely well done, and bring mid-17th century Scotland to life.
@eamonnclabby70673 жыл бұрын
The Kings Champion is worth a look ,by Max Hastings....
@PixelMurder3 жыл бұрын
I like Scotish history and I find the accent charming. I think I'm in the right place.
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
Definitely
@paulprice9293 жыл бұрын
@@ScotlandHistoryTours do a video of Simon Fraser Lord Lovat who helped the jacobite uprising and the last man to be beheaded in UK he died laughing his head off.
@mariapierce27073 жыл бұрын
Just found you and subscribed ! yaay! glad I did! Well done very informative.😉
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
Welcome aboard!
@kevingalloway93383 жыл бұрын
Brilliant mate. Great story
@graham22jacob6 ай бұрын
i came to your page for scotish history, didnt think id find history on my ancestors. thanks!!
@jocelyngarvin1883 жыл бұрын
I'm clan Graham, and I really like your series.
@faolanliath66873 жыл бұрын
Brother,your videos rock. You've got a way of bringing the weirdness of history to life. There are a lot of great stories from the borders that we'd love to hear you do.
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
I plan to get down there in summer. Travel is always a constraint. In the meantime you have these kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioeQfICMjL2Nb8k kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioeQfICMjL2Nb8k
@faolanliath66873 жыл бұрын
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Awsome! Ballads of Kinmont Willie and Wee Jock Ellot are clasics. Kinda funny too.
@paulrobertson15892 жыл бұрын
As I walk my collie along Old Gallows Road I always thought the site was up by West Lambarkine Farm near Broxden . Thank you for this historical truth update Bruce . As a Robertson also it is great to hear there part onto the journey to Tippermuir . The drone shot looking east is terrific to explain the battle . Is that a churchyard in Methven ?
@richardglady30093 жыл бұрын
The battle graphics were very good and understandable. Thank you.
@brendonjackson18592 жыл бұрын
He is my 9th Great Grandfather! Just learned about my relationship with him today!!!
@stephenjones53663 жыл бұрын
One of history's more creative military tacticians. Some of the stuff he pulled off was just...off the wall.
@eamonnclabby70673 жыл бұрын
Many thanks for sharing this with us, my ancestors O,Cahans served in O,Cahan, s regiment of foot ,in the present day my great uncle Henry O,Cahan served with the Royal Ulster Rifles on the river Imjin in Korea and survived being a POW and made it back to Ireland, my uncle Archie was a Mc Donald of Glencoe Best wishes from the wirral...E
@Haronniin3 жыл бұрын
"Fancy meeting you here! Do ya want ta change sides?" "Auch ooright." ROFL!! Beautiful summation. Succinct, to the point, and conveyed the heart of the conversation. Brilliant!
@dougkleen99173 жыл бұрын
Montrose toast " he either fears his fate to much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to the touch to win or lose it all"
@billdavidson35193 жыл бұрын
Mr. Fummey; You keep hitting them out of the park! A difficult topic to make clear in a short video. Well Done! Sincerely
@lukemillette32712 жыл бұрын
I am related to James Graham and im trying to learn more about him thank you for the great vid
@ScotlandHistoryTours2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@AJM-timecop Жыл бұрын
Would love to hear your take on the attack on Inverlochy Castle ... going over Ben Nevis in February, the 36 hour march. Fascinating stuff. The battle is still taught at Sandhurst!
@zaynevanday1423 жыл бұрын
Infantry vs Infantry, Cannon & Cavalry that is very very impressive !
@revolver_842 жыл бұрын
Quality video. Well researched and really clearly explained
@janhenkins3 жыл бұрын
The bit between 1:33 to 1:43 had me in stitches. Subscribed! (To be clear, subscribed to this channel, not that waste of trees you spoke about.)
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
😂 No that's no worth a subscription
@johnstuartkeller52443 жыл бұрын
Marvelous and eye-opening as always, sir! Keep this up, and yourself will be one of Scotland's leading tourist attractions.
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂 Is that a reference to my girth😜
@johnstuartkeller52443 жыл бұрын
@@ScotlandHistoryTours I wouldn't have the guts to waist you time woth that. Question, though; how about one about James V? The one with the secret identity? There is precious little about him compared to the other Stewarts; he is usually presented as a footnote to his daughter.
@jackmclaughlin20203 жыл бұрын
This video is an overdue acknowledgement of genius. Montrose was a master of the war of maneuver. It is unfortunate that he has never received the renown outside of Scotland that his mastery deserves. The Year of Miracles is much better movie material than any of Hollywood's recent attempts to interpret Scottish history. John F. Kennedy was rumored to be reading Buchan's "The Marquis of Montrose" around the time of his death. I wonder if JFK realized what a great idea it was to infiltrate a small force into a hostile country, recruit, train and lead a (more or less) indigenous army against a constituted government or occupying power? Someone should specialize in that type of thing.
@jameshalfpenny47263 жыл бұрын
“These fannies don’t know what they’re doin”.........Lucy Worsley could learn a phrase or two from our Bruce.
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
I'm here to lead trends
@kerrypitt97893 жыл бұрын
Nobody will probably read this, but gosh tapping on the thumbs up takes an actual second and helps Bruce out as well as giving incentive to make more videos. Bruce how do you do this without living in bitterness and anger. I have to believe that people could have lived with PTSD all of their lives, just with the potential for violence every day, how did they do it? How do you do it? Could this anger I live with be inherent? Is it possible to inherit anger and outrage?
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
I read this, though I'll be honest I didn't 100% understand it😂
@skywatergarage2 жыл бұрын
When doing ancestry work I have found articles of my ancestors on montrose side. I would love to see a video on “clan Hay” from you Bruce. Your story telling is 1 of a kind.
@frankhancock2881 Жыл бұрын
Bruce definitely make the case for Montrose
@TheAdventuringFoodie3 жыл бұрын
Another solid video, Bruce! And, I appreciate your nuggets of worldview as you delve deep into the treasure-trove of history!
@stufromoz81643 жыл бұрын
I am always reminded of master Yodas answer to the term "Great warrior" .War does not make anyone great. How true, there is never a good side and a bad side, just different opinions usually only seperated by several degrees of perspctive , at the most.
@thepinkflamingostrikesagai73193 жыл бұрын
WW1&2 definitely had a bad side.
@jedaye473 жыл бұрын
@@thepinkflamingostrikesagai7319 who was the bad side in WW1? It was a war of imperialism, not humanitarianism.
@TheAegisClaw3 жыл бұрын
WWII had a bad side and a more bad side. Seriously look up some of the allied bombing campaigns, Dresden, firebombing of Tokyo, let alone the nuclear bombs. Horrific.
@silverbullet83383 жыл бұрын
Love your channel man. Interesting from start to finish.✌
@JakeGraham883 жыл бұрын
We dug back the history of my family. Find it all so fascinating. Ne Oublie. Both my brother and me got the coat of arm tattoo'd onto us.
@grahamehadden43203 жыл бұрын
My Clan Chief. Let down by the crown in the end. I read the biography of him years ago and a tawdry affair was his end. There was supposed to have been a fight between the Haddens and the Davidson to see who was the superior Sept in the Graham clan out on the beaches beside Dundee. Would you know where I could look to find out the history of this wee skirmish. I think it was around the 17th to 18th century.
@caireengraham3 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
You're welcome
@chrisgibson52673 жыл бұрын
Anothet great presentation and the aerial view of the battlefield was a very nice touch. The Irish Brigade likely picked up the use of the salvo ( Swedish salvee) from their service on the Continent. PS There's a scurrilous rumour that they had a number of men from Englandshire in one of their companies as English Recusants also fought for the Spanish and Imperialist armies.
@jeremiahkivi42563 жыл бұрын
Most excellent. Keep up the good work! Not very familiar with what was going on in Scotland during the English Civil War. Always a good morning when I can learn some history with my coffee and pipe.
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
Daily Mail Sir?😂😂
@douglasmacquarrie50023 жыл бұрын
Really enjoy the stories thanks this was a good one
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for listening
@annbush18263 жыл бұрын
This was brilliant.I read "The King's Peace" and the King's War." Both described the dispositions of troops and skrmishes and strategy. As an American with MacRae ancestry, I knew the song "Bonnie Dundee" and that our clan was Royalist. Wih a grandpa who could recite Scott at the drop pf a tam, the IDEA of chivalrous knightly behavior was known to me. However, among those ancestors was a Revolutonary soldier who fought against the British. If you were to see the Hudson Valley in New York you would be as astounded as I was when visiting Scotland for the first time. The open fieldsand concentrated hatred and chessboard skill in this battle, compared with a Revolutionary soldier with his musket, powder horn and ramrod hidden in the thick woods.
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
😂At first I read cheeseboard skill of a battle
@1776patric3 жыл бұрын
Mr. Fummey, I should also add that I have greatly enjoyed your KZbin videos. I find them educational and funny. I think that you found your calling, The Storyteller. I have never met a funny financial planner! Good Luck in the future. I shall continue to enjoy videos. Patrick Gordon, Mexico
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
😂Thank you Paatric
@netowl39223 жыл бұрын
@Scotland History Tours I've listened to The Battlefield Band since 1985 and always wondered about their song "Montrose". So when you make the case that the greatest military general, I believe you!!! :)
@thomassugg56213 жыл бұрын
Talking about Scottish military history, I just finished reading about the battle of Brunanburh in 937. when an alliance of Scots, Dublin Vikings and Men of Strathclyde were defeated by king Athelstan of England.
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
Oooft, that was a bad yin right enough
@PaulEcosse3 жыл бұрын
@@ScotlandHistoryTours They clearly just wurnae up for it.
@Sandwich134553 жыл бұрын
@@ScotlandHistoryTours have you a video on this battle?
@bigblue69173 жыл бұрын
You have to admire Athelstan abilities with that battle. Force marched his troops so that they turned up earlier than expected. Split his forces so that the other side could not re-enforce those he was attacking. And then attacked at dawn routing both armies.
@douglasherron75343 жыл бұрын
@@bigblue6917 The first King of Britain was quite a character...
@johnspizziri19193 жыл бұрын
Very well done!
@stuartjackson80913 жыл бұрын
Alexander Leslie, David Leslie, John Hepburn, to name a few. The Irish were decedents Scottish galloglass, Antrim scots (just Gaelic one's)
@eamonnclabby70673 жыл бұрын
O ,Cahan, s regiment of foot ,my ancestors , still warriors to the present day, A great uncle Henry O,Cahan/ O Kane served with the Royal Ulster Rifles on the river Imjin in Korea against the Chinese, survived being a POW and made it back to Ireland....E
@armstronggermany29952 жыл бұрын
More great balanced history. Great Stuff again from Bruce. Did we Scots ever need an excuse to fight each other! Lot's of Scots in the 30 years war.. Drummond and Leslie come to mind.
@ScotlandHistoryTours2 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@robertmaceanruig62913 жыл бұрын
You keep Goin Man
@charlestaylor85663 жыл бұрын
Behind every historical hero there was a unsung hero that gave them there fame , De Moray was Wallace’s , James Douglas was Bruce’s , and Alister McOlla Was Montrose’s !
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
Fair point
@cplmpcocptcl63063 жыл бұрын
Great channel. New subscriber.
@sharktomesmiles2 жыл бұрын
I really love the vid. I have a left field question! You are in an old church grave yard, but there are new headstones? I would like to learn about this place too and it's grave yard. So much history!!! Oh so little time Eh?
@ScotlandHistoryTours2 жыл бұрын
The church stopped being used in my lifetime and folk can still be buried there. The Building itself was where they filmed the witch trial in Outlander
@bigh98093 жыл бұрын
Rethorical rather than factually accurate, if that sentence doesn't explain every politicians statement, I don't what would, love it Bruce. Great subject well presented, love the knowledge slán abhaile from celbridge Co, Kildare.
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
Cheers Big H
@loyalpiper3 жыл бұрын
Another Scottish general who's worth looking at is sir John Moore durring the Napoleonic peninsular campaign where he saved the British army from obliteration at the cost of his own life.
@armstronggermany29952 жыл бұрын
He went to my school.
@knicholson60032 жыл бұрын
He’s got his own pub on Argyle Street, Glasgow lol
@martinlindores81613 жыл бұрын
Hey Bruce why not do a video of the history of Stirling castle and the surrounding areas
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
That's not one video, that's a series😁
@chakrahealing35752 жыл бұрын
Sir John Graham 3rd Earl of Montrose born in Castlestead Castle, Montrose, Angusshire, Scotland, his wife Lady Jean Lillies Drummond, Countess of Montrose. Drummond Castle, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom are my 12th grandparents. My family up until my 3rd great grandmother are Drummonds.
@madelinebrasmer1834 Жыл бұрын
Hi Bruce! I believe 3RD MARQUIS SIR JAMES GRAHAM OF AIRTH AND MONTROSE was my 10th great grandfather. How can I learn more?? Thank you for your fun videos!! 😊
@joedex_95643 жыл бұрын
Yess Montrose my home town
@brodyrobertson88873 жыл бұрын
Another great one Bruce! Love the battle videos. Maybe one day one on the Battle of Harlaw, Northeast vs. the west ⚔.
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂As I read this I'm waiting for breakfast in the Aberdeen Altens Hotel on the way to making a video about Red Harlaw today
@brodyrobertson88873 жыл бұрын
@@ScotlandHistoryTours No way 😆 lol well looking forward to the video as always Bruce! Cheers 🍻
@neilchristie76373 жыл бұрын
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Good stuff, Maybe then Mortlach where Malcom The Destroyer won his first victory over the Danes, then up the road to Glenlivet where Gordon whipped Argyle plus plus plenty Whisky in upper Banffshire also illict still country
@richard94443 жыл бұрын
Hello brv , do one on lock oich, and the well of the seven heads, your stuff is amazing , regards Richard London 🇬🇧
@clanyoung143 жыл бұрын
First ever use in mainland Scotland of the Highland charge? What about the Battle of Gasclune (often called the Raid on Angus) in 1395? This was, to my knowledge, the first ever record of a charge of the Highlanders. Look it up and you will see. Thanks. I enjoy your videos. Doug
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
Couldn't have been a highland change in those days. No guns
@RamboTuRkEy22243 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video! I have a copy of his portrait in my man cave. Far too untold of a story
@eamonnclabby70673 жыл бұрын
Quite agree,sir
@Somerled_13 жыл бұрын
Hi bruce,do you know any stories about border rievers? I read stories in an old book and it was exciting.
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
I plan to get round to them
@1776patric3 жыл бұрын
Mr. Fummey, I have a story for you, Who was Scotland's Greatest General? Try General/ Admiral Patrick Gordon and his very interesting story including Scotland, Europe and Peter the Great's Russia. you'll find the story at the University of Abdeen. Thank you, Patrick Gordon, Mexico
@jamesdeery53773 жыл бұрын
He's been called the greatest General Scotland never had.
@dougkleen99173 жыл бұрын
love your videos
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
Love you man!
@martynmurray89273 жыл бұрын
Silly question is that the Montrose that John Hurt played in Rob Roy 🤔
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
No, THAT Montrose was the guy who was the nemesis of Rob Roy. If I remember rightly this was his great grandad
@martynmurray89273 жыл бұрын
@@ScotlandHistoryTours ahhhh thanks again possible video in the future? 👀 smashing it with the videos as always SHT 🏴
@jvggraphics3 жыл бұрын
thank you for some long lost family history ...NeOblie!
@nephilimborn3 жыл бұрын
You stole my comment lol
@Marcus_McCormick113 жыл бұрын
Doing my bit for the algorithm
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
I like your style Marcus
@jimdonaldson643 жыл бұрын
hi, bruce another great video,what about major general hector macdonald . I think he was one of the first scots to hold this rank in the british army , an amazing feat but a sad ending .
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
I've added his name to a growing list of requests
@par5763 жыл бұрын
Well you skimmed over it, Bruce, but Yes. Montrose did it in the face of adversity and with comparatively few resources. Do another one on him.
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
Jesus! How much can I fit in to ten minutes?
@par5763 жыл бұрын
@@ScotlandHistoryTours But you missed out the best bit. Where he chased Campbell into the sea!
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
We haven't got to that bit yet
@theGimp9999 ай бұрын
Alexander Leslie or James Douglas were up there as generals also
@waltermacpherson36482 жыл бұрын
I am a wee bit curious if you may be interested in doing a story of Cluny MacPherson of the '45?
@patmlaftr9593 жыл бұрын
Great info as always Bruce Was Montrose the guy who fought his last battle in kilsyth Aye you just said it lol brilliant minds keep it going bud Have a pic somewhere with a Montrose thing placed at the colizeum in kilsyth Just Doon the road Cheers brother 👌❤
@neilgibson2163 жыл бұрын
I grew up in a place called Montrose, near Melbourne, Australia. Kilsyth is two miles down the road.
@melissahensley94307 ай бұрын
My great great grandmother was a descendant of his. She was a very strong strong woman and very stubborn
@brianpark51693 жыл бұрын
I remember reading about how the Brig`o` Dee was under manned, because most of the men that were charged with protecting the bridge & therefore the city, from the Marquis of Montrose & his army, (& this could be just a story) because they were at a funeral of one of the men, that was killed the day before! Montrose was said to have sent men further back up the river to find a shallow crossing in the water, then flank the guards. Aberdeen`s The Hardgate was a bloody place that day.
@davidadrain86563 жыл бұрын
"He either fears his fate to much or the desserts are not enough to put it all into the touch to win or loose it all"
@DH.20163 жыл бұрын
The career of Glasgow born Sir John Moore may be another Scottish military man worth looking into.
@buzzer19613 жыл бұрын
Have you covered the Battle of Philiphaugh, Bruce? It was terrible what happened to the Irish troops, and their wives, etc , after the battle...
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
This was the first in the Montrose series. Logical to start with Tippermuir, though a video will be required on his live overall as well to keep his fan club happy I think
@drewmorrison75363 жыл бұрын
please do a video about the Morrisons
@ScotlandHistoryTours3 жыл бұрын
I ask the questions. You guys supply the opinions
@jackobite683 жыл бұрын
sir James hands down
@deborahcox77842 жыл бұрын
Are ya preachin', Bruce!
@ScotlandHistoryTours2 жыл бұрын
I'm here for you sinners
@rschultz9492 Жыл бұрын
I've been wondering about this .. in Rob Roy they cast John Hurt as James Graham... Who doesn't even attempt a scotch accent in the film... His dialect sounds like RP or whatever the posh blokes use .. Am I off base here? Thanks in advance! You rock! Love the content!
@ScotlandHistoryTours Жыл бұрын
It was a different guy
@rschultz9492 Жыл бұрын
@@ScotlandHistoryTours thanks for the answer! Spiked my curiosity and off I went on a very satisfying deep dive. Good times. 🤘🧿
@reality-cheque3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video - very educational. Robert the Bruce did a good job at Bannockburn, so he would get my vote. Worst Scots General has to be Haig - if you try something a dozen times and it fails, what makes you think doing the same thing again, will work? Many disagree though and Pershing thought Haig shortened the war! He certainly oversaw a massive casualty count…
@alecblunden86153 жыл бұрын
Haig won the land war. He may well have done so 12-18 months early were it not for the political pressure to support the French. His men loved him, so perhaps a bit of research is called for.
@neilbuckley16133 жыл бұрын
If you take an in depth look at the Great War you will realise that Haig was a competent general. Check up on Luigi Cadorna or Conrad von Hotzendorf, their incompetence was truly staggering.
@davehopkin95023 жыл бұрын
Haig was pilloried in the 1950s and 60s, quite unjustly, he oversaw the huge growing pains of the British Army, was instrumental in many totally new technologies introduced during the war all the time operating between the conflicting demands of Lloyd George and his French commander in Chief As for "Butcher Haig" an example during the course of WW1 there were approximately 200,000 court martials, 20,000 of which were for capital offences, 3000 were actually given the death penalty. Each of those had to go to Haig personally for ratification, he only signed 346 who went on to be executed (during the same period over 500 were hung under British Criminal Law) Many of the executions were for offences that would have resulted in hanging if they had been civilians and around 1/3 of deserters were those that already had a suspended deth sentance for desertion, one had actually been given two death sentences for desertion and was only executed on his 3rd attempt. Thats NOT in anyway meant the condem or critisise those executed at all, its simply to show that Haig is very misunderstood
@karrieweatherly99552 жыл бұрын
I'm related to this man I just found out about it so I'm going to do some more research on it
@ScotlandHistoryTours2 жыл бұрын
He was a character
@anzukadotani8953 Жыл бұрын
great vid ,you missed out the battle of fyvie oct 1644, i live next to the site ,you can still see the earth defensive works montroses men made! if only montrose had been alive during the jacobite risings ,things might have gone better. montrose took a gamble using irish catholics ,in scotland ,they could never hold big towns ,he really needed the "solid scots lords" tho some did come ,but not enough