Qualla: Battle of Drumclog https://qualla.com/battle-of-drumclog en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:23 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/v/h/battle-of-drumclog-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Drumclog https://qualla.com/battle-of-drumclog Battle of Drumclog: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-drumclog/ Photo credit Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0. "Ye have got the theory, now for the practice." With those words, the Reverend Thomas Douglas allegedly broke off his sermon on the morning of Sunday 1 June 1679, when riders brought news that government dragoons were approaching. The illegal outdoor prayer meeting near Loudoun Hill, where Covenanters had gathered in defiance of royal authority, was about to become a battlefield. What happened next on the boggy moor near Drumclog in South Lanarkshire was one of the most unlikely military victories in Scottish history.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/v/h/battle-of-drumclog-wp/gcvh-battle-of-drumclog-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Drumclog: Worshippers With Muskets https://qualla.com/battle-of-drumclog/ Photo credit StaraBlazkova, CC BY 2.5. The Covenanters who gathered that morning were not ordinary churchgoers. They were Presbyterians who had refused to accept the re-imposition of Episcopal church governance after the Restoration of Charles II, and the government's response had been escalating persecution. Outdoor ...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/v/h/battle-of-drumclog-wp/gcvh-battle-of-drumclog-worshippers-with-muskets.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Drumclog: The Bog That Won a Battle https://qualla.com/battle-of-drumclog/ Photo credit Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0. When Claverhouse's dragoons arrived, they found the Covenanters dug in behind ground that cavalry could not cross. For a time, skirmishers from both sides exchanged musket fire across the stank, and Claverhouse believed he was gaining the advantage. But he could not close the dis...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/v/h/battle-of-drumclog-wp/gcvh-battle-of-drumclog-the-bog-that-won-a-battle.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Drumclog: Euphoria and Its Price https://qualla.com/battle-of-drumclog/ Photo credit Battle of Drumclog. 1679. J.Robertson. 1879., Public domain. The victory electrified the Covenanter movement, but euphoria proved dangerously short-lived. Just three weeks later, on 22 June 1679, the Duke of Monmouth crushed the Covenanter army at the Battle of Bothwell Bridge. The defeat there was devastating, and the government repressio...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/v/h/battle-of-drumclog-wp/gcvh-battle-of-drumclog-euphoria-and-its-price.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Drumclog: Stones That Remember https://qualla.com/battle-of-drumclog/ Photo credit Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0. A monument was first erected on the battlefield in 1839. Lightning struck it down, and the current memorial was built in 1867, standing above the moorland as a testament to the Covenanters' faith. The battlefield has been inventoried and protected by Historic Scotland. In 1912, t...

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