Qualla: Battle of the Pass of Brander https://qualla.com/battle-of-the-pass-of-brander en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:24 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of the Pass of Brander https://qualla.com/battle-of-the-pass-of-brander Battle of the Pass of Brander: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-the-pass-of-brander/ The Pass of Brander is a place designed for ambush. The River Awe slices through the southern slope of Ben Cruachan on its way down from Loch Awe, and the passage between mountain and water is narrow enough that a small force can block a large one. In the late summer of 1308, John Bacach MacDougall positioned his army in that passage to stop Robert the Bruce. It was a reasonable plan in a war that had been full of them. But Bruce had spent two years learning how to fight in the Highlands, and the men of Argyll were about to discover that the fugitive king who had once hidden in caves and scrambled over mountains was no longer running.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/h/2/battle-of-the-pass-of-brander-wp/gfh2-battle-of-the-pass-of-brander-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of the Pass of Brander: Murder, Crown, and Exile https://qualla.com/battle-of-the-pass-of-brander/ The battle at Brander was the last act of a civil war within the wider Wars of Scottish Independence. In 1306, Bruce had killed John Comyn -- the Red Comyn -- at Dumfries, an act that guaranteed the enmity of the Comyn family network across Scotland. The MacDougalls of Argyll, ki...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/h/2/battle-of-the-pass-of-brander-wp/gfh2-battle-of-the-pass-of-brander-murder-crown-and-exile.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of the Pass of Brander: Harrowing the North https://qualla.com/battle-of-the-pass-of-brander/ Bruce's comeback began in Ayrshire in the spring of 1307 and was aided by an extraordinary stroke of fortune: Edward I of England died in July 1307, just short of the Scottish border, leaving the less capable Edward II to manage English interests. Bruce moved fast. He attacked Ga...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/h/2/battle-of-the-pass-of-brander-wp/gfh2-battle-of-the-pass-of-brander-harrowing-the-north.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of the Pass of Brander: Into the Pass https://qualla.com/battle-of-the-pass-of-brander/ John Bacach chose the Pass of Brander because it offered the MacDougalls their best chance of stopping a superior force. The narrow defile between Ben Cruachan's slopes and the River Awe negated Bruce's numerical advantage and allowed the defenders to fight on ground they knew in...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/h/2/battle-of-the-pass-of-brander-wp/gfh2-battle-of-the-pass-of-brander-into-the-pass.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of the Pass of Brander: The End of Internal Resistance https://qualla.com/battle-of-the-pass-of-brander/ The campaign of 1307 and 1308 destroyed the internal threat to Bruce's crown. Every one of his Comyn enemies had been exiled, defeated, or stripped of their lands. The survivors could continue the fight only as volunteers in the English army -- which they did, bitterly, for years...

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