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Battle of Bothwell Bridge
1679
22 June 1679
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Scottish Covenanter Rebellion

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Rising against Episcopalianism, non-conformist Covenanters repulsed a small government force at Drumclog (1 June), then soon faced an army under James Duke of Monmouth and John Graham of Claverhouse. At Bothwell Bridge, on the Clyde southeast of Glasgow, the rebels were crushed, with heavy losses. Two leaders were hanged and about 250 others were transported.


   
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