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684 The Highland Monthly.
most remarkable victory, but at a terrible sacrifice. They
lost their beloved General, John Graham of Claverhouse
'' Ia7i dJm nan CatJi"—(Black John of the Battles), whose
name was long remembered, and regarded as the watchword
of victory. They also lost many of their natural
leaders, and, at least, 600 of their friends.
Claverhouse was buried inside the church at Old Blair^
where a tablet has recently bean erected to his memory,
having the followinginscription :— "Within the vault beneath
are interred the remains of John Graham of Claverhouse,
Viscount Dundee, who fell at the battle of Killiecrankie,
27th July, 1689, aged forty-six. This memorial is placed
here by John, 7th Duke of Athole, K.T, 1892."
A brief summary of these notes may shew (i) that the
position of General Mackay's army on the plateau of Run-
rorie may be more precisely known from the old entrenchment
observed and referred to by the writer ; (2) that the
defensive purpose of the same entrenchment is self-evident,
and that its character is further shown from its associated
grave-mounds ; (3) that such a work rendered the Royalist
musketry fire more destructive than that of the advancing
clans ; (4) that, however, the advantage was on the side of
the clans when they fought the enemy hand to hand ; (5)
that the rout down to the river is clearh^ indicated by the
numerous grave mounds ; (6) that the position of the Macdonalds
of Glengarry on the right wing was shewn by the
knoll called
Dundee fell
Tomvickicallister ; (7) that the place where
is similarly shown by the well and knoll
named after him ; (8) that Hastings' and Leven's regiments
held their ground in the Royalist centre because
there were no clans in front of them ; (9) that
when the Royalist cavalry refused to advance to
the charge, their brave General, left almost alone,
charged across the battlefield, and left the valley, not
by the Pass, but by the road to Tenandry; (10) that at the
same time Mackay's " cavalry galloped wildly down the
Pass," and that Hastings' and Leven's regiments marched
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