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Scottish officers, however, were with him, and among those
who were killed was Colonel William Mackay (son of Donald
of Scourie) who had been a captain in Lord Reay's regiment.
But although the King was slain, victory remained with the
Swedish army, for Wallenstein was totally defeated, and
forced to retreat to the mountains of Bohemia.
There is little more to say regarding the services of the
Mackay regiment. After the death of Gustavus, Lord
Reay ceased to take any active interest in it, and in the
month of December, 1632, his name disappears from the
Swedish army list. Lieut. -Colonel Munro was promoted to
the rank of Colonel, and the regiment then became known
under the name of its commander, as Munro 1 s regiment.
Munro, desirous of having the regiment made up to its full
strength, left for Scotland in July, 1633, to procure recruits.
At this date it numbered only about 240 men ; but recruits
arriving from time to time, the ranks got well filled up, and
within a year it numbered 1 2 companies with a total strength
of about 1,800 men. On the 26th August, 1634, the terrible
battle of Nordlingen was fought. The loss of life was
dreadful ; and of our regiment, out of its 1,800 men, scarcely
sufficient were left to form one company. Of the whole
Scots Brigade not more than 200 men came out of the
sanguinary conflict.
After the battle of Nordlingen, the regiment as a separate
corps, ceased to exist ; and the one company to which it had
been reduced was placed, with the remnants of the other
Scottish regiments, under the command of Duke Bernard of
Saxe Weimar. In the following year an arrangement was
come to between Sweden and France, by which the Scottish
troops were taken into the pay of the latter country. Sir