Lairds of Glenlyon

242 THE LAIRDS OF GLENLYON.
recounts the victory of the rebel right, and the deeds of
the forementioned band that really gained that victory : —
" The left of the King's army had a far different fate ; for
as they were advancing to alter the situation of their front
according to the right (wing), they found a body of the
enemy's foot, which had been concealed in a hollow way,
to be just on their front and extending beyond the point of
their wing, the enemy's horse being still to their left, and
in condition to take them in flank. And at the very same
minute of time, when the right of his Majesty's army en-
gaged the left of the rebels, four hundred of the Earl ot
Breadalbane's men, and about two hundred of the clans —
making in all a confused body of 600 men — taking the sig-
nal from the fire of their left, fell on with incredible resolu-
tion upon the three regiments of foot which were on the
left of the royal army while they were forming. And
though they made all the resistance it was possible for
them to make in that situation, yet they were broken, and
a great many of them cut to pieces ; and those that were
not killed or taken were driven in among the dragoons,
and put them likewise into confusion. Had the cavalry
upon the right wing of the rebels fallen in at the same
time, the whole left wing of the royal army had been cut
off when it was not in the power of the rest of the foot to
assist them, they being advanced after the right wing to
support them, in pursuit of the left of the enemy. But so
it was, that the left of the King's army having made a home
charge on some of the enemy's squadrons which stood on
their flank, and carried off a standard, they stood all the
while looking on to our left without attempting to do any-
thing considerable.