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  conflict Battle of Alford
  caption The site of the Battle of Alford
  partof Wars Of The Three Kingdoms
  date July 2 1645
  place Alford , Aberdeenshire
  result Royalist Victory
  combatant1 Royalist Irish and Highland Scots
  combatant2 Scots Covenanters
  commander1 ''' Lord Montrose '''<br> Lord Gordon <br> Alasdair MacColla <br>Manus O'Cahan
  commander2 '''General William Baillie '''<br>Com of Estates<br>Lord Balcarras
  strength1 2000 foot<br>250-300 cavalry
  strength2 2000 foot<br>5-600 cavalry
  casualties1 Several hundred
  casualties2 1500