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- The siege of Dundee took place from 23 August to 1 September 1651 as part of the Anglo-Scottish war of 1650–1652 after an English force under George Monck confronted the town of Dundee in Scotland and its garrison commanded by the town's governor, Robert Lumsden. An English army under Oliver Cromwell had invaded Scotland on the orders of the republican Commonwealth the previous year and defeated the Scots at the Battle of Dunbar. In July 1651 the Scots were defeated again, at the Battle of Inverkeithing, and their capital, Perth, captured. In desperation the Scots, commanded by David Leslie and King Charles II, invaded England with what remained of their army. Cromwell followed with most of the English force, leaving Monck with 5,000 men to mop up the remaining resistance in Scotland. Monck marched on Stirling, which surrendered, then counter marched towards Dundee. He arrived on 23 August and demanded its surrender. Lumsden refused, but when bad weather prevented the English artillery from bombarding the town Monck struck at other centres of resistance. On 28 August a regiment of English cavalry surprised 5,000 Scots at Alyth, 15 miles (24 km) north of Dundee, scattering them and taking prisoner the surviving Scottish military and political leaders. On 30 August the town of St Andrews surrendered. Also on 30 August the weather cleared and Monck again summoned the Governor to surrender the town and was again refused. Infuriated at having to risk his men's lives with an assault when the war was all but over, Monck gave permission for the town to be sacked once it was captured. On 1 September, after a two-day artillery bombardment, the English stormed the town, captured it and sacked it for 24 hours. Between 100 and 1,000 Scots were killed, including many women and children, and a large amount of loot was seized. Shortly after the capture of Dundee, Aberdeen surrendered to a party of Monck's cavalry, effectively ending resistance in Scotland. Two days after Dundee fell Cromwell inflicted a crushing defeat on Leslie and Charles at the Battle of Worcester, ending the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. The defeated Scottish government was dissolved and the Kingdom of Scotland was absorbed into the Commonwealth. In 1660 a new English parliament accepted Charles's claim to the throne and he was crowned King of England on 23 April 1661, twelve years after being crowned by the Scots. This completed the Stuart Restoration. (en)
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- 200 captured
- 100–1,000 killed, including some civilians
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- A map of southern Scotland showing some places mentioned in the text (en)
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- The siege of Dundee took place from 23 August to 1 September 1651 as part of the Anglo-Scottish war of 1650–1652 after an English force under George Monck confronted the town of Dundee in Scotland and its garrison commanded by the town's governor, Robert Lumsden. An English army under Oliver Cromwell had invaded Scotland on the orders of the republican Commonwealth the previous year and defeated the Scots at the Battle of Dunbar. In July 1651 the Scots were defeated again, at the Battle of Inverkeithing, and their capital, Perth, captured. In desperation the Scots, commanded by David Leslie and King Charles II, invaded England with what remained of their army. Cromwell followed with most of the English force, leaving Monck with 5,000 men to mop up the remaining resistance in Scotland. (en)
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