He sent some pioneers forward to entrench his
position, and as each regiment came up on to the level ground, he formed
it in line three deep. Balfour's regiment thus made the left wing
resting on the Garry, while Hastings was on the right where the ground
began to slope upwards to the hills. Next to Balfour stood Ramsay's
men, and then Kenmure's, Leven's, and the general's own regiment. The
guns were in the centre, and the two troops of horse in the rear of the
guns.
In the meantime Dundee had not been idle. Sending a few men straight
down the valley, he led his main body across the Tilt, which joins the
Garry just below the castle, round at the back of the hills till he had
reached the English right. Mackay was in front with his skirmishers,
watching what he supposed to be the approach of Dundee's van, when word
was brought to him that the enemy were occupying the hills on the right
in force. Mackay saw his danger at a glance. The Highlanders would be
down like one of their own rivers in flood on his right flank, and roll
the whole line up into the Garry. On one of the hills overlooking his
position stood what is now known as Urrard House, but was then called by
its proper name of Renrorie.[99] Immediately below this stretched a
piece of ground large and level enough in Mackay's judgment for his army
to receive, though not to give, the attack.
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