 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna Ndira 1644, akaperekedza uto reScotland kupinda muEngland senhengo yeDare reMadzimambo Ose uye achitungamira boka revatasvi vemabhiza, asi akakurumidza kumanikidzwa, muna Kurume, kuti adzokere kunodzvinyirira maRoyalist muScottish Civil Waruye kudzivirira nharaunda dzake amene. Akamanikidza Huntly kudzokera shure muna April. Muna July, akafambira mberi kuti abatsire mauto eIreland akanga asvika muArgyll, ayo akanga achirwisana pamwe chete naMontrose, uyo akanga azviisa iye pachake kumusoro kwemauto eRoyalist muScotland. Hapana mukuru mukuru akabudirira kuwana betsero pamusoro pomumwe, kana kuti kunyange kupinda muhondo. Argyll akabva adzokera kuEdinburgh, akasiya basa rake, ndokuenda kuInveraray Castle. Montrose akamutevera zvisingatarisirwi muna December, achimumanikidza kuti atizire kuRoseneath, uye achiparadza nzvimbo dzake. Pana 2 February 1645, apo kutevera Montrose kuchamhembe, Argyll akashamiswa naye paInverlochy. Akapupurira, ari muchikepe chake chiri pagungwa kwaakanga adzorera pashure pokuwa pabhiza rake, kuurawa kunotyisa kwemauto ake, ayo akabatanidza 1,500 evaCampbell. Akasvika kuEdinburgh musi wa12 Kukadzi uye aive zvakare aripo pakukunda kukuru kwaMontrose musi wa15 Nyamavhuvhu kuKilsyth, kwaakabva atizira kuNewcastle. Argyll pakupedzisira akanunurwa kubva kumuvengi wake anotyisa nekukundwa kwekupedzisira kwaMontrose paPhiliphaugh musi wa12 Gunyana. 