Battle of the Pass of Brander

Battle of Pass of Brander
Part of Wars of Scottish Independence
Eastern end of Pass of Brander, dammed in 1959
Date 1308 Location Bridge of Awe, Lorne, Scotland grid reference NN03822905[3] 56°24′47″N 5°10′49″W / 56.41306°N 5.18028°W / 56.41306; -5.18028 Result Bruce victory
Belligerents
Bruce Royalist Army	Clan MacDougall[1] Clan Macnaghten[2]
Commanders and leaders
Robert Bruce James Douglas	John MacDougall of Lorn
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Battle of the Pass of Brander in Scotland forms a small part of the wider struggle known as the Wars of Scottish Independence, and a large part of the civil war between the Bruce and Balliol factions, a parallel and overlapping conflict. It was a victory for King Robert the Bruce over the MacDougalls of Argyll, kinsmen of John Comyn, also known as the Red Comyn, who had been killed by Bruce and his adherents at Dumfries in 1306. The sources do not allow us to determine the date of the battle with any degree of precision: various dates between 1308 and 1309 have been suggested, though the late summer of 1308 would seem to be the most likely. Traquair dates it to August 1308.^[4]