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Allan Cameron, XVI Captain and Chief of Clan
Cameron
fought with Huntly "and his adherents" at the Battle of Glenlivet in 1594
(Allan had previously entered into an indenture with Huntly, indicating that
he would assist him against all his enemies, especially the Mackintoshes
and Grants.)
In many ways a religious conflict, approximately 2000 men, including the
Camerons, fought in support of the Catholic Earls of Errol and Huntly, routing
10,000 highlanders under the Protestant Earl of Argyll. The battle took
place near Allanreid and Morinsh and is noted as being a dramatic victory of
artillery and horse over irregular infantry.
At the head of the Cameron men Allan performed what is
referred
to as a "singular service" against his old enemies, the Mackintoshes, whom
"he defeated, and pursued with great eagerness, and did Huntly such services
as merited a different reward" from that which he afterwards received. The
confederation of Argyll, Atholl, the Forbes and the Macintoshes was soundly
defeated.
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