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'Never had a man had so weak a company of soldiers given to drinking, eating and slothfulness.'

Sir Andrew Dudley wasn't impressed by his troops occupying Broughty Castle during the War of the Rough Wooing.

Nevertheless, it held out when besieged by Regent Arran in 1547.

'Never had a man had so weak a company of soldiers given to drinking, eating and slothfulness.' Sir Andrew Dudley wasn't impressed by his troops occupying Broughty Castle during the War of the Rough Wooing. Nevertheless, it held out when besieged by Regent Arran #OTD in 1547.
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