He would have no difficulty recruiting them because one of their opponents was the Earl of Argyll, a Campbell, one of their hereditary enemies.

On the evening of 19 July 1654, Thomas Morgan surprised John Middleton at Dalnaspidal near Loch Garry on the Drumochter Pass.

When Morgan's superior forces advanced towards them, most of Middleton's cavalry fled, leaving the infantry unprotected.

[3] Monck wanted all the leaders of the uprising put to death, but the Protector and Council promised a pardon to all those who submitted (see Cromwell's Act of Grace).

Middleton escaped back to the Continent and rejoined Charles II at Cologne early in 1655.