Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A shekara ta 1678, Monmouth shi ne kwamandan brigade na Anglo-Dutch, yanzu yana yaƙi da lardunan United da Faransawa, kuma ya bambanta kansa a Yaƙin Saint-Denis a watan Agusta na wannan shekarar a lokacin Yaƙin Franco-Dutch, yana ƙara ƙara masa suna. A shekara mai zuwa, bayan dawowarsa Biritaniya, ya umurci karamin rundunar da aka tayar don dakile tawayen 'yan kungiyar Scottish Covenanters kuma duk da cewa sun fi yawa, ya yi nasara da' yan tawayen Covenanter (wanda aka yarda da shi) a yakin Bothwell Bridge
22 ga Yuni 1679.