Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A lokacin bikin nasarar da ya yi a cikin gidan wannan maraice, Morton ya tsaya a kan John Balfour na Burley a kan zalunci da Cavalier dragoons. A wannan daren, Burley ya nemi mafaka a gidan Morton; Morton ya yarda da yarda. Ya bayyana cewa Burley yana daya daga cikin masu kisan gillar Archbishop James Sharp. Da safe sai su gudu daga masu sintiri na Cavalier. Sakamakon haka, Morton ya sami kansa a waje da doka, kuma ya shiga Burley a cikin tayar da hankali a yakin Drumclog, wanda ƙungiyar kusan 200 masu dauke da makamai suka koma gabas, zuwa wani boggy moor kusa da gonar Drumclog. Tare da kimanin mutane 40 da ke kan doki, da kuma makamai da makamai da makamai, sojojin Covenanter sun shirya sosai. Daga bisani sun kai hari a gefen gefen bog ko'stank', suna fitar da dragoons daga fagen fama kuma suna barin 36 da suka mutu. Koyaya, bayan wannan nasarar ta farko, Scott ya gano ci gaban ƙungiyoyi, wanda ya hanzarta shan kashi a Yaƙin Bothwell Bridge
a shekara ta 1679, sojojin da Duke na Monmouth da John Graham na Claverhouse suka jagoranta.