CASUALTY RECORD // September 3, 1650
Battle of Dunbar
Estimated casualties — killed, wounded, captured, and missing — by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Casualties by side
1 sides catalogued · combined 1,000 estimated
Scotland
1,000
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Battle of Dunbar, fought on 3 September 1650, was an engagement between Scottish forces under David Leslie and an English army under Oliver Cromwell during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Scotland fielded a force of between 8,000 and 9,500 men against an English army of approximately 7,500. Scottish casualties of 1,000 are recorded. Beyond these figures, the available record does not supply sufficient detail to characterize the battle's strategic consequences or its place within the broader campaign.
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