Scottish Wars of Independence

The following battles of the Scottish Wars of Independence are described and illustrated under this title:

Robert de Bruce strikes and kills Sir Henry de Bohun with his axe in single combat before the Battle of Bannockburn on 23rd June 1314: picture by John Hassall

The following battles of the Scottish Wars of Independence are described and illustrated under this title:

Battle of Stirling Bridge: The battle won by William Wallace over the English invaders on 11^th September 1297.

Battle of Falkirk: King Edward I’s resounding defeat of William Wallace’s Scots army on 22^nd July 1298.

Battle of Bannockburn: Robert the Bruce’s iconic victory of the Scots over the English fought on 23rd and 24th June 1314. Podcast of the Battle of Bannockburn.

Battle of Dupplin Moor: The Battle on 9^th August 1332 in the Scottish Wars of Independence in which the army of the ‘Disinherited’ overwhelmed a much larger Scottish army with the first use in battle of massed longbowmen.

Battle of Halidon Hill: The heavy defeat of the Scots outside Berwick on 19^th July 1333 by the English army of King Edward III, one of the first uses of massed longbows by the English.