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Using guerilla warfare, Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, has
been successfully keeping England’s army, the most powerful in
the European world, from taking over all of Scotland.
In June 1313 Robert returns to the mainland after his success
in capturing the Isle of Man only to discover that his brother,
Lord Edward Bruce, has made a bargain with the Scottish warden
of English-held Castle Stirling: if the English do not relieve
the castle by mid-summer 1314, the warden will hand Stirling
over to the Scots. Robert is furious! Now, King Edward has
reason to invade Scotland in force.
Elated, the English king sees the agreement as a way to
reclaim his dwindling power at home. He uses the time to
strengthen his ties with his magnates and draw in the best
knights from across Europe with promises of lands, titles, and
wealth... once the battle is won.
The next June, King Edward brings north 2,500 barded knights
and 20,000 men-at-arms to a place called Bannok, and a nearby
stream called Bannok Burn. His train “in good order” stretches
20 miles.
King Robert has no barded knights and only 5,500 men-at-arms,
most of whom are armed with long spears. His only advantages are
his cunning, Scots courage, and his arrival at the battlefield
before the English.
Far from the supposed goal of capturing Castle Stirling or
the Scottish crown, Robert knows the battle at Bannok Burn is
for Scotland herself. |
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