The Battles Of William Wallace During The First Scottish War Of Independence The conflicts between Scotland and England have always happened, they date all the way back to 603AD, according to a timeline of battles on skyelander.org. Of course when you have two equally intelligent men reigning side by side, one of them is going to try to overthrow the other at one point, when the opportunity presents itself, its a part of mankind. It is something that has happened continuously throughout history and continues to occur. This was part of England and Scotland’s dispute, greed and jealousy. And at what cost but the independence of one country and the insurances of anothers livelihood. Scotland was not always a chattel of England, in fact they
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Going into battle, yet again, Wallace and his 7,000 men were badly outnumbered by the English who had 14,000 men. “Marching north in 1298, Edward sought to avenge the English defeat at Stirling Bridge the year before” says Kennedy Hickman a Military History Expert on about.com. Wallace had a brilliant battle tactic, he continuously burned the land around the English camps in hope of starving them out, his plan worked. Edward and his army were planning to retreat back to England when Wallace moved about 13 miles from the English location. Wallace was in Falkirk. Edward caught word of Wallace’s whereabouts and called for battle on July 22, 1298. The Scots used the battle strategy of “schiltrons” (a group of soilders that create a type of human sheild or wall). Each man along the schiltron heald a sharpened wooden spear. This seemed to work to fight off the English until they unleashed their archers on Wallace and his men. This took a huge chunk of the Scots defense out, and without the backup of Sir Andrew de Murray, they continued to fail in battle. The end result was the loss of 2,000 men on either side and the disgrace of William Wallaces glorious reputation. Unfortunately the English won, leaving scotland ashamed of the once great hero Wallace. Wallace was too ashamed at his failure and resigned as Guardian of Scotland, leaving Robert de Bruce in charge of Scotland. After this not much was known or said of Wallace until 1303 when he returned to Scotland from France. A lot changed while he was away reportedly “...to seek support for the Scottish cause” as stated on bbc.co.uk. In 1304 Robert de Bruce and King Edward I made a truce of course excluding Wallace in any involvement. With Wallace back in Scotland, King Edward saw this as an advantage, he set our a generous money award for anyone who could capture and or kill
Going into battle, yet again, Wallace and his 7,000 men were badly outnumbered by the English who had 14,000 men. “Marching north in 1298, Edward sought to avenge the English defeat at Stirling Bridge the year before” says Kennedy Hickman a Military History Expert on about.com. Wallace had a brilliant battle tactic, he continuously burned the land around the English camps in hope of starving them out, his plan worked. Edward and his army were planning to retreat back to England when Wallace moved about 13 miles from the English location. Wallace was in Falkirk. Edward caught word of Wallace’s whereabouts and called for battle on July 22, 1298. The Scots used the battle strategy of “schiltrons” (a group of soilders that create a type of human sheild or wall). Each man along the schiltron heald a sharpened wooden spear. This seemed to work to fight off the English until they unleashed their archers on Wallace and his men. This took a huge chunk of the Scots defense out, and without the backup of Sir Andrew de Murray, they continued to fail in battle. The end result was the loss of 2,000 men on either side and the disgrace of William Wallaces glorious reputation. Unfortunately the English won, leaving scotland ashamed of the once great hero Wallace. Wallace was too ashamed at his failure and resigned as Guardian of Scotland, leaving Robert de Bruce in charge of Scotland. After this not much was known or said of Wallace until 1303 when he returned to Scotland from France. A lot changed while he was away reportedly “...to seek support for the Scottish cause” as stated on bbc.co.uk. In 1304 Robert de Bruce and King Edward I made a truce of course excluding Wallace in any involvement. With Wallace back in Scotland, King Edward saw this as an advantage, he set our a generous money award for anyone who could capture and or kill