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The secrets of the Scots’ success at Bannockburn
BANNOCKBURN and Robert the Bruce are inextricably linked in Scottish history. Bruce’s battles against the English for nearly two decades are epic, but there are some perceptions that are not always based on historical investigation and can be misleading.
It is true that Bruce and his forces were severely outnumbered when Edward II sent some 25,000 men north to crush the Scottish insurrection once and for all at Stirling, culminating in the Battle of Bannockburn on 23-24 June 1314. However it is not the case that the smaller force was ill-equipped and unskilled.
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