Bannockburn: Bruce shatters the English host
June 1314
Robert Bruce's schiltrons of spearmen, anchored on marshy ground south of Stirling, chewed up Edward II's cavalry over two June days. The English army, perhaps twenty thousand strong, broke and fled southward in chaos. Bruce's victory secured Scottish independence in fact if not yet in treaty, and broke Edward II's prestige beyond repair.
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Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.