Halidon Hill: longbow against Scottish schiltron
July 1333
Edward III's archers, posted on a slope outside Berwick, shredded the Scottish relief column under Sir Archibald Douglas. It was a rehearsal for Crécy, demonstrating how devastating massed longbow fire could be against infantry advancing uphill. The English would use the same tactical formula for the next century: dismounted men-at-arms anchoring flanks of longbowmen on rising ground.
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Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.