Battle of the bridge of Stirling

The battles of the bridge of Stirling ( Battle off Stirling Bridge ) constitutes one of the battles of the wars of independence of the Scotland. The September 11th 1297, the armies of Andrew de Moray and William Wallace face those of John de Warenne, 7th Count de Surrey, inflicting a defeat to them.

The battle

The Scot were approximately 6000 Lancier S, 400 archers, and 180 knights and riders light. The English had 6350 soldiers with foot (whose majority were also archers) and 350 riders heavy. De Moray, with William Wallace as captain, returned to besiege Dundee and positions on the heights of Abbey Craig, in the north of Stirling. The English forces seek to only cross and narrow bridge which crossed the river separating them from the Scottish troops and to start the combat.

Whereas the English cross the bridge, carried out by Hugh de Cressingham, they meet a marshy ground and advance with difficulties towards the Scot. The strategy of Wallace is then to wait until a sufficient number of English crossed the bridge to order two loads: the first against the large one of the English troops and the second with an aim of cutting the road to any retirement. The Scottish troops trap and destroy the English avant-garde, the cavalry appearing ineffective on marshy ground, it is also decimated. The bridge collapses in the passing of the second English load, causing the escape of the remaining English troops. The Scot undergo relatively little losses, but the death of Moray following its wounds has an negative impact on the forces of William Wallace.

Consequences

The victory with the battle of the bridge of Stirling is the beginning of a series of victories which gave to William Wallace the support noble Scot, which led quickly to the quasi-total fall of all the fortified towns held by the English.

Representation in arts

In 1995, the film Braveheart watch and largely mentions this battle. However the film precisely does not represent the tactics of this battle, and it is notable to notice the absence of any bridge at the time of this one. The producers of film wanted in the beginning to put the bridge in the scenes of the battle, but were constrained to give up the idea for lack of adequate sites of turning, and lack of funds to especially build a bridge for film.

Today, a monument overhanging the valley in which confrontation took place commemorates the rising of the Scottish people personified by William Wallace (" The Wallace Monument ").

Bonds

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