Battle of Neville's Cross
Dupplin Moor - Annan - Dornock - Halidon Hill - Boroughmuir - Culblean - Neville 's Cross
The Battle of Neville 's Cross ( October 17, 1346 ) was led by the young Scottish king David II. His attack on the north of England should the French King Philip VI. after its defeat by Edward III. of England, 26 August, 1346 at the Battle of Crécy, relieve. But just as in the Battle of Halidon Hill, the Scottish troops were defeated on unfavorable terrain.
Prehistory
King Edward III. of England broke the agreement of Edinburgh and Northampton, by arguing that it was negotiated at the time of his minority and did not correspond to his will.
In 1332 Edward marched favorite Edward Balliol to Scotland and crowned himself king. But the followers of King David II expelled him, so he fled to England and Edward III. asked for help. The English king helped by pulling together with Edward Balliol in 1333 to Scotland. He quickly regained Berwick and was victorious in the Battle of Halidon Hill. Due to the imminent danger for David II, he and his wife were taken to safety in France.
During the absence of the young David, the Scots ended under Andrew Murray, the rule Balliol at the Battle of Culblean ( 1335). 1341 returned the seventeen- year-old David II returned to Scotland and took control back in again. Due to the determination of the Auld Alliance, he reached England in 1346 to to relieve France after the crushing defeat at Crécy on 26 August 1346.
The Battle
The Scots made on October 17, 1346 in Bearpark, near Durham, stop. It was not until William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas, collided with the Scottish Division led by him to an English vanguard, David II was informed that an experienced force of archers and knights was present. Nevertheless, the Scottish king was convinced because of the numerical superiority of the English troops could not win.
He positioned his three battalions at the foot of the hill of Neville 's Cross. The British crossed the meantime Wear and climbed the hill faster than the Scots, who were stopped by fences and walls. As a result, the archers were now above the Scottish forces, firing, similar to the Battle of Halidon Hill, countless volleys on the approaching Scots from. So they killed about 3,500 Scottish soldiers and could, despite their unique numerical inferiority of the battle to decide for themselves. Supposedly only about one hundred English soldiers died in this battle. There were several deserters among the followers of David II 's. Robert II and the Earl of March fled, even David's own battalion tried to escape. The Scottish king was taken seriously wounded and captured along with numerous other Scottish nobles. The rest of the Scottish army was followed more than 20 miles. David II of Scotland was imprisoned in the Tower and did not return until eleven years later returned to Scotland.
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- Http://www.schottland-online.net/zeittafel4.htm
- Battle of the Hundred Years War
- 1346