The Scalacronica describes how the author's father was captured at this battle.
The Scalacronica describes how the author's father was captured at this battle. This battle's eventual winners arrayed their forces in front of the New Park, and Thomas Randolph's forces here employed one of the last uses of a circular schiltron formation. Several years after this battle, its winners issued the Declaration of Arbroath. It was fought because a deal made between Philip (*) Mowbray and the winning commander's brother Edward was about to expire, and its second day saw the death of the 8th Earl of Gloucester. The leader of one army at this battle famously used a battle axe to split the head of Henry de Bohun. This battle cut off an effort by the losers to relieve the besieged Stirling Castle, and afterwards the losing commander was forced to retreat to Dunbar Castle. For 10 points, name this battle in which Edward II's army was crushed by the smaller forces of Robert the Bruce.
The Scalacronica describes how the author's father was captured at this battle.
Battle of Bannockburn (or Blàr Allt a' Bhonnaich)