William Wallace

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONCLUSION

 

William Wallace had done what nobody before him had ever done, he had defied the English, fought the English, beaten the English, invaded the English and conquered parts of England across the Scottish border. Wallace had won at Stirling bridge because he and Sir Andrew Murray had been able to prepare an army to fight the English, chose a good location to fight them and prepare efficient tactics to defeat them. Unfortunately Wallace was not able to do so twice and lost at Falkirk. This was due to the death of Sir Andrew Murray who had prepared the tactics for Stirling Bridge but was primarily due to the fact that Wallace was betrayed more than once by his fellow Scottish country men, who told King Edward where he was, where to find him and what his plans and tactics were.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix

 

 

(1)    Stirling Bridge Battle

 

(2)    The vanguard consisted of 1000 spearmen, 800 longbow men, 50 crossbow men and 150 knights, whilst the main battle and the rear battle consisted of 4500 spearmen and 200 knights and troopers.

 

(3)    The Scottish army was not divided into smaller sub armies; it consisted of 150 Knights, troopers and light horsemen, 400 longbow men and 6000 spearmen.

 

 

 

 

This is a reasonably accurate map of Stirling Bridge which shows the both English (red) and Scottish (blue) positions and opening moves.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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(1)   Falkirk Battle

 

(2)   The vanguard was formed by 450 bannerets, knight, troopers and commanded by the earl of Lincoln. The Second Brigade was formed by 425 bannerets, knights, troopers and commanded by Anthony Bek bishop of Durham. The Third Brigade was formed by 850 bannerets, knights, troopers, 100 mounted crossbowmen and commanded by King Edward. The Fourth Brigade was formed by 425 bannerets, knights, troopers and commanded by John de Warenne Earl of Surrey who had previously fought at Stirling Bridge. There were also 7000 spearmen and 5500 longbow men present at this battle.

 

 

 

 

This is a reasonably accurate map of Falkirk which shows both English (red) and Scottish (blue) positions and opening moves.

 

 

 

Bibliography

 

Primary Sources:

 

-Mackay, James (2003) William Wallace: Braveheart

 

-Brown, Chris (2007) William Wallace

 

-Armstrong, Peter (2005) Stirling Bridge and Falkirk: William Wallace’s rebellion, 1297-98

 

Secondary Sources:

 

-http://www.waichung.demon.co.uk/william/Wallace.htm

 

-hhtp://www.wallace-manandmyth.org/

 

-http://williamwallace.com/