Battle of Stirling Bridge
(1297)
Died aged c. 0
Wikidata WikipediaThe Battle of Stirling Bridge (Scottish Gaelic: Blàr Drochaid Shruighlea) was a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence. On 11 September 1297, the forces of Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeated the combined English forces of John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, and Hugh de Cressingham near Stirling, on the River Forth.
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Site of the Battle of Stirling Bridge. In early September 1297 a mighty army arrived in Stirling to put down Scots resistance to English rule. The Scots allowed around half of the invaders to advance across the narrow bridge over the Forth. Then William Wallace and the Scots swept forward to achieve a brilliant victory over a far-superior force.
Stirling Bridge, Causewayhead Road, Stirling, United Kingdom where it was fought