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Battle of Falkirk

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Battle of Falkirk
Part of the First War of Scottish Independence

A British illustration of Antony Bek's charge
Date22 July 1298
Location
Result English victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Scotland

Kingdom of England

Commanders and leaders
William Wallace
John of Bonkyll 
John de Graeme 
Macduff of Fife 
Edward I of England
Antony Bek
Strength

6,000 men

15,000 men[2]

Casualties and losses
Around 2,000 killed[4] 2,000 killed[5]

The Battle of Falkirk (Blàr na h-Eaglaise Brice in Scottish Gaelic) was a battle that occurred on the 22nd of July 1298. It is considered one of the major (most important) battles of the First Scottish War of Independence. In it,the English Army beat the Scottish Army.

References

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  1. Barrow, G. W. S. Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland, 1976 and Fisher, Andrew (2002), William Wallace (2nd ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn, ISBN 1-84158-593-9
  2. 2.0 2.1 UK. Battlefields, Battle of Falkirk
  3. UK. Battlefields, Falkirk I
  4. Fisher, Andrew (2002), William Wallace (2nd ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn, ISBN 1-84158-593-9
  5. Prestwich p. 481