Battle of Dunlain

The Battle of Dunlain was a decisive battle of the Scottish Wars between an Anglo-Scottish army led by Edward I and a Scottish Protectorate Army led by William Jamieson. The battle was a decisive English victory, although Scotland would become independent several years later.

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Battle
Partly due to Jamiesons neglectance of pickets, on the morning of ... the 6,000-strong Scottish army awoke to a huge English army arrayed on the heights above the town. With their retreat cut off by the river behind them and the English forces arrayed on the heights, Jamieson led a mass charge up the slope to break through the English line. The charge initially met with success, with the Protectorate clansmen routing the loyalist Scots of the first English, 'battle.' However, the battle turned against the Protectorate when Edward I committed his reserves and ordered his longbowmen to fire into the fray, resulting in mass casualties for both sides. The English flanks eventually closed on Jamiesons flank, emulating his own tactics in the Battle of the Passes. The Protectorate clansmen, surrounded and being given no quarter, fought to the death and were massacred, with Jamieson himself being slain. The battle continued until night, by which time the remaining Scots were killed.