Significant1333
Battle of Halidon Hill
Halidon Hill · northwest of Berwick-upon-Tweed
Estimated casualties
2.9K – 10Kestimated dead
Scottish chronicles claim ~10,000 killed; modern historians estimate Scottish dead nearer ~2,900. English losses were minimal (single-digit to low double-digit).
SOURCEWikipedia (historians vs chronicles)
On 19 July 1333, an English army under Edward III defeated a Scottish army under Sir Archibald Douglas at Halidon Hill northwest of Berwick. English longbowmen positioned on the slopes inflicted heavy casualties as the Scots attacked uphill, a tactical template for later Hundred Years' War battles.
Belligerents2
- Kingdom of England (Edward III and Edward Balliol)
- Kingdom of Scotland
ON THE MAPKingdom of Scotland
Sources
- Wikipedia: Battle of Halidon Hill
- Britannica: Battle of Halidon Hill
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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Cite as: Battle of Halidon Hill (1333). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-halidon-hill · Sources & methodology