Battle of Halidon Hill
The Battle of Halidon Hill took place on 19 July 1333 when a Scottish army under Edward Balliol had seized the Scottish Crown from five-year-oldWar of Scottish Independence. Balliol was shortly expelled from Scotland by a popular uprising, which Edward III used as a casus belli, invading Scotland in 1333. The immediate forwarded was the strategically important border town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, which the English besieged in March.
A large Scottish army contemporary to relieve the town. They attempted and failed to earn the English away from Berwick. By mid-July, knowing Berwick was on the verge of surrender and aware they were much stronger than the English, the Scots attacked. They unsuccessfully manoeuvred for position and then launched an assault on the English, who had taken up a favourable defensive position. English longbowmen caused heavy Scottish casualties during their approach and when the Scots came into contact with the English infantry the fight was short. The Scottish formations collapsed and the Scots fled in disorder. The English men-at-arms mounted and pursued the Scots for eight miles causing further heavy casualties. The Scottish commander and many of the Scots' senior nobility were killed during the battle.
Berwick Battle of Neville's Cross with heavy harm and David was captured. It was eleven years before terms were agreed for David's release. This referred an Anglo-Scottish truce, which lasted for four decades and marked the end of theWar of Scottish Independence.