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  2. Gaelic warfare - Wikipedia

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    Scottish mercenaries known as Redshanks, were highly sought after. Shown here fighting in the Thirty Years War . The redshanks were usually armed alike, principally with bows (the short bow of Scotland and Ireland, rather than the longbow of Wales and England) and, initially, two-handed weapons like claymores , battle axes or Lochaber axes .

  3. Battle of Kringen - Wikipedia

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    According to folklore, the Norwegian troops threw logs and rocks down the valley, crushing the marching Scottish soldiers, but this is not confirmed. It is known, however, that they shot at the Scottish soldiers with crossbows and muskets. Among the first to fall was George Sinclair, apparently shot by a militiaman named Berdon Sejelstad.

  4. List of wars involving Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Location: Scotland The Battle of Neville's Cross, a heavy defeat for invading Scottish forces in which King David II was captured and held hostage for 11 years: Kingdom of Scotland. Kingdom of France. Kingdom of England. Supporters of Edward Balliol. Scottish Victory with end of English claims to the country's sovereignty Treaty of Berwick (1357)

  5. List of battles involving the Kingdom of Scotland - Wikipedia

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    The list gives the name, the date, the present-day location of the battles, the Scottish allies and enemies, and the result of these conflicts following this legend: Scottish military victory Scottish military defeat Indecisive or unclear outcome

  6. Warfare in Medieval Scotland - Wikipedia

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    The earliest known depiction of the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 from a 1440s manuscript of Walter Bower's Scotichronicon. Warfare in Medieval Scotland includes all military activity in the modern borders of Scotland, or by forces originating in the region, between the departure of the Romans in the fifth century and the adoption of the innovations of the Renaissance in the early sixteenth ...

  7. Anglo-Scottish Wars - Wikipedia

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    A 15th-century illustration showing an English herald approaching a troop of Scottish soldiers. The Anglo-Scottish Wars comprise the various battles which continued to be fought between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland from the time of the Wars of Independence in the early 14th century through to the latter years of the 16th century.

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