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	Battle of Falkirk (1298) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Falkirk was a battle of the Wars of Scottish Independence.
		For England Falkirk was a curious battle: a victory that contained the seeds of future defeat.
		The Battle of Dunbar had, in retrospect, been the last significant victory of medieval cavalry unsupported by archers and infantry.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Falkirk_(1298) (1307 words)

	Falkirk - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Falkirk (An Eaglais Bhreac in Scottish Gaelic) is a town in Scotland, in the district of Falkirk.
		The Battle of Falkirk (1298) fought on July 22, saw the defeat of William Wallace by King Edward I and saw the occupation of Scotland by the English until Robert the Bruce's victory at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 restored independence.
		The second battle of Falkirk took place in 17th January, 1746 as the Jacobites, under Bonnie Prince Charlie, laid siege to Stirling Castle, General Henry Hawley left Newcastle with eight thousand troops to aid the trapped government troops inside.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Falkirk (830 words)

	History of Falkirk
		Falkirk again comes clearly into the light of History in the year 1080, when Robert, son of William the Conqueror, has his army turned back at Egglesbreth, the Welsh name by which the settlement on the ridge of land above the carse was then known.
		From the middle of the 17th century to 1859, the affairs of the burgh of Falkirk were managed by the Stentmasters, a body elected by the trades of the town and latterly also by districts of Falkirk.
		Above the representation of the Church of Falkirk the two crossed swords symbolise the first Battle of Falkirk in 1298, while the targe and two cross claymores symbolise the second Battle of Falkirk in 1746.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/falkirk/history_of_falkirk.htm (2221 words)

	Wars of Scottish Independence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The war began in earnest with Edward I's sacking of Berwick in March 1296, followed by the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Dunbar and the abdication of John Balliol in July.
		At the Battle of Dupplin Moor, Balliol's army, commanded by Henry Beaumont, defeated the larger Scottish force.
		On October 14, at the Battle of Neville's Cross, the Scots were defeated.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wars_of_Scottish_Independence (3773 words)

	Battle of Falkirk (1298): Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Falkirk, Scotland Falkirk is a town in scotland, in the district of falkirk....
		Battle of Stirling Bridge The battle of stirling bridge was one of the series of conflicts of the wars of scottish independence....
		Battle of Dupplin Moor Battle of dupplin moor was fought between supporters of the infant bruce king and rebels supporting the balliol claim in 1332....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /b/battle_of_falkirk_1298 (1352 words)

	Falkirk unitary authority, burgh and, Scotland, Pictures
		Falkirk, unitary authority, burgh, and old market town in central Scotland, situated 18 km (11 mi) southeast of Stirling and 35 km (22 mi) northeast of Glasgow in an industrial and fertile farm region.
		Falkirk was also the site of the Battle of Falkirk in 1298, which marked the defeat of Scottish hero William Wallace by King Edward I of England.
		Falkirk was made a burgh of barony in 1600 and a burgh of regality in 1646.
	www.greatestcities.com /Europe/United_Kingdom/Scotland/Falkirk_unitary_authority_burgh_and_town.html?redir=1 (210 words)

	Wikipedia: Battle of Stirling Bridge
		The Battle of Stirling Bridge was one of the series of conflicts contained within the Wars of Scottish Independence.
		Scottish casualties were relatively light but the death from wounds of Andrew de Moray was a blow to William's side, he would probably be sorely missed in the battles to come.
		The victory here was the start of a series of wins that gave Wallace favour amongst the Scottish nobles and soon led to the fall of almost every English castle in Scotland.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/b/ba/battle_of_stirling_bridge.html (311 words)

	Falkirk: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Falkirk is a town in Scotland Scotland quick summary:
		The union canal is a 50 km (31.5 mile) contour canal from lochrin basin in edinburgh to falkirk where it meets the forth and clyde canal....
		The Battle of Falkirk (1298)[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject] fought on July 22, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fa/falkirk.htm (1445 words)

	ipedia.com: List of battles (geographic) Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The battles on this page are organized by country, that is, by the present location of the battlefield, not by the countries which participated in the battle.
		Battle of Grotnik - 1439 - Polish rebellion*Battle of Grunwald - 1410
		Battle of Tannenberg (1410) - Rise of Poland
	www.ipedia.com /list_of_battles__geographic_.html (478 words)

	Scotland from the Roadside - Falkirk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Falkirk, which lies south of Stirling, is in an area rich in history - many characters from Scotland's past have been associated with the district:
		William Wallace fought a famous battle in 1298 - the first of two battles in the town's history.
		The Falkirk Wheel was built to join the Union Canal with the Forth and Clyde Canal.
	www.ourscotland.co.uk /falkirk.htm (268 words)

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		The Battle of Falkirk, 1298 A.D. -- a playtest of Chipco's "Days of Knights" rules by Mike Demana From atop his hill, Protector of the Realm of Scotland William Wallace, surveyed the approaching English army.
		The battle opened with the English advancing their center and left to the base of the hill and concentrating longbow fire on the slowly advancing Scots line.
		The battle took three hours to fight to a conclusion and proved simple, fast-moving and gave an accurate-enough feel of the medieval era.
	grognard.com /reviews/daysofn1.txt (1240 words)

	Fight for Freedom
		His small army was defeated at the Battle of Methven (1306), and then scattered at the Battle of Dalry (1306).
		After the death of Edward I in 1307, Bruce returned to Scotland and won Battles at Loudoun Hill (1307) the Pass of Brander (1307), where he defeated the MacDougalls; in Galloway, where the MacDowalls were crushed; and at Inverurie (1307) he destroyed the power of the Comyns, and their allies.
		Battles continued and although the Scots had the best of it, notably by defeating the English deep into England at the Battle of Byland, Edward II would not recognise Scotland’s independence nor would the pope.
	www.highlandtraveller.com /sites/battle/mapidepenbatt.html (1040 words)

	Scottish History - Summary Index
		The Battle of Falkirk (1298) and the Execution of Wallace.
		In the beginning of 1298 the hope and support from France ended bitterly for the Scots, with peace between French King Philip and Edward, the Plantagenet came home from Gascony to deal with the Scots.
		With these he moved to Falkirk, in West Lothian, where, with great skill, he chose a strong position, having on its front a morass impassable for cavalry, and his flanks covered by breastworks of palisades driven into the earth and bound together by ropes.
	www.scottish-history.com /falkirk.shtml (1841 words)

	Military History Online - The Bruce, Bannockburn and Independence
		In 1298, realizing that matters in the North could not be avoided; Edward planted his armies at York in preparation to deal with William Wallace.
		The English began to deploy toward the Scots in battle order but their steady advance was halted by the unexpected softness of the ground and Edward was forced to move his troops to the left.
		It is the battles at Stirling and Falkirk led by Wallace that serve as a catalyst for this movement of independence and if Wallace had lived to see the battle at Bannockburn, I am sure we would find his name in the history books fighting alongside his King.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /scottishindependence/bannockburn.aspx (2934 words)

	Falkirk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Falkirk is a town in Scotland, in the district of Falkirk.
		It has two football clubs: Falkirk F.C, who play in the Scottish First Division; and East Stirlingshire F.C, who play in the Third Division.
		The first in July 22, 1298 saw the defeat of William Wallace by King Edward II and saw the occupation of Scotland by the English until Robert the Bruce's victory at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 restored independence.
	www.gogoglo.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/f/fa/falkirk.html (745 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Falkirk takes its name from the first stone-built church, erected in the Middle Ages when it was known as the ‘Faw’ or ‘Speckled’ Kirk.
		The church was the burial place for many of the Livingstones of Callendar, and inside there are two pairs of stone effigies of members of the family dating to the 15th and 16th centuries.
		Buried in the churchyard is Sir John de Graeme one of William Wallace's supporters killed at the 1298 battle of Falkirk.
	www.falkirk.gov.uk /heritage_and_leisure/heritage/oldkirk.htm (114 words)

	Battle of Falkirk & Execution of Wallace, Pt.2
		The Guardianship of Scotland was now taken from Wallace, or resigned by him, and in his place the Scots accepted an uneasy triumvirate of Bishop William Lamberton of St. Andrews, young Robert Bruce of Carrick, and John Comyn the Red, now Lord of Badenoch since the death of his father in England.
		It is mystifying and strange that Wallace gathered no army in these seven years since Falkirk, and this may suggest that Falkirk had had a traumatic effect on his self confidence, as evidenced by the chroniclers remark that Wallace had "gone nto a deep depression", after Falkirk and giving up the Guardianship.
		This entire history is told in a sequel to "Falkirk and Wallace's execution", in a ten chapter in-depth hagiology of Robert Bruce, an excerpt of which, "The Bruce, Bannockburn and Beyond", can be found on this web site, detailing the Battle of Bannockburn.
	members.aol.com /skyewrites/falkirk2.html (3533 words)

	Battle of Falkirk 1298 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Continuing from his success against the English at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297, William Wallace had continued his “liberation of Scotland”; with the recapture of Berwick and raids across Northumberland.
		In the name of the absent John Balliol he was made a Guardian of the Realm in the March of 1298.
		Waiting at Falkirk, Wallace had gathered only half as many men, mostly armed with spears, backed by a modest cavalry made up predominantly of a number of nobles, led by Sir John Comyn, known as the “Black Comyn”.
	www.scotclans.com /clans/1298.htm (253 words)

	Battle of Falkirk - Military History Wiki
		On the 22 of July 1298, The army of King Edward I met the Scottish peasant army of William Wallace at Falkirk.
		At Falkirk, the longbowmen fired from a much closer range, rather than lobbing their missles up and over the English force.
		This is not the battle of Falkirk 1746, which is a completely different war.
	www.militaryhistorywiki.org /index.php?title=Battle_of_Falkirk (553 words)

	Chapter IX. First Battle of Falkirk (1298)
		July, 1298." It is supposed that the body lies a few feet to the south or west of the present position of the stone.
		His route was by Falkirk to Abercorn, and thence to Carlisle, through the forest of Selkirk, which appears to have then extended over the greater part of the south of Scotland.
		At a repast in the evening of the battle, an English officer seeing much blood upon Bruce’s clothes, and some of it mingling with the morsel he was putting into his mouth, said, "See the Scot eating his blood," which Robert considered a double entendre.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/stirlingshire/chap9.htm (3550 words)

	UK Battlefields Resource Centre - Medieval - The Battle of Battle of Falkirk I
		In response, later in 1298, Edward I assembled an army of 15,000, including veterans from his campaigns in France as well as Welsh and Irish troops.
		In the campaign that followed Wallace was outnumbered and forced to employ hit and run tactics, avoiding open battle, and implementing a policy of clearing or destroying resources in the path of the English army in order to weaken its ability to fight.
		Falkirk is a battle of international significance involving major military commanders of the period.
	www.battlefieldstrust.com /resource-centre/medieval/battleview.asp?BattleFieldId=62 (289 words)

	Falkirk - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Falkirk (An Eaglais Bhreac in Scottish Gaelic) is a town in central Scotland.
		Attractions around Falkirk include the Falkirk Wheel, remnants of the Antonine wall, and Callendar House.
		The Falkirk Area occupies a central position in Scotland, on the key north-south and east-west motorway and rail routes and within easy reach of Edinburgh and Glasgow airports; Falkirk is well situated both for access from England and for access to other parts of Scotland.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/wiki/Falkirk (825 words)

	Shadowed Realm: Medieval Articles > Submitted Articles > Robert "The Bruce" and Scotland's Independence
		Following the monumental battle at Stirling Bridge in 1297, Wallace was knighted and proclaimed guardian of the realm, ruling Scotland in John Balliol's name.
		Regrettably, Wallace was never able to recoup from the battle at Falkirk and his whereabouts until 1305 are unknown.
		It is the battles at Stirling and Falkirk led by Wallace that serve as a catalyst for this movement of independence, and if Wallace had lived to see the battle at Bannockburn and it's outcome, I am sure we would find his name in the history books fighting alongside his king.
	www.shadowedrealm.com /articles/submitted/print.php?id=15 (3000 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Rain blinds psychic to Falkirk battle site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Battle of Falkirk, in 1298, one of the biggest and bloodiest battles ever fought on British soil, was Edward I’s revenge on William Wallace for the patriot’s defeat of the English army at Stirling Bridge the year before.
		Historians know the battle was fought on 2 July, 1298, in a quadrant measuring eight miles by four, with the modern town of Falkirk at its centre.
		Wallace was heavily defeated in the battle which was one of the biggest and bloodiest ever fought on British soil.
	news.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=1171272002&rware=PWYVMTFFUCMV&CQ_CUR_DOCUMENT=3 (998 words)

	History
		The 'Faw Kirk' eventually became Falkirk but a more ancient name was recently commemorated in a new hostelry in the town centre being named Ecchlesbreach from the original gaelic.
		Falkirk is still an industrial centre, though the old industries like the many Iron foundries have had their hey day and most have closed.
		Falkirk has even made the Guiness Book of Records with the entry of the smallest street - Tolbooth Street, which is just behind the Steeple in the High Street.
	www.sol.co.uk /forthvalley/graeme-hs/projects/courier/history.html (768 words)

	William Wallace - Military History Wiki
		September 11, 1297, saw a decisive victory for Wallace and the Scots at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.
		A year later the military tables turned at the Battle of Falkirk.
		By September, 1298, Wallace had decided to resign his guardianship in favour of Robert Bruce, Earl of Carrick, and John Comyn of Badenoch, ex-King John Balliol's brother-in-law.
	www.militaryhistorywiki.org /wiki/William_Wallace (1852 words)

	battle of Falkirk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		For the remainder of 1297 the now knighted Wallace and his army raided English towns to the south for supplies, which forced Edward to discontinue his negotiations with the French to once again deal with the troublesome rebel.
		Edward gathered the largest army assembled since the days of Agricola for the battle and met Wallace at Falkirk in 1298.
		The Battle of Falkirk (1298) effectively crushed Scottish resistance, at least temporarily.
	web.pdx.edu /~bettiet/falkirk.htm (157 words)

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