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	Battle of Methven - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Methven took place at Methven in Scotland in 1306, during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
		Perth had fallen to the English in mid-June and Bruce decided to retake the city with the 4500 men he had mustered since his coronation.
		The Scottish army camped for the night a few miles west of Perth at Methven, but during the night the English forces conducted a surprise attack on the Scots.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Methven (360 words)

	Scottish Battles of Perthshire Scotland
		Battle of Methven : 1306 - Robert I (Robert the Bruce) was defeated at Methven shortly after his coronation at Scone by the Earl of Pembroke in the early stages of his long campaign to have himself recognised as rightful king of Scotland and to ensure full and lasting Scottish independence.
		Battle of Killiecrankie : 27th July 1689 - During the first Jacobite uprising against the appointment of William of Orange as King of both Scotland and England, General Hugh Mackay attempted to move a column of 4000 Government / Williamite infantry through the Pass of Killiecrankie to occupy Blair Castle.
		Battle of Sheriffmuir : 13th November 1715 - Government Hanoverian forces under the Duke of Argyll met the Jacobite army of the Earl of Mar on the Ochill Hills above Dunblane.
	www.perthshire-scotland.co.uk /about3.htm (779 words)

	Wars of Scottish Independence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Despite some notable successes, such as the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297, Wallace, fighting in the name of the King, was betrayed and executed by the English.
		This time, the Scots were more successful and Robert the Bruce comprehensively defeated Edward II of England at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.
		In 1320 the Declaration of Arbroath was sent by a group of Scottish nobles to the Pope affirming Scottish independence from England.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Wars_of_Scottish_Independence (694 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)

	Methven - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Methven, a battle during the Wars of Scottish Independence
		Methven a town in the South Island of New Zealand
		Henry Steward, Lord Methven, third husband of Margaret Tudor
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Methven (116 words)

	Bruce
		Sir Thomas Maule, the head of the family at the commencement of the fifteenth century, fought under the banner of the Earl of Mar at the sanguinary battle of Harlaw, in August, 1411, along with the chivalry of Angus and Mearns, and was among the slain.
		His eldest son, who fell at the battle of Pinkie during his father's lifetime, was the ancestor, by an illegitimate son, of the Erskines of Shieldfield, near Dryburgh, from whom sprang the celebratedbrothers Ebenezer and Ralph Erskine, the founders of the Secession Church.
		He was present at the battle of Methven, where he performed prodigies of valour, and is said to have rescued and remounted the King when his horse waskilled under him.
	fp.ayrshireroots.plus.com /Genealogy/Historical/bruce.htm (14974 words)

	Scottish battles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Near Roy Bridge, Roy Hill at the foot of Glen Roy was the scene of the last battle in Scotland to be fought with bows and arrows, between the MacDonnells of Keppoch and the MacIntoshes.
		The battle took place near Allanreid and Morinsh and is noted as being a dramatic victory of artillery and horse over Cameron and other irregular infantry.
		Near Dufftown, in the hollow where he Mortlach distillery lies, was fought the battle, in 1010, at which the Scots' king Malcolm II drove Sweyn’s Danes back to their ships.
	britishbattles.homestead.com /files/scotland/Backward_Chronology_of_Scottish_battles.htm (888 words)

	G. A. Henty : In Freedom's Cause : Chapter XII. The Battle of Methven
		Archie Forbes was much dissatisfied at the manner in which Bruce had hazarded all the fortunes of Scotland on a pitched battle, thereby throwing away the great advantage which their superior mobility and knowledge of the country gave to the Scots.
		He had disarmed like the rest, and was sitting by a fire chatting with William Orr and Andrew Macpherson, who, as they had been his lieutenants in the band of lads he had raised seven years before, now occupied the same position among his retainers, each having the command of a hundred men.
		He bade his lieutenants form the men into a compact body and move forward, keeping the king's banner ever in sight, and to cut their way to it whenever they saw it was in danger.
	www.classicreader.com /read.php/sid.1/bookid.1819/sec.13 (3188 words)

	Wars of Scottish Independence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Despite some notable successes, such as the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297, Wallce was betrayed and executed by the British.
		The revolt calmed for a period, until Robert the Bruce, an claimant to the throne of Scotland, who was facing murder charges elected to try to lead Scotland in revolt.
		This time the Scots were more successful and Robert the Bruce defeat Edward II of England and the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.
	wa.4that.info /Wars_of_Scottish_Independence.html (247 words)

	Famous Persons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Robert the Bruce or Robert I - it is the same man, the man who was crowned King of Scotland and made Scotland independent again after the submission of the English kings, who had ruled for several years.
		Robert was beaten in a battle at Methven, near Perth in June 1306.
		The battle lasted two days but Robert won and was now King of Scotland.
	www.vucthy-mors.dk /scotland/file200/a223.htm (429 words)

	THE MEN OF LORNE IN RANNOCH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In June 1306, shortly after his crowning on March 27th at Scone, King Robert Bruce was defeated at the Battle of Methven by the Earl of Pembroke, the English Governor of Perth.
		The first invasion was from the south so Duncan deployed his forces to meet the MacDougall invaders at the point where the glen emerges into the flat lands at the east end of Loch Rannoch.
		Although details of the Battle of Innerhadden are not clear, it was definitely a victory for the supporters of Bruce since the place names associated with this battle are still well known.
	www.robertson.org /lorne.html (762 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray
		Randolph supported Bruce in his initial coup when he proclaimed himself king and was crowned at Scone, but abandoned him after the English victory at the Battle of Methven.
		Later, fighting for the English, he was captured and brought before the king, who he taunted for his alleged cowardice in adopting a guerrilla tactics instead of standing and fighting in pitched battle.
		In 1314, just a few months before the Battle of Bannockburn, he carried out a daring attack on Edinburgh Castle, one of the few castles in Scotland still in English hands.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Thomas_Randolph,_1st_Earl_of_Moray (454 words)

	Perthshire Diary - June 23rd 1314
		After the battle of Methven in 1306 in which Bruce and his followers were defeated by an English force under the Earl of Pembroke, he retreated to the hills and remained for a time in Glen Dochart.
		Although heavily outnumbered, Bruce and his followers were able to escape from his enemies with almost no loss of life and it was believed that this miraculous deliverance was due to the protection of St Fillan.
		It was natural, therefore, that eight years later, before the battle of Bannockburn, Bruce should pray to St Fillan for help and protection.
	www.perthshirediary.com /html/day0623.html (276 words)

	ATHOLL -OGY: ROBERT THE BRUCE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This was the place where Robert the Bruce is said to have rested after the battle of Methven.
		Near Tyndrum the little army of Robert the Bruce fought the pitched battle of Dalrigh, and again suffered defeat and near capture.
		Edward II had lost the battle, but he continued a propaganda war against the upstart who had murdered his rival in church.
	www.heartlander.scotland.net /athollogy/UpTo1700_Story_05.htm (2397 words)

	Military History Online - The Bruce, Bannockburn and Independence
		After the monumental battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297, Wallace was knighted and proclaimed guardian of the kingdom.
		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 (3014 words)

	Seton Templars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It had been Christopher Seton, in 1306, who saved Bruce's life at the Battle of Methven, while one of his sons, Alexander, played not only a prominent role at Bannockburn, but was one of the signatories to the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320.
		Captured after Methven, he was executed in Dumfries ‑; his intestines drawn from his body and burnt before his eyes, then he was hung, beheaded, and his body cut into quarters.
		Imprisoned after being captured at the Battle of Preston and sentenced to death, he managed to escape ‑ dying in the exiled Jacobite court in Rome in 1749.
	www.thesetonfamily.com /directory/seton_templars.htm (660 words)

	Battle of Methven (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Scottish army camped the night a few miles west of at Methven but during the night the forces conducted a surprise attack on the In the ensuing chaos only a few Scots left with their lives.
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	www.freeglossary.com /Battle_of_Methven (653 words)

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		In 1306 King Robert went to battle at Methven where he was defeated.
		He died on 12 August 1332 at the battle of Dupplin, when the Scots Army was attacked by Edward Balliol's English forces.
		One of his famous battles was his defence of Aberdeen at the battleground of Harlow.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Hills/8457/history.htm (673 words)

	History Of Scotland Vol. 1 - Part 8
		ROBERT BRUCE, earl of Carrick, was the grandson of that nobleman who was competitor for the crown of Scotland when John Baliol was preferred to the short-lived honor of wearing it.
		In the insurrection of Wallace, and the subsequent stand made after the battle of Falkirk by the commissioners of regency, the name of John Baliol had always been used as the head and sovereign of Scotland, in whose right its natives were in arms, and for whom they defended their country against the English.
		Winter was approaching, and threatened not only to diminish their supplies of sustenance, but was likely, by the rigor of the weather, to render it impossible for their females any longer to accompany them.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles36/history-of-scotland-v1-8.shtml (3707 words)

	Groundspeak Travel Bug Details
		Norman is battling on after his resuscitation and has today visited the site of the Battle of Red Bank (1648)at Winwick near Warrington.
		Unable to get him near to any battle sites during the week so will have to drop him again in Cheshire (off to Australia next weekend:-))) He seems to have lost his sword but is still sporting a heavy axe on his back and his shield in his hand.
		Having left a cache close to the Battle of Nantwich (in 1645), moved on to a cache near the Battle of Rowton Heath (in 1644).
	www.geocaching.com /track/details.aspx?ID=90742 (799 words)

	Clan Donnachaidh's First Chief
		In 1306 Bruce was crowned at Scone and soon after was routed at the battle of Methven.
		In this battle the king lost the brooch with which he pinned his cloak, and this is still in the possession of the victor’s descendants.
		Bannockburn, of course, is the seminal battle in the fight for Scots independence from England.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/dtog/DONNACH4.HTM (1765 words)

	March 27 Definition / March 27 Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	Classical Heraldry - 13
		The Earl fought for Edward I at Falkirk in 1298 and at Carlaverock in 1300, and was appointed by him Guardian of Scotland in 1304.
		Thomas Randolph, nephew of Robert the Bruce by Isabel, his half-sister, while still a young man was captured at the battle of Methven, but went over to the English.
		The origins of the Gordons are still unresolved, but it is generally agreed that the beginnings of the great Gordon clan may be found in the immediate family of Sir Adam based on the town of Gordon in Berwickshire.
	www.baronage.co.uk /classic1/herart13.html (521 words)

	GO BRITANNIA! Scotland: A Brief History - An Independent Scotland
		Yet, Wallace's great victory, successful because English cavalry were unable to maneuver on the marshy ground and because their supporting troops had been trapped on a narrow bridge, proved to be a Pyrrhic one.
		Following the battle, a campaign began to ruthlessly suppress all attempts at reasserting Scottish independence.
		Edward's reply was predictable; he sent a large army north, defeated Bruce at the battle of Methven, executed many of his supporters and forced the Scottish king to become a hunted outlaw.
	britannia.com /celtic/scotland/scot4.html (1142 words)

	Dictionary battle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		, conflict, fight, engagement -- a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
		-- an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"
		, combat -- battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Nothern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget"
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	battles of Methven and Dalry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		John Comyn’s claim was more direct, and in 1306 Robert the Bruce called him to Dumfries, where the two men argued, and Comyn was stabbed to death.
		At the Battle of Methven (1306) the English defeated Bruce’s army in a surprise attack, further weakened them at the Battle of Dalry that followed.
		After these two battles, Bruce was forced to disappear, probably to the Western Isles.
	web.pdx.edu /~bettiet/methven-dalry.htm (109 words)

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