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Sunday, August 24, 2008
- REIVERS RIDE - FLODDEN BATTLEFIELD: RIDE TO TAKE IN FLODDEN BATTLEFIELD (1513) TRAIL, CASTLES AND OTHER HISTORICAL REIVERS SITES.
The Background To The Battle - The year 1513 saw Henry VIII campaigning in France, leaving seasoned warrior, the Earl of Surrey, to guard Northern England.
Invoking the Auld Alliance with France, James IV of Scotland crossed the Tweed with a large well-equiped army. He took Norham, Etal and Ford Castles and established a stronghold on Flodden Hill.
Surrey marched his forces north but avoided the Scottish position with a wide flanking move to the east, making his approach from the north, via Twizel Bridge.
James was forced to relinquish his fortifications and move his troops and heavy cannon to the ridge of Branxton Hill. The English lines spread out to the left and right.
Battle commenced in the late afternoon of 9th September 1513, when the Scots gun opened fire. It was dull, damp and muddy, having rained for most of the day.
In the following hours, these fields became the scene of bloody carnage in which an estimated 4,000 Englishmen and 10,000 Scots, including their king and many nobles lost their lives.
- www.flodden.net
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Sunday, August 31, 2008
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Sunday, September 07, 2008
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