2-648-978 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Charge of the Scots at Halidon Hill', 19 July 1333, (c1880). The Battle of Halidon Hill took place on 19 July 1333) and was fought during the Second War of Scottish Independence. Scottish forces under Sir Archibald Douglas were heavily defeated by the English forces of King Edward III of England on unfavourable terrain while trying to relieve Berwick-upon-Tweed. From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. I, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York, c1880]