Battle of Duns
| date | 1372 |
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| place | near Duns , Berwickshire |
| output | Scottish victory |
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| Troop strength | |
| unknown | approx. 7000 men |
| losses | |
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The Battle of Duns (also Battle of Duns Park ) took place as a bloodless event in 1372 near what is now the parish of Duns , Berwickshire , Scotland .
Background and "battle"
In retaliation for previous raids, Henry Percy , at that time Warden of the English Marches , marched into Scotland at the head of an English army of about 7,000 men and met little resistance. After the troops had crossed the Tweed , they camped near Duns to await reinforcements from Berwick .
The Scottish farmers and shepherds of Duns at the time used a type of rattle filled with pebbles to keep wild animals away from their fields and herds. They sneaked up to the English camp at night and then made a "hell of a noise" with these rattles ( make a hideous noise ). Startled by this noise, the English warhorses and pack animals went through and devastated the camp. The English troops awoke in this chaos. Deprived of their pack animals and unable to quickly restore order, the English army withdrew across the Tweed that same day, leaving almost all of their equipment behind.
literature
- Hector Boece: The Buik of the Croniclis of Scotland: or, A metrical version of the History of Hector Boece . Ed .: William Stewart, WB Turnbull. Vol. III. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans and Roberts, London 1858 ( online at archive.org [accessed September 23, 2014]).
- G. Brenan: History of the House of Percy . London 1902 ( online at archive.org [accessed September 23, 2014]).
- G. Ridpath: The Border-History of England and Scotland . London 1776 ( online at archive.org [accessed September 23, 2014]).
- John Sadler: Border Fury: England and Scotland at War, 1296-1568 . Pearson, London 2006, ISBN 0-582-77293-1 .
Web links
- Homepage. Dunse History Society, accessed September 23, 2014 .