Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Volume 1J. Murray, 1828 |
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Page 60
... Robert Bruce , grandson of him who had been competitor with Baliol , raised an army against Edward of thirty thousand men , and took his station in the neighbourhood of Stirling , behind the river Bannockburn . The English army coming ...
... Robert Bruce , grandson of him who had been competitor with Baliol , raised an army against Edward of thirty thousand men , and took his station in the neighbourhood of Stirling , behind the river Bannockburn . The English army coming ...
Page 61
... Robert had recourse to a stratagem , in order to prevent any attack from that quarter . He had some time before ordered many ditches and pits to be digged in the morass , and in the fields upon the left , and these to be covered over ...
... Robert had recourse to a stratagem , in order to prevent any attack from that quarter . He had some time before ordered many ditches and pits to be digged in the morass , and in the fields upon the left , and these to be covered over ...
Page 65
... Robert was mounted on horseback , Barbour says , upon a little palfry , carrying a battle - ax in his hand , and upon his helmet he wore a purple hat in form of a crown , by way of distinction . This singularity of dress , together with ...
... Robert was mounted on horseback , Barbour says , upon a little palfry , carrying a battle - ax in his hand , and upon his helmet he wore a purple hat in form of a crown , by way of distinction . This singularity of dress , together with ...
Page 66
... charged them in flank ; but these were soon dispersed by Edward Bruce , who came behind them with a party of spear- men ; or , according to other accounts , by sir Robert The battle was now at Keith , whom the king 66 MORNINGS IN SPRING .
... charged them in flank ; but these were soon dispersed by Edward Bruce , who came behind them with a party of spear- men ; or , according to other accounts , by sir Robert The battle was now at Keith , whom the king 66 MORNINGS IN SPRING .
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... Robert , suddenly altered the face of affairs , and contributed greatly to the victory . All the servants and attendants of the Scottish army , who are said to have amounted to above fifteen thousand , had been ordered , before the ...
... Robert , suddenly altered the face of affairs , and contributed greatly to the victory . All the servants and attendants of the Scottish army , who are said to have amounted to above fifteen thousand , had been ordered , before the ...
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