Capture of Roxburgh (1314)
1314 Siege of Roxburgh Castle during the First War of Scottish Independence / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the siege of 1314. For other sieges and captures of Roxburgh, see Capture of Roxburgh.
The Capture of Roxburgh was a siege that took place in 1314, which was a major conflict in the First War of Scottish Independence. This siege was a prelude to the Battle of Bannockburn.[1]
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Kingdom of Scotland | Kingdom of England | ||||||
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Lord James Douglas Sir Walter Stewart | William Fiennes (WIA) | ||||||
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Unknown, inferior to the English | 2000+ | ||||||
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