Scotland's bloodiest battle: 1314AD Historical Battle of Bannockburn

Scotland's bloodiest battle: 1314AD Historical Battle of Bannockburn | Total War Battle

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The Battle of Bannockburn was fought on 23-24 June 1314, between the army of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, and the army of King Edward II of England, during the First War of Scottish Independence. It was decisive victory for Robert Bruce and formed a major turning point in the war, which ended 14 years later with the de jure restoration of Scottish independence under the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton. For this reason, the Battle of Bannockburn is widely considered a landmark moment in Scottish history
Source - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...
00:00 Introduction
00:26 The Scottish Campaigns
01:20 Robert the Bruce and Edward II
01:39 Bruce gains supporters
02:00 Stirling Castle
02:26 The English launch a campaign
02:55 The Scottish force
03:29 The English march into Scotland
04:05 The English start the engagement
04:57 The Battle begins
05:48 Second engagement begins
06:22 The English flee
06:38 The English change their position
07:07 The Scottish advance
07:43 The English attack
09:16 The English are pushed back
09:32 The English attempt to flank the Scots
10:38 King Edward flees
11:19 A rout begins
11:50 Aftermath

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@waynemillward2807 Жыл бұрын

Very informative information about the battle of Banockburn in 1314 ,Well done Thank-you ✔️ 👏 👍.

@KidChannel-hx9pf 10 ай бұрын

Awesome video

@robertbraden4478 Жыл бұрын

Great video graphics!

@dobledore Жыл бұрын

I also enjoy narration over reading as I find myself pausing the video again and again to catch up on reading or rewinding and your voice is wicked cool

@cinematicbattles559 Жыл бұрын

Okay that’s great to hear thanks

@maconescotland8996 Жыл бұрын

Some important aspects of the 2 day battle are missed out - such as the pits with stakes dug by the Scots to obstruct the English cavalry advance on day one - and the four pointed iron calthrops sown to impede the horses. A small street in the area is named Caltrop Place. It also omits to mention the contemporary dissension involving parts of the English nobility and Edward II - the Earls of Lancaster, Warwick, Arundel and Surrey refused to join the expedition against Bruce.

@reynaldoflores4522 Жыл бұрын

Very sneaky tactics by the Scots!

@rmp7400 5 ай бұрын

Thanks be to God that there were a few a English Noblemen who recognized how immoral and unworthy that attack on Scotland was. It was God's will that Scotland be free - they fought hard and gained their dignity!

@maconescotland8996 5 ай бұрын

@@rmp7400 Indeed, especially those very high in the pecking order that were captured and held for ransom - a nice little earner for Bruce.

@chrisanduncensoredjapan6627 Жыл бұрын

Wallace was completely glossed over. And it was Edward Bruce who agreed the terms for Stirling’s surrender without his brother’s consent. The last thing Robert wanted was a pitched battle, but since Edward made the terms in his name, he had no choice. The Treaty of Northampton only lasted a few years before Edward 3rd of England tore it up.

@anthonyodonnell6105 8 ай бұрын

Good comment. Ediii may have repudiated the treaty, but things never reverted to pre Bannockburn domination, for all the losses the Scots took.

@davidcreager1945 Жыл бұрын

This is really cool !!! Love the attention to detail in your videos . Really brings history to life ! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿/🇬🇧

@cinematicbattles559 Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot glad you enjoyed it!

@PlanetEarth3141 Жыл бұрын

Your a gullible sap.

@ronaldmaclean4369 11 ай бұрын

Excellent work👏👏

@cinematicbattles559 11 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot glad you enjoyed

@rowancoggins9638 10 ай бұрын

Dude.... Insanely good.

@manuelacosta9463 Жыл бұрын

The Scots sure won quite the victory here. The era of the Scottish war for independence was quite turbulent yet still interesting. That final account of the bodyguard knight going back to fight rather than run with the king was something all right.

@michaelpielorz9283 Жыл бұрын

the most bloodiest battle took place later that evening when the scots discovered the y forgot the whskeye at home and there was only one bottle for them all!!!

@chrisanduncensoredjapan6627 Жыл бұрын

Despite numerous military reverses against the English post-Robert (this was the last major victory they won against England) they preserved their independence for another 3 centuries. And it would be a Scottish king who would sit on the throne of England and unite the two kingdoms in 1603.

@damocles2240 11 ай бұрын

Scotland has never been conquered the English held a few castles but the people were not conquered even the Romans 1000 years before could not defeat the Pictish Scots❤

@paulinus43ad 10 ай бұрын

Rome smashed the Scots at the battle of I think you know where and as the roman general said we just left , what's there to have nothing and the Scots would not meet the Romans in open battle just hit and run tactics., Britian was considered the rear end orifice of the known Roman world .Scotland was like leave it alone. Lets build a Wall and man it with auxiliary troops. I am not having a go at the Scots. love the buggers my two children's are Scot on their mother's side. the other side, From the land of the ancient Roman. Bloody good scrappers the Scots. Cheers.

@roryscullion5121 4 ай бұрын

Picts & Scots were actually two completely different peoples, speaking two different (but related) Celtic languages.

@Pete9Tails 4 ай бұрын

And the Romans did a pretty acceptable job of, yes, conquering Scotland. Go read about it rather than regurgitating folk legends that aren't really true.

@AGMAGM-mm3ci 2 ай бұрын

If Scotland was conquered then what was the purpose of Hadrians Wall?

@Pete9Tails 2 ай бұрын

@@AGMAGM-mm3ci the Romans fell back behind the wall because Emperor Honorius needed the soldiers to defend Rome from barbarians. Scotland (Caledonia) was militarily defeated. The Roman departure had nothing to do with the Scotland. It was just a strategic move, forced upon the Romans by barbarian attacks on Rome. I suspect however, that we're actually debating the definition of the word "conquered".

@MrSpock-ww3qt Жыл бұрын

One of the Best historical total war videos i've seen. I loved seeing Dunbar at 0.51, You can almost imagine it as real.

@cinematicbattles559 Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot man

@carmichael3594 2 ай бұрын

To bad it's not based on fact.

@shaunsteele6926 Жыл бұрын

"in the year of our Lord 1314, patriots of Scotland starving and outnumbered charged the fields of Bannockburn. They fought like warrior poets, they fought like Scotsmen... and won their freedom" - Mel Gibson, 1995

@garykeith1048 Ай бұрын

The Scots won by using superior tactics, weapons, and wise use of the terrain at New Park. Mel Gibson is a babbling idiot who knows nothing about military strategy and winning a war. Robert Bruce's army was composed of veteran, seasoned warriors who had fought the English for over 14 years begining with Glen Troll in 1298. You don't win a war by charging at your enemy in a mad fit of rage like a Berserker Viking as portrayed in Brave Heart. If they fought in that fashion; the English calvary and archers would have decimated them. Bruce innovated the use of the Scottish schiltron as an offensive charging formation; instead of a stationery formation vulernable to missile attack.

@Pete9Tails 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful video

@cinematicbattles559 4 ай бұрын

My apologies, the narration was generated using AI

@Pete9Tails 4 ай бұрын

@@cinematicbattles559 ahhhhh that makes sense then. Sorry for the assumption 🙏

@mitchelljohnson559 Жыл бұрын

😮 very hirstorical thanks

@cinematicbattles559 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@billhinton9787 Жыл бұрын

I always felt bad for the horses.

@jaimiemcalpine3331 Жыл бұрын

Even the English ones?

@deepseadweller687 Жыл бұрын

Dinner

@javiermiranda6135 Жыл бұрын

They had better armor than most!!

@zackc3368 10 ай бұрын

Seeing this has just made me download ME2TW again for a play through! Loved this game when it first came out, but now I'm a seasoned TW gamer so know what I'm doing this time! :D If you want to try an alternative to ME2, you should try the 1212 mod in Attila, or the Medieval mod in Rome 2 as they have better models for troops and lots of variety. In either case, this video was awesome to watch!

@cinematicbattles559 10 ай бұрын

Yes this Is the 1212 mod for Attila 😁thanks for watching glad you enjoyed

@pissedoff-is1mt Жыл бұрын

Excellent dude!! I prefer the narrated ones so i can watch all the action or maybe I'm just too lazy to read lol

@cinematicbattles559 Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot bro , thinking i might use the narrators for all my videos

@Oldgit51 Жыл бұрын

Just a minor Historical correction, Edward 1st didn't "invade" Scotland but assumed the Monarchy of Scotland because after the Scottish Kings death, fell of his horse and broke his neck, childless, the clan leaders could not agree on a successor so invited Edward 1st to oversee Scotland until a successor was found, but, instead he assumed the Scottish crown for himself.

@clf7729 6 ай бұрын

Not quite, he picked a weaker option that he could use like a puppet, John Balliol.

@waynenash6008 18 күн бұрын

@@clf7729who wasn't that weak as he was planning to invade England in support of the french, hence Edward invading and annexeing Scotland

@rossbabcock2974 Жыл бұрын

Good video! Too bad you couldn't include the combat between Bruce and Henry de Bohun!

@cinematicbattles559 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, yes I did try but it proved to be too difficult as you can’t get individual units

@poseidon3292 Жыл бұрын

This is a great stuff. If only this TW serie had immersion mod(s) about battles like the previous one ROME 2, would be as great as ROME 2 is in fighting and picture but with better visuals and details as already Attila has

@RainKoepke-ic3gf 3 ай бұрын

The irony of Scots lack of significant horse mounted troops was not a lack of horses or horsemen but rather how many Scottish knights and nobles were actually fighting on the English side

@keithewright 13 күн бұрын

Nobles - parcel of rogues then, in 1707 and now

@liammalarky3483 9 ай бұрын

I noticed the "three lions" being used on the shields of the English in the graphics. Im sure this wouldn't have been seen at Bannockburn as the 3 lions actually belonged to King James VI. He took this symbol with him when he moved his court to London on becoming King James I of England. It's been used by the English ever since.

@ThomasOneill-ih1ju 7 ай бұрын

It should be three leapords .

@williamanderson6006 Ай бұрын

Nobody cares

@waynenash6008 18 күн бұрын

Not correct

@kidlast4154 Жыл бұрын

DOUGLAS!!!✊️

@charlesrandolph4970 Жыл бұрын

Found out something interesting I might be more Scottish than English Bruce's nephew was a Randolph besides that a great video

@cinematicbattles559 Жыл бұрын

Thanks man appreciate it

@roryscullion5121 4 ай бұрын

Your ‘Dark Ages’ playlist is named incorrectly. The ‘Dark Ages’ only actually refers to the Early Medieval period (c. AD500-1000). All the battles in the list took place in the so-called High to Late Medieval period (c. AD100-1500).

@AnthonyEvelyn 9 күн бұрын

Scotland's bloodiest battle was at Flodden Field in 1513, they even lost a king there.

@claudejuillet8294 8 ай бұрын

At last some clarification of the battle but not any mention of Knight Templar!

@Pete9Tails 4 ай бұрын

Cos they weren't there mate. No evidence of their presence at all. It's a myth.

@claudejuillet8294 4 ай бұрын

@@Pete9Tails They had to be there because they were given land in Scotland. Kilwinnig among other and the Shetland and this is a fact. Therefore they must have participated in the battle. Look at the story of Kilwinnig in Ayrshire.

@Pete9Tails 4 ай бұрын

@@claudejuillet8294 zero evidence means everything else is guessing and guessing doesn't count.

@whiteknightcat Жыл бұрын

I never realized there were so many clones and Asians fighting in Britain at that time in history.

@eamonnclabby7067 Жыл бұрын

Top notch....I wonder if the Scots day out on the wirral peninsula, at the battle of Brunanburh/Bromborough 937AD will feature, on your to do list, ? ...the site of the battle is largely intact, wirral archeologists are still turning up weapons, they presented Bernard Cornwell with a dagger retrieved from the site, best wishes from the wirral peninsula,bounded by the mersey and the Dee and the Irish sea...geography and rhyme...😊😊😊

@cinematicbattles559 Жыл бұрын

Yes I will definitely have a look into this one

@eamonnclabby7067 Жыл бұрын

@@cinematicbattles559 Egil,s Saga....Ingismund, s saga..Professor Harding ( fellow Tranmere Rovers fan) and a Norse Knight... and the rest of us Hiberno Norse can help you...Tranmere Rovers the only English football club with a Hiberno Norse name...we can always have another fan on board..E

@damocles2240 11 ай бұрын

Scots also had the Knights Templar cavalry ❤

@Pete9Tails 4 ай бұрын

No they didn't. It's a myth.

@adamdavis9838 Жыл бұрын

Are the tower shields accurate?

@chrismacdonald8494 Ай бұрын

Stirling Castle is situated on a volcanic rock, not a flat plain

@Mr.Gabbinho Жыл бұрын

Fields of bannockburn!

@paulwilson2651 Жыл бұрын

People of Northampton you're Scottish! saor alba!

@microwavegommmm916 Жыл бұрын

10:07 Is this AI narrated? The pronunciation of "Marischal" is questionable af 😂. Other than that, great vid

@cinematicbattles559 Жыл бұрын

Haha yes there are a few things it pronounces badly but cheers man thanks for watching

@Deebemc Жыл бұрын

Great video. But it’s worth remembered that there had to be 2nd War of Independence….Bruce’s legacy was basically lost after his death. The Pope refused to recognise Scotland as an independent country but encouraged them to make peace with the English. But as it’s been proven time and time again, we are a stubborn lot………..

@ThomasOneill-ih1ju 7 ай бұрын

Roslin and Flodden were both bloodier and bigger battles. Just so you know.

@paulsutton7552 6 ай бұрын

Bannockburn was not Scotlands bloodiest battle, fast forward to september 9th 1513 to Flodden field in Northumberland. Ten thousand Scots were slain by the English including the King of Scotland James iv and most of the Scottish aristocracy.

@donaldcunningham2386 Ай бұрын

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@stevearkie5722 Жыл бұрын

After a few holes in your body from a sword your job is finished .those guys were bad a-.

@Trebor74 Жыл бұрын

The English learnt their lessons and used them at agincourt,crecy,etc

@damocles2240 11 ай бұрын

Also Edward 2 had 2000 Calvary and 25000 soldiers against King Bruce 6000 soldiers 😂

@thomasmoore5949 Ай бұрын

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@billybeads3328 Жыл бұрын

The Scots did NOT wear tartan in those days

@chazmork8265 Жыл бұрын

They did it was called a plaid made for fighting and used to keep you warm in the rain the Scots were traders all over the world while you pagans were being humped by Vikings your so called Saxons were 💩scared of them, "Cry England Allah" swapped your bibles for the Qu'ram should change your pounds for Shekels the amount of Arab money they pay your English Premier League get paid now they own World Golf Tournaments sell your souls to the highest bidders 🙈🙉🙊

@exposingproxystalkingorgan4164 Жыл бұрын

The real heroes are the war horses. 😂

@elkingoh4543 Ай бұрын

Sabaton fans are coming!

@coops1964 Жыл бұрын

Now I’m no military expert however I believe I could have won that battle by proper use of bowmen. Who thought it was a good idea for mounted knights to charge Scottish pikemen? 😮

@JamesJones-cx5pk Жыл бұрын

Evan 200 archers with a "David's sling" could turn the battle.👍

@harrybuik9763 Жыл бұрын

They found a letter last year from france from bailol signed king of scots 1303 , he was no coward , memory kept going bailol family ,oxford,dumfries and greyfriers dundee , bruce proclamed protector of scotland 1309 , at greyfriers its a small world 😊😊

@charlesfenwick6554 11 ай бұрын

Flodden Field when the Scottish King was killed.

@JavierGonzalez-jv2ut Жыл бұрын

Please... What would have happened at Bannockburn if instead of the English cavalry the English infantry had attacked first? Thanks.

@cinematicbattles559 Жыл бұрын

I’m not too sure, I think that the initial English attacks would have been more successful but I think either way Scotland would have still won

@neilcramond_fineartist 8 ай бұрын

@cinematicbattles559 the reason that the Scots won was because they managed to contain the English to a narrow front by charging towards them in formation and trapping them between the Pelstream and Bannockburn. Had the English advanced against the Scots, the outcome might have been very different as Bruce was vastly outnumbered. More English casualties happened on the stampede as men were drowned trying to cross over the Bannockburn after Edward fled the field. Enjoyed your video, shame you couldn't get Stirling Castle to be shown accurately sitting high up on an old volcanic rock overlooking the entire area.

@penfold9540 11 ай бұрын

Too late with the archers.

@gurl3569 Жыл бұрын

What about Prince William Wallace?

@paulyoung4422 18 күн бұрын

These Cartoons are nothing like the battle.

@Swindondruid2 Жыл бұрын

Very informative. But Scotland's bloodiest battle? Most historians give that title to Flodden.

@cinematicbattles559 Жыл бұрын

Ahh I did not know this, might have to make another video covering that battle

@andrewbuswell6010 Жыл бұрын

Flodden was fought in England.

@angelastephenson1950 7 ай бұрын

Also the Scots don't like to remember flodden they were massacred

@Demonsquirrel Жыл бұрын

@cinematicbattles559 Жыл бұрын

@adamstar7516 4 ай бұрын

No one wanted it. It was occupied. That was enough.

@cwcsquared Жыл бұрын

Where was Wallace?

@cinematicbattles559 Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately the game had no sprite for Wallace but I wish I could have included him

@101wildgoose 25 күн бұрын

He was dead at this point.

@carmichael3594 2 ай бұрын

The account of this battle is wrong. English chroniclers Gave the proper estimate of the Scottish army, and tje numbers were more. To with stand a Calvary charge the Scots had to had more men. This is a great video but not all your facts are accurate

@johnredmond1314 4 ай бұрын

The English were badly led. They should have won They had thousands of knights on horseback, a lot of them very rich men from all over western Europe An armoured mouted knight is equal to 7 men on the ground in these terms the scots were outnumbbered about thirty to one. bruce didn't want to fight this one. He knew what defeat felt like. His captains were going to depose him if he didn't But the english had marched from Berwick in two days, about 80 miles and the night of the first day of fighting was a saints day. that means all the English peasants, confident of an easy win were drinking hard Then they were woken by the Scots odaciously advancing on them at dawn The Swiis used the obsoete shiltron tecnique 15 years later and got the credit for ghanging the natiure of warfare. but it was reinvented here in Scotland like eeverything else ie the indstrial revolution telephone, television, anti biotics tarmac The steam engine i.c. engines, pneumatic tyres anti anti septic surgery ,anesthetics, the stirling engine ,radar,England, grass, trees,..., capitalism, the U.S. navy, the russian navy

@garykeith1048 Ай бұрын

The Russian Navy?

@johnredmond1314 29 күн бұрын

@@garykeith1048 yes the russian navy look it up. Thrier flag is still the scottish saltire

@japhfo 19 күн бұрын

@@johnredmond1314 Actually, the Flemish citizenry in 1302.... never mind

@hudldevice1092 Жыл бұрын

Had Edward I survived, The Bruce would have been defeated and, assuming he had any sense, made, once more, a vassel.

@tman10686 Жыл бұрын

Medieval II Total War

@cinematicbattles559 Жыл бұрын

This was Attila Total War with a medieval mod that can be found in the steam workshop 👍

@ronaldmessina4229 Жыл бұрын

It always enfandens me that the ones who suffer the Most are the poor horses, who have no say so at all, but are treated as garbage w/o reguard to their feelings, whatsoever 😢

@rossrreyes Жыл бұрын

Like Putin’s army verses Ukraines army

@whiteknightcat Жыл бұрын

On horses?

@wullieg7269 Ай бұрын

shite

@johnkelly3886 Жыл бұрын

Over fanciful graphics. Too much pro Edward I propaganda. Edward aimed to subjugate the people of Great Britain, including England. Scotland was occupied, but not conquered. William Wallace conveniently omitted.

@chazmork8265 Жыл бұрын

There was no Great Britain in 1314😂😂😂😂😂😂

@johnkelly3886 Жыл бұрын

@@chazmork8265 The island of Great Britain is a geographical entity. The United Kingdom (UK) is a political entity that came into existence in 1603, with the unification of England and Scotland, under James VI of Scotland.

@chazmork8265 Жыл бұрын

@@johnkelly3886 your missing the point we are talking about 1314 the Welsh and Irish joined Scotland against England Edward hung drawn and quartered Wallace's body not the airbrushed facts the video and if you know true history 13th Century Canterbury. Cathedral was a place of sançtuary of European refugees fleeing religious and political persecution

@ancientanomalies 3 ай бұрын

Stirling Castle sits on an ancient volcanic peak not in a field shown in this awful video....do your homework before accounting for my country's history!!!

@cinematicbattles559 3 ай бұрын

Is this the only thing wrong with the video?

@thomasmoore5949 Ай бұрын

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