Talk:Battle of Harlaw

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[edit] Rewrite

This article seriously needs to be rewritten. It is misleading in its emphasis on supposed ethnicity/language divide of the forces and the outcome of the battle to say the least. If nobody else gets round to it il rewrite it as soon as i have time ( post may 26th most likely ). —Preceding unsigned comment added by An Siarach (talk • contribs)

Also shouldn't "well armed mounted chivalry" under the "Battle" heading be "well-armed cavalry" or "well armed cavalry"(mounted implied in the word cavalry). -unsigned

[edit] Red Harlaw

This may not be the best piece I have ever seen on the Battle of Harlaw, but I don't think it demonstrates any significant bias. I doubt very much if contemporaries would have seen it as a 'clash of cultures', but one side certainly consisted mostly of Gaelic speaking Highlanders (and Islanders) and the other of English speaking Lowlanders. I'm not convinced, though, by the contention that a victory for Donald would have altered the course of Scottish history. Donald's aim was to sieze the earldom of Ross, and it is debatable if he would have done much more than that. In any case, it was later to pass peaceably enough to his son, Alexander. Rcpaterson 01:34, 12 May 2006 (UTC)