Action at Happrew

Battle of Happrew

Part of the First War of Scottish Independence

Date	1304
Location	Happrew, near Peebles, Scotland
Result	English victory

Belligerents

Kingdom of Scotland

Kingdom of England

Commanders and leaders

Sir William Wallace
Sir Simon Fraser

Sir John Segrave
Sir William de Latimer
Robert the Bruce

Strength

Unknown but 50-500

Unknown, but hundreds

Casualties and losses

High

Low

Coordinates: 55°39′15″N 3°17′58″W / 55.65417°N 3.29944°W / 55.65417; -3.29944

First War of Scottish Independence

First Berwick Dunbar Lanark Stirling Bridge Falkirk Roslin Happrew Stirling Castle Methven Dalrigh Turnberry Loch Ryan Glen Trool Loudoun Hill Slioch Inverurie Buchan Pass of Brander Bannockburn Moiry Pass Connor Kells Skerries Skaithmuir Second Berwick Faughart Myton Arbroath Declaration Old Byland Corbeil Treaty Stanhope Park Edinburgh-Northampton Treaty

The Battle of Happrew was a skirmish which took place around February 1304, during the First War of Scottish Independence. A chevauchée of English knights, which included Robert de Clifford, William de Latimer and the later Scottish King, Robert the Bruce had been sent south from Dunfermline under Sir John Segrave to locate and capture the rebels Sir William Wallace and Sir Simon Fraser.^[1]^[2]

The rebel Scots were routed but Fraser and Wallace escaped.^[3]

Location

The action took place in the vicinity of Stobo, near Peebles in the Scottish Borders. Current maps provide locations for Easter Happrew and Wester Happrew. However, the precise location of the skirmish is unknown and the coordinates given are approximate.

External links

William Wallace biography

References

↑ Colm McNamee, Robert Bruce: Our Most Valiant Prince, King and Lord
↑ G.R.S. Barrow, Robert the Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland.
↑ Colm McNamee, Robert Bruce: Our Most Valiant Prince, King and Lord

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