The hired Genoese crossbowmen began the assault but came under severe attack from the English longbows and so fled to the rear
Becoming desperately short on supplies he decided to press on the Albany regardless but found the road blocked by a Continental army under Maj Gen Horatio Gates
Firing a World War II vintage 25pdr field gun at point blank range Labalaba finally fell to a snipers bullet just as Captain Kealy and Trooper Tobin reached the gunpit to aid its defence
Casualties amongst the English nobility are horrific
Image size 36 inches x 28 inches (91cm x 71cm)
Robert the Bruce by Jason Askew. (P) SHN237 The hired Genoese crossbowmen beganDHM6275P. Robert the Bruce by Jason Askew. Far ahead of Edward II's main army, marching from Falkirk to relieve Stirling Castle, rides the English vanguard. Late on that day, 23rd June 1314, these horsemen advance along the Roman road and cross Bannockburn. Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, rides out ahead of his formations to observe the enemy's advance. One of the English Knights, Sir Henry De Bohun, seeing the King's vulnerable position, gallops