Talk:Battle of Halidon Hill

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[edit] Annan not Arran

Balliol was defeated at Annan-not Arran-near the English border. Rcpaterson 05:47, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Dead at Halidon.

We cannot say with any certainty just how many men died at Halidon, and the fact that detailed figures are mentioned 'on several web sites' is not evidence. It should not need saying but it clearly does: fictions are in the habit of self-duplification. I must have read every contemporary source on this battle, one of which claims that the Scots lost 35,000 men, probably two or even three times the size of the army Douglas was able to put in the field. The figure of 14 dead for the English is suspiciously precise. All medieval chroniclers should be treated with caution, especially when it comes to the size of armies and battle casualties; but they should at least form the point of departure for informed discussion; not 'several web sites'. Rcpaterson 23:58, 23 July 2006 (UTC)