Qualla: Battle of Boroughmuir https://qualla.com/battle-of-boroughmuir en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:16 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Boroughmuir https://qualla.com/battle-of-boroughmuir Battle of Boroughmuir: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-boroughmuir/ Guy of Namur arrived at Berwick in July 1335 too late for the war. King Edward III's pincer invasion of Scotland was already moving; thirteen thousand English troops were burning their way north. Guy had come from Flanders with about three hundred knights, men-at-arms, and archers, hoping for chivalric glory. He decided to cross the country alone to find the king. He never made it. By the night of 30 July, what remained of his retinue was barricaded on the ruined rock of Edinburgh Castle, behind a wall built from the corpses of their own horses, surrounded by Scots, hungry and cold. By morning he was a prisoner. The fight that put him there is called the Battle of Boroughmuir.

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/v/w/battle-of-boroughmuir-wp/gcvw-battle-of-boroughmuir-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Boroughmuir: The Great Invasion of 1335 https://qualla.com/battle-of-boroughmuir/ Since 1332 the disinherited - Scottish nobles who had refused fealty to Robert the Bruce and lost their lands - had been trying to install Edward Balliol on the throne of Scotland in place of the young David II. Two crushing victories at Dupplin Moor (1332) and Halidon Hill (1333...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/v/w/battle-of-boroughmuir-wp/gcvw-battle-of-boroughmuir-the-great-invasion-of-1335.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Boroughmuir: An Ambush at the Burgh Muir https://qualla.com/battle-of-boroughmuir/ The Scots had refused to give battle. John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray and Guardian of Scotland, kept his army small and mobile, harassing English supply columns from the woods. His chance came when Guy of Namur made his rash march from Berwick. Guy was a Fleming, cousin of Queen...

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