Action at Happrew

1304 CE.

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The Battle of Happrew was a skirmish which took place around 20 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. Fraser and Wallace escaped.

Text from the Wikipedia article Battle of Happrew, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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