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Stirling Bridge, Battle of

Years: 1297 - 1297

The Battle of Stirling Bridge is a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence.

On September 11, 1297, the forces of Andrew de Moray and William Wallace defeat the combined English forces of John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, and Hugh de Cressingham near Stirling, on the River Forth.

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

― George Santayana, The Life of Reason (1905)