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Battle of Dunbar
Comyn is arrested after the Battle of Dunbar
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Dunbar in Scotland. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Comyn is arrested after the Battle of Dunbar
Arrested after the Battle of Dunbar
The Earl of Surrey routes the Scottish army at the Battle of Dunbar and by 11th July Edinburgh Castle had fallen and John had surrendered. Defeated by King John who then declares himself King of Scotland
Commands the Scottish Army which is defeated by Oliver Cromwell
Leslie commands the Scottish Covenanter army defeated by Cromwell at Dunbar.
Defeated despite having a force of 22,000, a 2:1 advantage
Provenance
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