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The Battle was portrayed in Braveheart. It occurred in June 1298. Edward had a force 80,000 infantry of English, Welsh and Irish. Plus he had the Cavalry. Wallace had about 30,000 men, mostly commoners. This is the battle where Wallace deployed schiltrons ( spears) to ward of the mounted cavalry.
"Stoutly the Scots stood, shoulder to shoulder;and though infantry came , and showers of cloth yard shafts were shot point blank into the ranks of Wallace, while with a storm of stones, the Welsh and Irish (they did fight on the English side), slingers plied their missiles securely from behind, they could not penetrate that wood of spears." Later
"Already deserted by their cavalry, most of it riding off with Red Comyn, and after the destruction of their archers, left exposed to a pitiless storm of missiles from the Welsh Longbow and Irish slingers,infantry, with their long spears leveled over a breastwork of their dead and dying, made a desperate attempt of their ground. "
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