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Battle of Annan, 1332
The Battle of Annan, known in the sources as the Camisade of Annan, took
place on 16th December 1332.
In October 1332,
Sir Archibald Douglas, now Guardian of Scotland, made a
truce with Balliol, supposedly to let the Scottish Parliament assemble and
decide who their true king was. Emboldened by the truce, Balliol dismissed
most of his English troops and moved to Annan, on the north shore of the
Solway Firth. He issued two public letters, saying that with the help of
England he had reclaimed his kingdom, and acknowledged that Scotland had
always been a fief of England. He also promised land for Edward III on the
border, including Berwick-on-Tweed, and that he would serve Edward for the
rest of his life. But in December, Douglas attacked Balliol at Annan in
the early hours of the morning. Most of Balliol's men were killed, though
he himself managed to escape through a hole in the wall, and fled, half
naked and on horse, to Carlisle.
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