In the hours after Flodden the English cavalry pursued the broken Scottish army north toward the Tweed. Home's undefeated borderers covered the retreat and disputed the pursuit near Branxton village, allowing large numbers of Scots to escape across the river at Coldstream Ford. The English pursuit was less aggressive than it might have been — Surrey's army was itself exhausted and night fell — but the rearguard action at Branxton allowed Scotland to save what remained of its army.
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