On the evening of 23 June 1314, the day before the main battle, Robert de Clifford led an English cavalry column attempting to bypass the Scottish position and relieve Stirling Castle. Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray, intercepted with a Scottish schiltron in the open plain and held off repeated cavalry charges without the protection of woodland. The successful repulse of mounted cavalry by infantry in the open at New Park demonstrated the maturity of Scottish spear-tactics and was a critical moral and tactical prelude to the main battle the following day.
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