The Scottish right wing at Neville's Cross was the first to be broken by English longbow fire, which began the collapse of the entire Scottish position. English archers on rising ground to the north of the road poured flanking fire into the Scottish spearmen, who could not maintain formation under the missile storm as their predecessors had failed to at Falkirk and Halidon Hill. The rout of the right exposed David II's centre and led directly to his capture.
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