After the Scottish schiltron attack destroyed the English vanguard on the north bank on 11 September 1297, the English south-bank force under Warenne broke and fled in disorder. Cressingham was killed and his skin reportedly flayed for trophies. The bridge itself collapsed under the weight of retreating soldiers. The south-bank rout, combined with the north-bank annihilation, made Stirling Bridge one of the most complete English defeats of the era and demonstrated the vulnerability of dismounted English cavalry to disciplined Scottish spearmen.
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