While Wallace operated in the south, Andrew Murray — son of a major northern baron — raised the north against English occupation with equal ferocity. He besieged and captured Inverness Castle, Urquhart Castle, and other English strongholds across Moray and the Black Isle. By summer 1297 all of northern Scotland was effectively cleared of English garrisons. Murray and Wallace then coordinated to face the English relief army at Stirling Bridge. Murray was mortally wounded at Stirling Bridge and died weeks later — depriving Scotland of arguably its finest commander.
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