David II invaded England while Edward III was fighting in France at Crécy. He was crushed near Durham and captured — spending the next eleven years as a prisoner in London. The ransom nearly bankrupted Scotland. The battle showed that Scotland could not exploit English absence in France as effectively as hoped.
c.3,000–15,000 Scots killed
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