At Neville's Cross the Scottish left wing under Robert the Steward and the Earl of March was positioned in enclosing terrain that prevented it from advancing in coordination with the centre and right. When the English longbowmen broke the Scottish right and began flanking the centre, the left wing under Steward and March retreated without making a determined effort to rescue the situation. Their withdrawal is controversial; some chroniclers accuse them of deliberate flight, others of tactical impossibility given the terrain.
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