BattlefieldsEnglish Attack on Wallace at Black Earnside 1297
Medieval

English Attack on Wallace at Black Earnside 1297

1297
Kinross-shire, Scotland
Also known as: Black Earnside skirmish 1297 · Battle of Black Earnside
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Kinross-shire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
English patrol
Forces
English patrol force
VS
Victor
Scotland (Wallace)
Forces
Wallace with armed band
Outcome
Wallace ambushed an English patrol force at Black Earnside near the River Earn, inflicting casualties and driving them off
The Battle

History & Significance

The engagement at Black Earnside in Kinross-shire was one of several small actions Wallace fought while organising Scottish resistance before Stirling Bridge. Operating in the agricultural heartland of Perthshire and Kinross, Wallace harassed English supply lines and intelligence-gathering patrols. The action demonstrated the expanding geographical range of his operations beyond his original Selkirk Forest base into the central Lowlands.

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