The first day of Bannockburn saw two significant Scottish successes. Edward Bruce's schiltron repelled a cavalry charge by the Earl of Gloucester. Then Robert Bruce himself was challenged to personal combat by the English knight Henry de Bohun, who charged him at full gallop. Bruce, on a small palfrey, sidestepped the charge and split de Bohun's head open with his battle-axe — breaking the haft. He afterwards apologised to his commanders only for breaking his good axe. The first day's fighting showed the English that Scottish schiltrons could stop cavalry.
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