At Halidon Hill on 19 July 1333 English longbowmen were positioned on the flanks of the dismounted English men-at-arms on the summit ridge. As the Scottish army advanced uphill across marshy ground, the flank archers poured converging fire into the Scottish columns from both sides simultaneously. The tactic annihilated the Scottish advance before it reached the English line; the final cavalry pursuit destroyed the fleeing survivors. Halidon Hill was a masterclass in the use of terrain-assisted archery that would later be applied at Crecy and Agincourt.
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