The capture of Forfar Castle illustrates that Bruces campaign was not just his own doing but inspired local partisans across Scotland. Philip the forester — a man of relatively low social standing — organised the night capture of Forfar Castle in Angus, scaling the walls with a group of local men. The garrison was killed or expelled and the castle demolished. Such grass-roots actions, repeated across Scotland, created a multiplier effect that the English could not counter with their limited garrison forces.
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