What the records say
- When
- 17 Oct 1346
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 54.77° N, 1.59° W
- Description
- 1346 Medieval battle between England and Scotland
Battle of Neville's Cross
1346 battle of the Second War of Scottish Independence
The Battle of Neville's Cross took place during the Second War of Scottish Independence on 17 October 1346, half a mile to the west of Durham, England. An invading Scottish army of 12,000 led by King David II was defeated with heavy loss by an English army of approximately 6,000–7,000 men led by Ralph Neville, Lord Neville.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Neville's Cross: The English army defeats the Scots”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Englands König Edward III. nimmt in der Schlacht von Neville’s Cross den schottischen König David II. gefangen und lässt ihn im Tower of London einkerkern”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “David II d'Écosse envahit l’Angleterre mais est battu à Neville’s Cross et capturé jusqu’en 1357”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при Невиллс-Кроссе”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “內維爾十字之戰，法国国王腓力六世請苏格兰国王大衛二世從北方威脅英格蘭，英格蘭取得決定性勝利，大衛二世被俘。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page