Siege of Carlisle

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The Siege of Carlisle (1315), was a conflict in the First War of Scottish Independence. Robert the Bruce, after his victory at the Battle of Bannockburn, had led a raid into England, and went to besiege Carlisle. He used all methods he could, including ladders, to get his troops up. But many ladders were knocked down and the Castle was under Andrew Harclay, 1st Earl of Carlisle. Andrew was a brilliant commander, and drove Robert off.
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First War of Scottish Independence

The First War of Scottish Independence lasted from the outbreak of the war with the invasion by England in 1296 until the de jure restoration of Scottish independence with the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton in 1328. Scotland's de facto independence had been restored in 1314 at the Battle of...

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