Battle of Loudoun Hill, 1307 ⚔️ First War of Scottish Independence (Part 4) ⚔️ DOCUMENTARY

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🚩 In Ayrshire, some 10 miles from Kilmarnock, near the village of Darvel, stands a lonely but imposing outcrop of rock, a remnant of Scotland's volcanic pre-history - Loudoun Hill. It was here on May 10th, 1307 that Robert the Bruce scored his first decisive victory over the forces of Edward I, the Plantagenet King of England, and began his delivery of Scotland's independence. Some would argue that in winning the war, Bruce not only freed his land from the occupying Southern forces, but unified the fractured country into the Scotland that we recognise today.
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📢 Narrated by David McCallion
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Sources:
• Bannockburn 1314: Robert Bruce's great victory (Peter Armstrong) ISBN: 978-1855326095
• Stirling Bridge & Falkirk 1297-98 (Pete Armstrong). ISBN: 978-1-84176-510-5
• Robert the Bruce, King of Scots (Ronald McNair Scott). ISBN: 978-1-78211-177-1
• A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain (Marc Morris). ISBN: 978-0-091-79684-6
• The Hammer of the Scots: Edward I and the Scottish Wars of Independence (David Santiuste). ISBN: 978-1-78159-012-6
• Edward I (Michael Prestwich). ISBN: 978-0-300-07157-3
• William Wallace: Brave Heart (James MacKay). ISBN: 9781780574288
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[@Zogerpogger]

It is said that after Loudon Hill, Longshanks, outraged at the defeat, challenged Bruce to what is now recognized as the first recorded rap battle in history. While we only have fragmentary documentation of the ensuing clash, it is considered one of the finest examples of a lyrical engagement to exist. Bruce's brilliant use of rhyme scheme and strategic deployment of biting insults literally caused Longshanks to perish. Whether or not this occured is still debated by historians, so it makes sense that History Marche didn't include it. I would include the segment of Bruce's final verse that ended Edward's life, but not only would KZbin block my comment, I would likely be arrested. Bruce's rhymes are so powerful that it takes years of training to read them without risk to life and limb.

[@gledigledis8134]

HIistoryMarche.Hello, you can also place the Albanian subtitles, that is, the Albanian translation. Thank you.

[@haroldgodwinson5043]

@@Zogerpogger I'm familiar with some of those rather obscure passages. There's current thinking that the word interpreted that insinuates a rhyme battle is more of an anachronism. This would indicate that it was in fact a dance off in which the Bruce and Longshanks partook. This has given rise to many modern cultural phenomena. For example, the injuries Longshanks sustained during this dance off, partly due to poor footwork resulting in several falls, contributed to his death soon after. The style of dance off incorporated by the Bruce therefore became known as "breakdancing". As you have pointed out, there were numerous biting insults hurled by the Bruce during the event, which apparently threw Longshanks off his game. This is considered to be the first instance of "sledging". This tactic has lived on into the modern era to be seen in sports like cricket. Further, some of the comments from UFC fighter Connor McGregor during his pre-fight epigrammatic exchanges are almost certainly straight out of the accounts from this historic engagement. So I suppose, like in all things history, the events surrounding this incident are very nuanced. My thinking is that it was both a dance off and a rap battle, but there is quite a lot of contention about this amongst the scholars.

[@Zogerpogger]

@@haroldgodwinson5043 I appreciate your position. I have great respect for the work done by the scholars of the dance-off school of thought. Their theses indeed influenced my understanding of this historical episode. I'm ultimately more of a rap-battle purist, but mostly with you on the idea that it was both a rap-battle and a dance-off. I only chose to share just the original rap-battle narrative due to the complexity of the dance-off theory. At the end of the day I think we can agree that it was bold of Bruce to challenge a man with such sizeable legs. As we know Longshanks got his name via his practice of challenging rivals to proto dance offs. I like to think that Bruce knew this though and wanted to prove himself by defeating Edward at his own game. Ultimately this was a very influential decision, with many later leaders emplying Bruce's methods. There are examples everywhere, with evidence existing that points to the use of Brucian dance/rap tactics by Oliver Cromwell, Napoleon Bonapart, and even Vladimir Lenin.

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Did they had seks before ambush thingy? Although technically that would be raid and not an ambush.

[@crocodiledundee8685]

Finally someone’s covered Loudon Hill. Can you please keep the series going by covering other battles like Otterburn.

[@darrynmurphy4764]

I worked in Darvel, the town where this hill is located just outside of, and practically passed this battle site on a daily basis.

[@neiljohnston4082]

Wow

[@DistantTravels]

I love how there's subtitles for 40 different languages!!!! 🤩🤯🤯🤯

[@TheMelbournelad]

But still not subtitled for Scottish English 😛

[@Almirante1741]

@@TheMelbournelad That is a dialect, not a language

[@TheMelbournelad]

@@Almirante1741 didn’t get the joke clearly 😛

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@@TheMelbournelad If only we had subtitles for people who don't understand humour :p

[@TheMelbournelad]

@@ashyahardan it subtle but it’s there 😛

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[@larsrons7937]

Absolutely well produted, and very interesting to get to know these lesser known events before the battle of Bannockburn. Thanks for sharing it wtih us.

[@michaelsinger4638]

Robert the Bruce with an excellent use of terrain/the area around him to counter his enemies strongpoints. Very clever.

[@apeddie9355]

Im from, and currently am 20 mins from this place, the entire west coast and miles inland is just hills and hills and hills

[@Jean_Jacques148]

I find it very cool that no matter how many defeats the Scots received, and Robert personally, he kept fighting.

[@ccptube3468]

Well ofc! He was on the defense and he knows how to use the Terrain. Plus, the English army outnumbers them massively!

[@aetius7139]

Have to. Hes heavily outnumbered and outmached. Straight up conventional battle, the scots will lose.

[@NoahBodze]

He was fortunate Edward I died and was replaced by his pansy son with his own problems.

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Finally, a proper amount of detail on how the high and lows of the Scottish independence wars.

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[@SolidAvenger1290]

"We fight not for glory, nor for wealth, nor honour but only and alone for freedom which no good man surrenders but with his life." - Robert the Bruce, King of Scots Every time a spider fell, it rose to rise again. To cast the web that would decide the fate of it's foe. England simply couldn't fully crush the fighting spirit of the Scots

[@mkaykaykayy]

amazing, the Loch in Irvine is where my primary school is located (the land was drained in the 1600s) and now I live in Glasgow 2 seconds away from the Battle of Langside!

[@jesiscrust]

I’ve been waiting for this for a couple weeks now! So grateful for HistoryMarche 🎉

[@richardzahra4128]

An excellent account of the battle as well as the events leading to it.

[@shehansenanayaka3046]

Edward longshanks was in his later years in this campaign. If he was younger he wil be able to defeat scttish warriors. But Scottish warriors faced edward and English with their courage and determination. Brilliant doc. Historymarche always give us beyond hope. Animatons are getting better and better. One of my fav channels and my top 3 channels list in KZbin. Highly recommended their docs. Huge fan of you from Sri Lanka ❤️.

[@davidwallace4665]

It would have made little difference, you don't know us Scots and Robert The Bruce was very rich and powerful before he became King and being a Nobel means he was taught Military Strategy from a young age plus his father fight in crusade with longshanks. Robert The Bruce is more than a Military match for Longshanks as we found out. The Bruce didn't just fight a couple battles, he also had to fight Comyns Clan and other Powerful Clans at home. What he achieved is nothing less than a Genius considering most would have given up.

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[@isaacmiser2680]

Thanks for the video! Loudoun is often overshadowed by Bannockburn

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And it's easier to spell 😉

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[@Wrong_dongle]

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I figured that it was a battle such as Loudoun Hill and not Bannockburn that was depicted in The Outlaw King.

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after watching Outlaw King, I had to look this battle up. amazing details!

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Wow, that's fantastic. If my little series did indeed help with your exam, I'm very happy to hear that. Thanks for watching.

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Happy Christmas History Marche! Thanks as always for another year of fascinating battles! Hopefully more Hannibal next year?

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These events are also depicted in Outlaw King, but as with any historical movie there are some inaccuracies...still pretty cool to watch this having watched that.

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[@Purishcommie-ct4ri]

I literally live next to Loudoun hill, thank you for covering my history

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Enjoyed this precursor and 'turning point' battle I had not known!

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My pleasure! My pleasure, thanks for watching. See you for the next premiere

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Hey historymarchee, loved the video today, sorry couldn't show up to the premiere

[@paulmuir2184]

Class video - you should do one for the Battle of Old Byland or Myton On Swale.. it was the 700th anniversary of Old Byland this year and i’ve been to the area where the battlefield is.. genius tactics again by bruce 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@NaysayKen]

Was going to comment the same, the last major battle of Bruce and the young Edward the 3rd almost got captured

[@paulmuir2184]

@@NaysayKen Stanhope Park where the Black Douglas was so close to catching him, Edward III apparently cried in deafeat.. although he made us pay a couple times after the pr*ck hahaha 🙄🤣

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Hiding under a collapsed tent no less🎪🤣

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[@MrLemon18]

It's so amazing seeing how the scots used the land terrain to their advantage! Despite being outnumbered heavily, they still got the victory!

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I hope you guys will remake Robert's triumph at Bannockburn!

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[@loyalpiper]

Loudon Hill is a 20 minute drive away from me, always an impressive site

[@PseudoPolish]

SCOTLAND FOREVERR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@BobLouden-r9q]

I hope my health stays ok for me to take the trip to see the Castle, the Hill, all things Louden/Loudoun. Cheers from 🇦🇺🦘

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great content. Bravo!

[@alastairgee344]

Cheers, great battle

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Great video!!!

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Another great video! A great lead in to Bannockburn.

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Cheers, much appreciated! Thank you for the support.

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The Scottish Independance continues. Hallelujah! Cannot wait for the continuation of the Hannibal series.

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[@ScottishLureFishing2024]

these guys were like pros at fighting and ambush tactics

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an accurate depiction of events, well researched and well done

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This is not accurate at all Scotland is Roman. Religion is a scam

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Cool learning about Robert the Bruce. I just know him as the dude who betrayed Wallace in Brave Heart.

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