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La bataille de Neville's Cross (ou parfois Nevill's Cross) a eu lieu à Neville's Cross près de Durham en Angleterre entre les Écossais et les Anglais le 17 octobre 1346.
- 17 octobre 1346
- Neville's Cross, près de Durham ( Durham)
- Victoire anglaise décisive
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. The battle was named after an Anglo-Saxon stone cross that stood on the hill where the Scots made their stand.
- 17 October 1346
- English victoryCapture of the Scottish King
Following the resounding victory over the French at Crecy in August 1346 by the English King Edward III, the French King Philip invoked the terms of the Auld Alliance and asked his ally, King David II of Scotland, to retaliate by invading England.
Battle of Neville’s Cross, (Oct. 17, 1346), English victory over the Scots—under David II—who, as allies of the French, had invaded England in an attempt to distract Edward III from the Siege of Calais (France). Edward, however, had foreseen the invasion and left a strong force in the northern.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Neville's Cross est un lieu dans le comté de Durham en Angleterre, où Lord Percy battit et fit prisonnier David II, roi d'Écosse ( 1346 ). 15 000 Écossais périrent dans cette bataille ; le roi fut fait prisonnier avec toute sa noblesse.
17 oct. 2011 · The battle of Neville's Cross, between Scottish and English forces, took place on 17th October 1346, on moorland just to the west of Durham. The two armies clashed on the narrow ridge close to Neville's Cross.
Neville's Cross (17 October 1346) Parish: Durham, Bearpark. District: Durham. County: Durham. Grid Ref: NZ 263421 (centred on Neville's Cross) Historical Context. In 1346 King Edward III invaded France, won a resounding victory at Crécy on 26 August and then set about besieging Calais.
