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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
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.
Date of the Battle of Neville’s Cross: 17 th October 1346. Place of the Battle of Neville’s Cross: Durham in the North of England. Combatants at the Battle of Neville’s Cross: an invading Scots army against a Northern English army.
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
The visitor to Neville's Cross discovers that the town, on the outskirts of the city of Durham, is situated on a narrow belt of level ground about 350 feet high. Eastwards, towards the city centre, the terrain falls away sharply some 200 feet; to the west is the steep-banked River Browney.
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.
