Battle of Ancrum Moor

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The Battle of Ancrum Moor was a 1545 Scottish victory over English forces in the Borders region, notable for reversing English advances during the Rough Wooing phase of the Anglo-Scottish conflicts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Ancrum ⓘ
belligerent Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
casualties English force suffered high losses ⓘ
Scottish force suffered relatively light losses ⓘ
cause English invasion of the Scottish Borders ⓘ
Henry VIII’s policy of the Rough Wooing ⓘ
commander Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus ⓘ
Sir Brian Layton ⓘ
Sir Ralph Eure ⓘ
Sir Walter Scott of Buccleuch ⓘ
conflict Rough Wooing ⓘ
country Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
date 27 February 1545 ⓘ
era 16th century ⓘ
followedBy continued campaigns of the Rough Wooing ⓘ
historicalPeriod Reformation era in Scotland ⓘ
Tudor period ⓘ
linked to: Tudor England
location Ancrum Moor ⓘ
Roxburghshire ⓘ
Scottish Borders ⓘ
near Ancrum ⓘ
monarchOfEnglishSide Henry VIII of England ⓘ
monarchOfScottishSide Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ
objective to pressure Scotland into a marriage alliance between Mary, Queen of Scots, and Edward, Prince of Wales ⓘ
opponent Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
outcome capture and death of many English leaders ⓘ
heavy English casualties ⓘ
partOf Anglo-Scottish Wars ⓘ
precededBy earlier English raids into the Scottish Borders in 1544–1545 ⓘ
regentOfScotland James Hamilton, Earl of Arran ⓘ
region Borders region ⓘ
result Scottish victory ⓘ
significance boosted Scottish morale during the Rough Wooing ⓘ
checked English military pressure on Scotland in early 1545 ⓘ
reversed recent English advances in the Borders ⓘ
tactic Scottish feigned retreat to draw English into disadvantageous position ⓘ
Scottish use of high ground ⓘ
terrain moorland ⓘ
rolling hills ⓘ
weaponType archery ⓘ
handguns ⓘ
pikes ⓘ
spears ⓘ
year 1545 ⓘ

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Anglo-Scottish Wars → hasPart → Battle of Ancrum Moor ⓘ
Battle of Flodden → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Branxton Moor ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Ancrum Moor
War of the Rough Wooing → notableBattle → Battle of Ancrum Moor ⓘ
Battle of Ancrum Moor → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Ancrum ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Ancrum Moor