In 1295-6 the Scots signed the Auld Alliance with England’s enemy, France, virtually a declaration of war to King Edward I. The treaty recruited the French as alliesand made Scotland’s future an issue for Christendom at large. Edward’s response was swift and the Scottish border-town of Berwick was sacked. Edward’s army quickly stormed its wooden walls with horrific consequences for all inside. No one was spared, whatever the age or sex, and for two days streams of blood flowed from the bodies of the slain, for in his tyrannous rage he ordered 7,500 souls of both sexes to be massacred.
In 1295-6 the Scots declared their intentions to King Edward I, signing the Auld Alliance with England’s enemy, France. It was a declaration of war. The treaty made no immediate military difference, but recruiting the French as allies made Scotland’s future an issue for Christendom at large. Edward’s response was swift. The Scottish border-town of Berwick, second only to London in economic importance in medieval Britain, was sacked. Edward’s army quickly stormed its wooden walls with horrific consequences for all inside. No one was spared, whatever the age or sex, and for two days streams of blood flowed from the bodies of the slain, for in his tyrannous rage he ordered 7,500 souls of both sexes to be massacred.
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Location: Berwick-upon-Tweed, UK
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
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