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Benutzer:Merkið/Battle of Otterburn
{{more footnotes|date=August 2011}}
{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict=Battle of Otterburn
|partof=Anglo-Scottish border conflicts

|image=[[Image:Otterburn Battle.jpg|300px|Battle of Otterburn]]
|caption=
|date=5 August or 19 August 1388
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The best remaining record of the battle is from [[Jean Froissart]]'s ''[[Froissart's Chronicles|Chronicles]]'' in which he claims to have interviewed veterans from both sides of the battle. His account is still regarded with some concern as details, such as the distance between [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] and [[Otterburn, Northumberland|Otterburn]], are incorrect.

The Scottish 
noble [[James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas|Earl of Douglas]] decided to lead a raid&mdash;one of a continuing series on both sides of the border&mdash;into English territory. It was timed to take advantage of divisions on the English side between [[Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland|Lord Neville]] and [[Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland]] who had just taken over defence of the border.

==The battle==
(contracted; show full)ds 1040 English were captured and 1860 killed whereas 200 Scots were captured and 100 were killed.  The [[Westminster Chronicle]] estimates Scottish casualties at around 500.  When the [[Bishop of Durham]] advanced from Newcastle with 10,000 men he was so impressed by the ordered appearance of the Scottish force, the din they set up with their horns, and their seemingly unassailable position, that he declined to attack.

==Aftermath==
Such a decisive victory kept the two sides apart for some time. In 1402 
the Earl of Douglas's cousin, the [[4th Earl|[[Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas]], attempted to emulate his great victory and hopefully survive but the [[Battle of Humbleton Hill]] was almost an exact reverse of Otterburn and a great defeat for the Scots.

(contracted; show full)[[Category:House of Douglas and Angus|*Battle of Otterburn]]
[[Category:Registered historic battlefields in England|Otterburn]]
[[Category:Battles of the Middle Ages]]
[[Category:Otterburn, Northumberland]]

[[it:Battaglia di Otterburn]]
[[nl:Slag bij Otterburn]]
[[ru:Битва при Оттерберне]]