Loyalties shifted very quickly during the Scottish wars of Independence.[51]
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These numbers are estimates the exact numbers are not known. Some sources estimated higher numbers while some estimated lower. There were only four writers at this time who described the battle.[17] Three of them were monks who were not familiar with the technical side of warfare. It was not their job. Only one, Sir Thomas Grey, had any detailed knowledge of fourteenth-century fighting.[17]
a schiltron was a large formation of tightly packed men many ranks deep forming an oval, rectangle or square. The outside was protected by a wall of shields.[24]
Robert the Bruce had told his men not to kill any noblemen. They were to be taken captive and held for ransom.[45]
