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Photographer: Brandon Fletcher
Taken: June 3, 2013
Caption: Battle lines are drawn
Additional Description: This Interpretive Marker sets next to the Flodden Memorial: The battle has just begun and you find yourself in the English lines. Those around you are armed with billhooks and halberds- short, stout weapons which can be thrust or swung to deadly effect. The Scottish army is spread along the skyline (identified by the heraldic arms of its commanders) You can see the white smoke from the first volley of their heavy cannon which they have dragged through the mud from their positions on Flodden Hill. They struggle to find the range and many of their shots fizz' harmlessly overhead but the lighter, more manoeuvrable English guns are about to return fire, with greater effect. The forces of Hume and Huntly on the Scottish left will soon begin their advance down the slope to engage the English lines, under the command of Edmund Howard over to your right.
Submitted: July 20, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Database Locator Identification Number: p316574
File Size: 4.783 Megabytes

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