DEEJAYKEG Posted September 9, 2013 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.08 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Posted September 9, 2013 500 years ago today, the invading Scottish army was defeated and slaughtered at the Battle of Flodden Field by Queen Catherine of Aragon's English forces. Her husband, the then-Catholic Henry VIII, had been invited by the Pope to attack France and thus relieve pressure on Italy with whom the latter was at war. France was a close ally of Scotland so Scottish King James IV crossed the English border with his conscript army. 15000 soldiers died in 2.5 hours. This level of carnage was not to be repeated until The Great War of 1914-18. King James himself was hacked to death. An act of remembrance has been conducted today at the site of the battle and we can only reflect on how different the history of these islands would have been had James won the day. I gather that the special relationship between France and Scotland endures so whilst Mr Kerry may refer to France being the USA's oldest ally, the USA certainly is not that of France. England's oldest ally is Portugal (Treaty of Windsor, 1386). Full article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/0/23795766 Awards
Markoff Posted September 9, 2013 Member ID: 54 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 90 Topic Count: 497 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 4552 Content Per Day: 0.79 Reputation: 2341 Achievement Points: 32404 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Wednesday at 05:17 PM Birthday: 03/17/1965 Device: Windows Posted September 9, 2013 interesting read dj Awards
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