Reply: Gunter Gimp

Rating: Null/10 (22 April 2002)

PART 1:
Scotland is a much smaller nation than England in geographical size as well as infrastructure, so i don't know what point you are trying to prove that the English won most of the battles !! I have studied all the battles you mentioned where the English won ( even after Bannockburn) and NONE of them ensured English rule over Scotland !! They knew that if they tried to occupy Scotland an odd 5 million William Wallaces would be produced to "fight and die" for their nation. Let me point out the relevances of the English battle victories you mentioned and how they won them..
Dunbar 1296 - Edward II could'nt take it that Scots would'nt fight for him against France so he INVADED WITH A HUGE ARMY- first massacaring the entire 17,000 population of Berwick-upon-Tweed (including women and Children), and then secondly went upto Dubar and heavily defeated the DEFENDING SCOTS were - none of the survivors were spared. Still proud to be English ?
Halidon Hill 1333 (after Bannockburn)- John Balliol was kicked out of Scotland - and he went to England to get Edward III's help, Guess what ? The Evil English (under Edward III and John Baliol) attacked Scotland, and defeated the DEFENDING SCOTTISH ARMY BY FIRING ARROWS AT THEM FROM A DISTANCE FROM THE TOP OF THE HILL !! 4,000 scots died on the battle field cos of the English's cowardly tactics ! The survivors of the battle (just like Dunbar 1296) were EXECUTED ! John Balliol took control of Scotland (as puppet of Edward III), but the Scots soon drove him out again FOREVER !
Flodden 1513 - The English attacked France (Scotland's ally), and like any TRUE ALLY Scotland offered to attack England from the North in order to cause a diversion. The army of 30,000 Scots were poorly equipped compared to the 20,000 English soldiers it faced at Flodden, The fact that our King was inexperienced on the battle field he made a tactical blunder and we lost the battle - 10,000 Scots were killed. Proud to be English ?
Dunbar 1650 - Charles II wanted to be king of a UNITED BRITAIN, and he exploited the scots to fight for him against Oliver Cromwell. The English attacked Scotland and heavily defeated the poorly equipped Scots. Most of the prisoners died as BADLY treated prisoners - the survivors were sent to the Carribean !! Proud to be English ?
Culloden Moor 1746 - Bonnie Prince Charlie wanted to restore the Jacobite Catholic Stuart line to the throne of Britain. At this battle, it was Bonne Prince Charlie's 5,000 half-starved, exhausted Jacobite Highlanders against 10,000 well-drilled BRITISH ( NOT ENGLISH ) ARMY ( of which 5,000 were Jacobite-hating Scots !). The Britsh Army obviously won the battle but what they did after the battle was UNFORGIVABLE. They massacred the wounded Highlanders where they lay on the battle field - shooting them or bayonetting them to death or crushing thier bones. If you think killing wounded troops is bad enough - then hear some more...they went round all the Highland estates suspected of supporting the Jacobite cause, massacring men,women,old men, old women and children . The Lords of Jacobite-supporting clans were sent to London where they were PUBLICLY EXECUTED FOR THE PLEASURE OF PUBLIC !!
Now going to the main point...England could not conquer Scotland - it went bankrupt during the 1550's when it TRIED TO again..therefore its very clear that Scotland joined into the UK ONLY for financial benefit and peace -NOT BECAUSE THE ENGLISH WON MOST OF THE BATTLES AND CONQUERED SCOTLAND !!
I don't understand why you are proud of the English military victories over Scotland - they never conquered Scotland and thier victories were either due to their size or due to superior weapons (being a richer country). And also they were very cruel to the Scottish prisoners - NOTHING TO BE PROUD OF MR.Gunter Gimp !! Remember the line from Braveheart - " They may take our lives but they'll never take our FREEEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOOM ".
By the way I am not Scottish by blood - only by birth..but I do have some English ancestry..hehehe ! And I actually been living in London for most of my life !