The Battle of Halidon Hill took place on 19 July 1333 when a Scottish army under Sir Archibald Douglas attacked an English army commanded by King Edward III (reigned 1327 to 1377) and was heavily defeated. In early 1333 Edward invaded Scotland and laid siege to the strategically important border town of Berwick-upon-Tweed. A large Scottish army advanced to relieve the town. Knowing Berwick was on the verge of surrender and aware they were much stronger than the English, the Scots attacked (depicted). The English had taken up a favourable defensive position and their longbowmen caused heavy Scottish casualties during their approach. When the Scots came into contact with the English infantry the fight was short. The Scottish formations collapsed and the Scots fled. The English men-at-arms mounted their horses and pursued the Scots for 8 miles (13 km) causing further heavy casualties. The Scottish commander and many of the Scots' senior nobility were killed. Berwick surrendered on terms the next day.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1848:
The two-day Seneca Falls Convention, the first women's-rights and feminist convention held in the United States, opened in Seneca Falls, New York. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_Falls_Convention
1957:
The largely autobiographical novel The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold by Evelyn Waugh was published. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ordeal_of_Gilbert_Pinfold
1992:
A car bomb killed the anti-Mafia judge Paolo Borsellino and five policemen in Palermo, Italy, less than two months after the murder of Borsellino's friend and colleague Giovanni Falcone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Borsellino
1997:
The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army announced that it would resume its ceasefire, ending its 28-year campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army_campaign
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musette: 1. (music) 2. (historical) Any of various small bagpipes having a soft sound, especially with a bellows, which were popular in France in the 17th and early 18th century. 3. (by extension) A pastoral air or tune that has a drone imitating such an instrument; also, a dance performed to this music. 4. (historical) An organ stop using reed pipes with cone-shaped resonators, found in organs in France in the 17th and 18th centuries. 5. A small oboe without a cap for its reed, which evolved from the chanter or pipe of bagpipes; a piccolo oboe. 6. (chiefly US, originally military) In full musette bag: a small bag or knapsack with a shoulder strap, formerly used by soldiers, and now (cycling) chiefly by cyclists to hold food and beverages or other items. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/musette
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There's no chance for us It's all decided for us This world has only one sweet moment Set aside for us.Who wants to live forever? Who wants to live forever? Who dares to love forever Oh, when love must die? --Brian May https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Brian_May