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Try and read more and spout less, the Scottish pikemen got caught in a bog at the foot of the hill, which caused chaos. The English troops were the same undisciplined rabble as the Scots, there were no standing armies, pikemen in the Civil War were not disciplined mercenaries and the business of halberds was got over by later by nailing iron strips at the head of the pike. You would be better sticking to the Bruce & the Spider School of History. Diplomacy had failed and Henry VIII was hell bent on war, there was no alternative, re-fighting battles is a futile exercise. Ultimately the Tudors failed, the Stewarts succeeded.
wullie m.
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