On this day: Scots defeated the English at the Battle of Otterburn

On 5 August 1388, in a moonlit battle near Otterburn in Northumberland, a Scottish army under Sir James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas, defeated an English force led by Sir Henry (Hotspur) Percy. Douglas was killed leading his men on foot, receiving 3 spear wounds and an axe blow, while Percy was captured by Sir […]