Battle of Loch Ryan
Battle of Loch Ryan | |||||||
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Part of First War of Scottish Independence | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Scottish Crown | Rebels | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Alexander Bruce Thomas Bruce | Dungal MacDowall | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
~1,000 | unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Heavy | Low |
The Battle of Loch Ryan was fought on 9/10 February 1307 during the
, Scotland.King
Reginald Crawford. The force consisted of 1000 men and eighteen galleys. They sailed into Loch Ryan and landed near Stranraer. The invasion force was quickly overwhelmed by local forces, led by Dungal MacDowall
, who was a supporter of the Balliols, Comyns and King Edward I of England, and only two galleys escaped. All the leaders were captured. Dungal MacDowall, summarily executed the Irish sub king and Malcolm McQuillan, Lord of Kintyre. Alexander, Thomas and Reginald Crawford were sent to Carlisle, England, where they were executed. The heads of McQuillan and two Irish chiefs were sent to King Edward I.
References
- Barbour, John, The Bruce, trans. A. A. H. Douglas, 1964.
- Sir Herbert Maxwell, The Chronicle of Lanercost, 1272-1346: translated with notes (1913).