Scottish's first War of Independance: de Moray or Wallace
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« on: May 26, 2016, 01:02:03 AM »

Andrew de Moray and William Wallace were both joint commanders during the of the Scottish army resisting the English until the former died during the victory of the Battle of Stirling Bridge. Most people know Wallace due to Hollywood's influence on people's knowledge of the time period (which is to say, it really misled them). However, Braveheart actually isn't entirely responsible for committing de Moray, or as I feel not giving the credit he deserved.  Wallace survived and became famous as a result of the fact that he was easily more identifiable than de Moray during the period and got executed. Then history would build up the legend of Wallace (of which onenoble family actually plagiarized records to show that they were connected to Wallace in ways such as marriage)

From what I have  read on the subject, de Moray was probably a superior commander to Wallace and may have actually orchestrated the ambush at Stirling Bridge. However, this is an impression formed on incomplete sources on the man, and to wade through the hype that was built up on William Wallace.

Of these two, which do you feel was more important to the cause of the scotts, and who had a better understanding of warfare?
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« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2016, 02:00:02 AM »

From what I've read, still Wallace . carried on a difficult and fairly successful guerrilla campaign for some time. Also more inspiring to his following troops, which s Washington proved can make all the difference in the end.

But jeez are you right about Braveheart. Kilts in the 13th Century ?? As if.
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