Battle of Loch Ryan
Battle of Loch Ryan | |||||||
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Part of First War of Scottish Independence | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Kingdom of Scotland | Rebels | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Alexander Bruce Thomas Bruce | Dungal MacDowall | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
~1000 | unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Heavy | Low |
The Battle of Loch Ryan was a battle fought on 9/10 February 1307 during the Scottish Wars of Independence near Stranraer on Loch Ryan, Galloway, Scotland.
King Robert I of Scotland's invasion of his ancestral lands in Annandale and Carrick began in 1307. The Annandale and Galloway invasion force was led by his brothers Alexander Bruce and Thomas Bruce, Malcolm McQuillan, Lord of Kintyre, an Irish sub king and Sir 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 , 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).
- Battles of the Wars of Scottish Independence
- History of Dumfries and Galloway
- 1307 in Scotland
- Conflicts in 1307
- Battles between England and Scotland
- English battle stubs