Battle o Pinkie Cleugh

The Battle o Pinkie Cleugh, whiles kent as the Battle o Pinkie,[5] teuk place on 10 September 1547 on the banks o the River Esk near Musselburrae, Scotland.

Battle o Pinkie Cleugh
Pairt o the Anglo-Scots Wars
River Esk at Musselburrae
River Esk an Inveresk Kirk at Musselburrae
Date10 September 1547
LocationMusselburrae, Lowden, Scotland
Result Decisive Inglis veectory
Belligerents
Kinrick o Scotland Kinrick o Ingland
Commanders an leaders
Yerl o Arran
Yerl o Angus
Duke o Somerset
Strenth
22,000–36,000[1] 16,800+[2]
30 warships
Casualties an losses
6,000–15,000 killed[3]
2,000 preesoners[3]
200–600 killed[4]

References eedit

  1. MacDougall, p. 73
  2. MacDougall, p. 68
  3. a b MacDougall, p. 86
  4. MacDougall, p. 87
  5. Scots[kl(j)ux]

Soorces

  • MacDougall, Norman (1991). Scotland and War, AD 79-1918. Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers Ltd. ISBN 0-85976-248-3.

Coordinates: 55°55′59″N 3°01′23″W / 55.933°N 3.023°W / 55.933; -3.023 (Battle of Pinkie)