Bruce and De Bohun
Fought for the Croon,
Bruce drew his battleaxe
and knocked De Bohun Doon.
It happened 695 years ago today.
Robert Bruce (1274 - 1329), King of Scots from 1306, breaks the handle of his battleaxe as he kills the English knight Sir Henry de Bohun with a blow to the head before the Battle of Bannockburn, June 1314. Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images. Thus is history learned. The independance of a small nation was protected against aggression until a mutual Union created something greater. Will the same vigour ever be shown in preserving the sovereignty of this United Kingdom? Not under this government.
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