tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503525750652233710.post4312409898711381001..comments2024-03-28T07:04:04.726+00:00Comments on Balkan Wargamer: Islesmen at BannockburnBalkandavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316312376197661629noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503525750652233710.post-87257960791142853972022-04-28T22:16:16.793+01:002022-04-28T22:16:16.793+01:00Angus Og Macdonald, Lord of the Isles, would have ...Angus Og Macdonald, Lord of the Isles, would have trained with his father's galloglass. Thus, many of Angus Og's thousands of Islesmen who came to Bannockburn to support his friend, Robert I, would have fought with the long-handled sparth axe as well as a sword and dirk. In all the historical accounts I have read in my research, the Islesmen were not a part of a schiltron. They were in King Robert's own division, his "last resource" that he unleashed on the English toward the end. The accounts suggest they fought like mad men, which is consistent with the galloglass reputation as "shock troops". Angus Og's loyalties were with the Bruce from the Turnberry Band in 1296. His loyalties and his families shifted with the Bruce's. (The MacDougalls and Comyns were not just Angus Og's enemies; they were the Bruce's enemies, too.) Once Robert was made king in 1306, Angus Og loyally served him, fighting in many of the battles that led to Bannockburn.Regan Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02977297105533227463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503525750652233710.post-27983810575856402412014-03-31T17:36:59.824+01:002014-03-31T17:36:59.824+01:00Great looking unit, a very nice work!Great looking unit, a very nice work!Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08913029478686087197noreply@blogger.com