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CHOOSE FREEDOM, CHOOSE INDEPENDENCE
For three hundred years, Scotland has endured the rule of a foreign nation. For three hundred years, many Scots have complained about this but have been powerless to change it. Now its time for YOU to put that right. Vote for Scottish Independence and let the people of Scotland govern their own country.
It is time for us to regain our self respect and show the people of the world that we can govern ourselves. We are a separate country from England. We have a different cultural identity and our own separate needs of government. We are NOT the same. We have political and cultural differences and deserve to have the right to express those differences as a free independent nation governing ourselves.
End the Union - YOU don't want it. YOU don't need it. Don't listen to English propaganda and scare-mongering. This is YOUR country. Reclaim it for the people of Scotland.
BANNOCKBURN: JUNE 24th 1314
With the full might of England's army gathered before the besieged Stirling Castle, Edward II, is confident of victory. To the west of Bannockburn, Robert Bruce King of Scots, kneels to pray with his men and commends his soul to God. Patiently awaiting the coming onslaught in tightly packed schiltroms, his spearmen and archers are well prepared for battle. Unknown to the English, the open marsh of no man's land conceals hidden pits and calthrops, major obstacles for any mounted charge. Despite Clifford's and Beaumont's premature and unsuccessful attempt to relieve Stirling the day before, years of victory have caused the brave English knights to regard their Scottish foes with contempt. So, without waiting for the 'flower of the forest' (archers) to weaken the enemy formations, the order is hurriedly given to attack!
With one rush, hundreds of mounted knights led by the impetuous Earl of Gloucester, thunder headlong through the boggy ground straight for the impenetrable mass of spears, hurling themselves into defeat and death. With dash and courage the knights try to force a way through but the infantry stand firm. There is no room to manoeuvre. Everywhere horses and men crash to the ground. Casualties amongst the English nobility are horrific. Bruce seizes the moment and orders the exultant army to advance. The English recoil and are pushed back into the waters of the Bannockburn where many perish in the crush to escape the deadly melee. Edward II, his army destroyed, flees with his bodyguard for the safety of the castle but is refused refuge and has to fight his way south to England. For Robert Bruce and Scotland, victory is complete.
THEY FOUGHT AND DIED SO THAT YOU MAY BE FREE. DO NOT LET THEIR SACRIFICE BE IN VAIN.
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