The second division, seeing the obstacle which the first had encountered, moved round to the east, and both fell upon the Scottish squares.

The instant they were seen rounding the ends of the morass, the traitor Comyn, with the whole of the cavalry, turned rein and fled from the field, leaving the infantry alone to support the whole brunt of the attack of the English.

So impetuous was the charge of the latter that Sir John Stewart and his archers were unable to gain the shelter of the squares, and he was, with almost all his men, slain by the English men-at-arms.
Thus the spearmen were left entirely to their own resources.
Encouraged by Wallace, Grahame, Archie Forbes, and their other leaders, the Scottish squares stood firmly, and the English cavalry in vain strove to break the hedge of spears.

Again and again the bravest of the chivalry of England tried to hew a way through.

The Scots stood firm and undismayed, and had the battle lain between them and the English cavalry, the day would have been theirs.