[Both Sides the Border by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookBoth Sides the Border CHAPTER 2: Across The Border 11/26
Happily the English were unaware that it was Douglas who had fallen.
Had they known it, their courage would have been mightily raised, and the day would assuredly have been lost.
We, too, were ignorant that Douglas had fallen, and still fought on. "In other parts of the field March and Moray were holding their own bravely.
Sir Ralph Percy, who had, like Douglas, charged almost alone into Moray's ranks, was sorely wounded and, being surrounded, surrendered to Sir John Maxwell.
Elsewhere many captures were made by both parties; but as the fight went on the advantage turned to our side; for we had rested all the day before, and began the battle fresh, after some hours of sleep; while the English had marched eight leagues, and were weary when they began the fight. "Sir James Lindsay and Sir Walter Sinclair, with some other knights who had followed Douglas, found him still alive.
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