Battle of Two Rivers

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Two Rivers


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partof=the Pictish-Northumbrian conflicts
date=671
place=uncertain
result=Northumbrian victory
combatant1=Picts
combatant2=Northumbrians
commander1=Drest VI
commander2=Ecgfrith
strength1=
strength2=
casualties1=
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The Battle of Two Rivers was fought between the Picts and Northumbrians in the year 671. The exact battle site is unknown, but it is generally thought that the "Two Rivers" are the River Forth and the River Tay, which would place the battle near Moncrieffe It ended in a decisive Northumbrian victory. The battle takes its name from the writings of Stephan (possibly Eddius Stephanus) who wrote that:
*"He slew an enormous number of the people, filling two rivers with corpses so that - wondrous to relate - the slayers, passing dry-shod over the rivers, pursued and slew a crowd of fugitives."

The Pictish King Drest VI was expelled in the aftermath of the battle. He was replaced by Bridei III, who defeated and killed Ecgfrith in the Battle Of Dunnichen in 685.

External links

* [http://www.stephen.j.murray.btinternet.co.uk/scotsandpicts.htm The Birth Of Nations:Scotland]

References

Fraser, James E.; "The Battle Of Dunnichen 685" Tempus ,2002 ISBN 0-7524-2348-7