Battle of Piperdean

Infobox Military Conflict


caption=Site of the Battle of Piperdean, Old Cambus, frpom Piperdean Bridge
partof=the Anglo-Scottish Border Wars
conflict=Battle of Piperdean
date=10 September, 1436
place=Near Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland
result=Decisive Scottish victory
combatant1=

combatant2=

commander1=William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus
commander2=George, Earl of Dunbar
Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland
strength1=
strength2=4,000
casualties1=very few
casualties2=few, 1500 hostagesThe Battle of Piperdean (1436) was an engagement in the Scottish Borders, fought between the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England.

An English force led by George de Dunbar, 11th Earl of March and Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland attempted to take the forfeited Dunbar's Castle of Dunbar, back from William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus who as Warden of the Scottish Marches had invested the castle the previous summer. Percy and Dunbar came north with some 4000 men.

Angus did not want to undergo a siege, and decided to pre-empt the English by attacking them "en route". The English were surprised by the Scots, though there was little loss of life, 1500 English prisoners were taken.