It was at this period, that the signal was
given from the horn of Wallace; and the division of Graham, meeting the
retreating Southrons as they attempted to form behind the hill,
completed their defeat. The slaughter became dreadful, the victory
decisive. Sir Ralph Lattimer, the second in command, was killed in the
first onset; and Lord Percy himself, after fighting as became his brave
house, fled, covered with wounds, toward Alnwick.
Chapter XLV.
Lochmaben Castle.
This being the seasons of harvest in the northern counties of England,
Wallace carried his reapers, not to lay their sickle to the field, but,
with their swords, to open themselves a way into the Southron granaries.
The careful victor, meanwhile, provided for the wants of his friends on
the other side of the Esk. The plunder of Percy's camp was dispatched
to them; which being abundant in all kinds of provisions, was more than
sufficient to keep them in ample store till they could reach Stirling.
From that point, the released chiefs had promised their regent they
would disperse to their separate estates, collect recruits, and reduce
the distracted state of the country into some composed order.
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