'The Battle of Stirling Castle', (1297) 1890. The Battle of Stirling Bridge during the First War of Scottish Independence, fought on 11 September 1297, when forces of Andy Murry and William Wallace defeated combined English forces of John de Warenne and Hugh de Cressingham near Stirling, on the River Forth. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. III - The Middle Ages", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890. ]