The New Student's Reference Work/Flodden, Battle of

Flodden, Battle of, fought on Flodden Hill on the Scottish borders, between James IV of Scotland and an English army under the Earl of Surrey, Sept. 9, 1513, was the most grievous defeat that Scotland ever suffered. King James had 30,000 men, and the Earl of Surrey 32,000; the former lost from 5,000 to 12,000 men, including the archbishop of St. Andrews and 12 earls, and the latter 4,000 men. The sixth canto of Sir Walter Scott's Marmion contains a splendid and fairly accurate description of the battle. See Robert White's The Battle of Flodden and Scott's Marmion.