Learning about the Battle of Bannockburn, and the Mock Battle game -Aug 6

Learning about the Battle of Bannockburn, and the Mock Battle game.
By Jackson
8-6-18

Today I went to Stirling Castle and The Bannockburn Monument. When we went inside they did this whole thing that was 3D that was about the Battle of Bannockburn. We watched some videos that were about the whole war also. And then before the last video we did a mock battle and we renamed it the Battle of the M9 (the modern day road outside the monument) because In the battle, someone in the English side moved their horses over to what is now the M9 Highway. Then the Scottish side started moving some of their side over to attack the Calvary because they were very vulnerable except not to small swords.

Then the Queen of England moved over to where they had been fighting to where the Calvary had first moved. All the troops had been been killed in the virtual simulation. and then even more Scottish troops moved in and since they were attacking the Queen, a bunch of English troops moved over there. I had one of my guys over there trying to protect the Calvary and another one shooting at the guys with really long spears and with that troop, I hit a trap, so I lost half of my troop.
Slowly, the Queens troop dissolved away and the Queen died then the Scottish won.

Right before the Queen died, I sent one of my troops over to the King of Scotland, (Robert the Bruce, my 21st grandfather) but I went through the trap again and I lost a bunch more troops. But I couldn't tell exactly because the Queen died while they were still advancing but I don't think they made it because there were a bunch of troops guarding the King. When it ended, a bunch of projectors turned on and the Scottish flag was around all the walls and the guy in there that was helping us said "look up, see the flag?" And everyone knew what had just happened. The Scottish had won!

Then at the end, each "x" stood for each soilder that had died and the most were at what is now Highway M9. So that's why it was named the Battle of M9.

We were going to camp but we didn't make it before the game ended. Though my troops might have survived because when your shield turned dark and got an "X" over it it meant that they died and mine didn't have an "X" over it. But they might have all disappeared when the Queen of England died. But I can't remember if my troops survived or not. They all stopped fighting at the end.

Ok. Good bye. I'll see you later!


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