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  • Wallace waited on the hill while half the English army crossed the bridge.
  • Some of his men knocked out the supports, so that the bridge fell, killing many that were on it at the time.
  • The Scots ran down the hill, screaming ferociously.
  • In the battle of Stirling Bridge, Wallace had an army of about 5,000 men. The English had 50,000 foot soldiers, 4000 archers and 1000 heavy cavalry.