{"id":2889,"date":"2021-02-15T18:57:55","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T18:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bagtownclans.com\/?p=2889"},"modified":"2021-10-28T19:13:45","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T19:13:45","slug":"william-wallace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bagtownclans.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/15\/william-wallace\/","title":{"rendered":"William Wallace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2890\" src=\"https:\/\/bagtownclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wallace.png\" alt=\"William Wallace\" width=\"1013\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bagtownclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wallace.png 522w, https:\/\/bagtownclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wallace-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1013px) 100vw, 1013px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2893 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/bagtownclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/williamwallaceback.png\" alt=\"William Wallace history\" width=\"124\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bagtownclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/williamwallaceback.png 300w, https:\/\/bagtownclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/williamwallaceback-161x300.png 161w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 124px) 100vw, 124px\" \/>Born at Elderslie, Wallace, &#8220;the hero of Scotland,&#8221;\u00a0 when little over twenty years of age, led the Scottish forces which opposed Edward I.\u00a0 After several successful engagements he met the English arm, under the Earl of Surrey, at Stirling Bridge in 1297.\u00a0 Before the battle Surrey dispatched two predicant friars with an offer of terms for the Scots surrender, to whom Wallace replied &#8220;Go back and tell your masters that we came not here to treat of peace but to avenge our wrongs&#8221; 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