Bannockburn shows why numbers alone do not decide a battle

What would one panelist change at the Battle of Bannockburn?

He would improve English preparation and tactics, while still crediting the Scots with a deserved victory.

A participant would visit just before 23 June 1314 to try to change the outcome at Bannockburn. He describes the English as having four or five times as many men, an estimate given in the conversation, while crediting the Scots with a deserved victory. An anecdote about unpaid troops leads to the practical point that an army must pay the people it expects to fight. The tactical suggestion is to use archers against a fixed spear formation rather than ride cavalry into it, taking a later battle account back as a lesson. The panel considers how an English victory could alter Scottish history, but does not develop a detailed alternative campaign.