David II Broke Captor's Teeth

At the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, Scottish king David II was struck twice in the face by arrows as his army collapsed. Contemporary accounts say he fled and hid beneath a bridge over the River Browney until English soldiers spotted his reflection in the water. When John de Coupland tried to capture him, the wounded king fought back and knocked out two of Coupland's teeth. David endured 11 years of English captivity before being ransomed and eventually died in 1371.

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