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In "Braveheart", King Edward Longshanks orders his archers to fire on soldiers who are engaged in hand to hand combat on the battlefield, in the knowledge that they will hit his own men. Are there any historical examples of something like this ever happening?

by /u/conorfoley992 in /r/AskHistorians

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