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| County of the Borough | } | In 1297 Wallace led an army | ||||
| and Town of | } Continued | against Berwick but the Governer | ||||
| Berwick upon Tweed | } | held the Castle bravely, & the | ||||
| regent – the King being absent – | ||||||
| having raised 2000 horse, 1200 | ||||||
| light horse, & 10,000 foot hurriedly | ||||||
| marched them to the relief of Berwick. | ||||||
| In 1303 Edward I passed through Berwick with his Grand Army. | ||||||
| In 1314 Edward the 2nd marshalled [h]is army at Berwick. It consisted | ||||||
| of 40,000 horse, 30,000 of which was completely armed, & 52,000 foot. | ||||||
| Berwick taken by Douglas Bruce makes it a Scottish Town. | ||||||
| "Edward the 2nd" arrived before Berwick on 1st Septr. 1319 and after a severe | ||||||
| struggle to recover Berwick he was obliged to raise the Siege and return | ||||||
| to England. This failure is said to |
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| of the Earl of Lancaster who withdrew part of his forces. | ||||||
| "Edward the 3rd" with a powerful army arrived before Berwick on | ||||||
| 12th of April 1333; which he strictly blockaded. Douglas with 68,000 | ||||||
| of a Scottish force hastens to its relief. Edward met him on the hill | ||||||
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