In the Second Bishops War, General Alexander Leslie led the Covenanting army across the Tweed at Coldstream in August 1640 and advanced rapidly south. His disciplined professional force encountered negligible resistance from the English royal army, which was poorly trained and mutinous. Leslie occupied Newcastle and secured the northeast of England, forcing Charles I to negotiate.
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