In the weeks following the Scottish victory at Haddon Rig in August 1542 — where the Earl of Huntly's Scottish force defeated Sir Robert Bowes's English raiding party — English border commanders reorganised their Middle March defences and prepared the counter-offensive that would eventually result in the catastrophic Scottish defeat at Solway Moss in November. The Haddon Rig area became a focus of English defensive operations as the border situation deteriorated through autumn 1542.
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