The Covenanting crossing at Coldstream in August 1640 opened the Second Bishops War on English soil. It was the first time a Scottish army had invaded England since 1513. The crossing was swift and largely unopposed, demonstrating English military unpreparedness. It was from this point that the crisis truly became an English constitutional crisis, forcing Charles I to recall Parliament.
Covenanting army c.20,000 under Leslie
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