In the weeks after Stirling Bridge, Wallace moved against Berwick — the most important English-held town on the Scottish border. He could not take the castle or the new walls Edward had built, but he burned the suburbs, demonstrating that no part of the English occupation was safe. The psychological impact was significant: the English garrison was effectively besieged. The raid was part of Wallaces attempt to clear all English strongholds before winter.
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