In the weeks before the Battle of Neville's Cross in October 1346, Douglas raiding parties operated across Northumberland burning settlements and driving livestock north as the main Scottish army under David II advanced. The raiding parties that preceded the main Scottish force were a standard element of medieval Scottish invasion strategy — they disrupted English communications, gathered intelligence, and enriched the Scottish border lords who led them. The Douglas family's raiding expertise made them the primary instrument of Scottish offensive operations throughout the fourteenth century.
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