After Falkirk, English punitive forces moved through Perthshire and the Tay valley burning settlements and suppressing local resistance as part of Edward's campaign to break Scottish will. The Tay valley expeditions of late 1298 extended the punishment beyond Lothian and Fife into the agricultural heartland north of the Forth, demonstrating that English military power could operate throughout Scotland even after the partial recovery of their southern supply lines.
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