Prior to Bruce's formal siege and capture of Berwick in April 1318, Douglas conducted preliminary raids that burned outer areas and weakened English resupply capability. Bruce then took the town by assault on 2 April 1318, restoring the most important border town to Scottish control for the first time since 1296. The fall of Berwick was Bruce's greatest territorial recovery and gave Scotland its main east-coast port and trading centre.
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