In 1319 Edward II besieged Berwick in an attempt to recover the town Bruce had taken in 1318. The Scottish garrison under Walter Stewart resisted the assault including an innovative English attack using a sow — a wheeled protective shelter for sappers. The sow was burned by Scottish defenders using flaming materials lowered from the walls. The Myton raid then forced Edward II to abandon the siege. The 1319 siege failure confirmed that England could not easily recover Scottish territorial gains.
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