After the catastrophic Scottish defeat at Dunbar in September 1650, Cromwell moved on Edinburgh. Scottish forces made several attempts to contest the city and its port of Leith. Small skirmishes occurred as the English cleared the defences. Edinburgh Castle held out until December 1650. The occupation of Edinburgh and Leith gave Cromwell control of Scotland's political capital and main port, though resistance continued in the north until Worcester in 1651.
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