When the Scottish Covenanting army under General Leslie crossed the River Tweed into England at Cornhill in August 1640 during the Second Bishops War, it constituted an invasion of English sovereign territory. The Tweed crossing at Cornhill-on-Tweed bypassed Berwick and allowed the Scots to advance rapidly toward Newcastle. The ease of the crossing demonstrated English military unreadiness and forced Charles I to summon the Long Parliament.
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