In January-February 1356 Edward III led a devastating chevauchee through Lothian known as the Burnt Candlemas, burning virtually every settlement and farm in the Lothians as far as Edinburgh. The destruction was so thorough it shocked even contemporaries. Despite the devastation, Edward could not bring the Scots to pitched battle and withdrew; the campaign demonstrated that England could ravage Scotland but could not hold it. The Treaty of Berwick the following year ended the Second War.
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