James IV's invasion opened with rapid successes. Norham Castle, the strongest English fortress in the eastern march, fell after only a few days. Etal and Ford followed. These successes drew Surrey's English army northward for the showdown at Flodden Field on 9 September 1513. The fall of three major castles in days demonstrated both the scale of the Scottish invasion and the inadequacy of English border defences.
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