Throughout the 1330s the Scottish countryside around Edinburgh was the scene of constant low-intensity conflict. Scottish forces operating from the Forest of Ettrick and Selkirk regularly ambushed English foraging parties sent out from Edinburgh and its surrounding castles. These engagements, while militarily small, maintained the psychological and economic pressure on English garrisons and prevented them from establishing stable control of the Lothian countryside.
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