As the Engager uprising gathered momentum in Scotland in 1648, Engager forces seized Berwick-on-Tweed on the border to establish a southern bridgehead ahead of the Duke of Hamilton's march into England. The seizure of Berwick was part of the Scottish Engager strategy of using the border town as a staging point. The Engager army ultimately marched by a different route but Berwick remained significant as a border crossing point throughout the Second Civil War.
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