BattlefieldsRough Wooing — Haddington Garrison 1548
Tudor

Rough Wooing — Haddington Garrison 1548

1548
Scotland
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
English garrison
Forces
Franco-Scottish besieging force of over 15,000
VS
Victor
Franco-Scottish alliance
Forces
English garrison approx 2,500
Outcome
English garrison held for most of the year but eventually withdrawn; Scottish-French alliance proved decisive.
The Battle

History & Significance

English forces held Haddington as an advanced fortress base in Lothian throughout 1548, enduring siege by Franco-Scottish forces. The garrison of around 2,500 men was progressively reduced by disease and sorties before the town was evacuated at the end of the campaigning season.

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