The Weardale campaign of 1327 was one of the most humiliating episodes of Edward IIIs long reign — though he was only fifteen at the time. A Scottish raiding army appeared in County Durham, ravaged the countryside, and was then pursued by the English royal army through Weardale for weeks. The Scots refused to be caught in open battle, manoeuvred at night, and slipped away north. Douglas reportedly led a night raid into the English camp that nearly captured the king. The campaign convinced the English government — controlled by Mortimer and Isabella — to negotiate peace. The Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton followed in 1328.
English army exhausted and humiliated; minimal casualties
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