During the Rough Wooing, English forces occupied and fortified Dumfries as a forward base in south-west Scotland. The occupation of key Scottish towns was part of Somerset's strategy of establishing permanent English presence rather than just raiding. Dumfries was held for a period before the French intervention changed the strategic situation.
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