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Edinburgh Boat Charters
Edinburgh Boat Charters
Edinburgh Boat Charters
Edinburgh Boat Charters
Edinburgh Boat Charters
Edinburgh Boat Charters
Edinburgh Boat Charters
Edinburgh Boat Charters
Edinburgh Boat Charters
Edinburgh Boat Charters
Edinburgh Boat Charters
Edinburgh Boat Charters
Edinburgh Boat Charters
Edinburgh Boat Charters
Edinburgh Boat Charters
The Burning of Edinburgh in 1544 by an English sea-borne army was the first major action of the war of the Rough Wooing. A Scottish army observed the landing on 3 May 1544 but did not engage with the English force. The Provost of Edinburgh was compelled to allow the English to sack Leith and Edinburgh. However, the Scottish artillery within Edinburgh Castle harassed the English forces, who had neither the time nor the resources to besiege the Castle. The English fleet sailed away loaded with captured goods, and with two ships that had belonged to James V of Scotland.
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