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Anglo-Scottish Border Raids of the 1370s

Type Event Region Britain Time 1370–1379

During truces in the Hundred Years' War in the 1370s, England and France clashed in the Channel and Gascony while Scotland repeatedly raided England'…

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  1. 1370–1379England–Scotland border · Anglo-Scottish borderScotland under Robert II allied with France, taking advantage of England's main forces being committed to the French war to repeatedly raid towns and villages on the Northumberland and Cumbria borders; English border forces and local nobles also organized cross-border retaliatory raids, creating periodic border conflict.
  2. 1375–1379English Channel and Gascony · GasconyAlthough the 1375 Treaty of Bruges established a truce framework, English and French privateers harassed each other in the Channel, and friction continued on the Gascony and Brittany borders; England fought a two-front war to maintain its continental possessions and northern defenses, with fiscal and military pressure steadily mounting.

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