| English invasion of Scotland of August 1400 | |||||||
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| Part of Anglo-Scottish border conflicts | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Royal_Arms_of_the_Kingdom_of_Scotland.svg){kind=small} Kingdom of Scotland |
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Royal_Arms_of_England_(1399-1603).svg){kind=small} Kingdom of England | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Arms_of_David_Stewart,_Duke_of_Rothesay.svg){kind=small} Duke of Rothesay&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Arms_of_Robert_Stewart,_Duke_of_Albany_(1403).svg){kind=small} Duke of Albany |
Henry IV&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Blason_George_Dunbar.svg){kind=small} Earl of March | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| ~13,000 | |||||||
The English invasion of Scotland of August 1400 was the first military campaign undertaken by Henry IV of England after deposing the previous king, his cousin Richard II. Henry IV urgently wanted to defend the Anglo-Scottish border, and to overcome his predecessor's legacy of failed military campaigns.
A large army was assembled slowly and marched into Scotland. Not only was no pitched battle ever attempted, but the king did not try and besiege Scotland's capital, Edinburgh. Henry's army left at the end of the summer after only a brief stay, mostly camped near Leith (near Edinburgh) where it could maintain contact with its supply fleet. The campaign ultimately accomplished little except to further deplete the king's coffers, and is historically notable only for being the last one led by an English king on Scottish soil.