. . . . . "1"^^ . . . . . . . . . "60800558"^^ . . "55.598"^^ . . . . . . "Burnt Candlemas was a failed invasion of Scotland in early 1356 by an English army commanded by King Edward III, and was the last campaign of the Second War of Scottish Independence. Tensions on the Anglo-Scottish border led to a military build-up by both sides in 1355. In September a nine-month truce was agreed, and most of the English forces left for northern France to take part in a campaign of the concurrent Hundred Years' War. A few days after agreeing the truce, the Scots, encouraged and subsidised by the French, broke it, invading and devastating Northumberland. In late December the Scots escaladed and captured the important English-held border town of Berwick-on-Tweed and laid siege to its castle. The English army redeployed from France to Newcastle in northern England."@en . . . . . . . "-3.189"^^ . . . . "100"^^ . . . . . . . . "Blue pog.svg"@en . . . . "-2.774"^^ . . . . . "15"^^ . . . . . . . . . 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Fu un tentativo fallito di re Edoardo III d'Inghilterra di invadere la Scozia e fu l'ultimo scontro della guerra d'indipendenza scozzese che si concluse con la devastazione della regione del Lothian che divenne per l'appunto nota come \"incendio della Candelora\" in riferimento all'annuale festivit\u00E0 cristiana che all'epoca prevedeva che si accendessero in chiesa pile di candele per il 2 febbraio."@it . . . . . . . . . "-3.437"^^ . . . "-2.4562"^^ . . . . . . . . "9"^^ . . . "Lothian, Scotland"@en . "9"^^ . "9"^^ . . "9"^^ . "56.1166"^^ . "56.397"^^ . "--01-26"^^ . "Incendio della Candelora"@it . . . . "15pxKingdom of England" . "9"^^ . . "9"^^ . . "55.953"^^ . . . . . . . "L'incendio della Candelora, fu uno scontro delle guerre d'indipendenza scozzesi combattuto tra il gennaio ed il febbraio del 1356 nel territorio del Lothian, in Scozia. Fu un tentativo fallito di re Edoardo III d'Inghilterra di invadere la Scozia e fu l'ultimo scontro della guerra d'indipendenza scozzese che si concluse con la devastazione della regione del Lothian che divenne per l'appunto nota come \"incendio della Candelora\" in riferimento all'annuale festivit\u00E0 cristiana che all'epoca prevedeva che si accendessero in chiesa pile di candele per il 2 febbraio."@it . . . . "22761"^^ . . "bottom"@en . . "1124168040"^^ . . . . . "-2.0064"^^ . . "-3.937"^^ . . . . . . "Burnt Candlemas was a failed invasion of Scotland in early 1356 by an English army commanded by King Edward III, and was the last campaign of the Second War of Scottish Independence. Tensions on the Anglo-Scottish border led to a military build-up by both sides in 1355. In September a nine-month truce was agreed, and most of the English forces left for northern France to take part in a campaign of the concurrent Hundred Years' War. A few days after agreeing the truce, the Scots, encouraged and subsidised by the French, broke it, invading and devastating Northumberland. In late December the Scots escaladed and captured the important English-held border town of Berwick-on-Tweed and laid siege to its castle. The English army redeployed from France to Newcastle in northern England. The English advanced to Berwick, retaking the town, and moved to Roxburgh in southern Scotland by mid-January 1356. From there they advanced on Edinburgh, leaving a trail of devastation 50\u201360 miles (80\u2013100 km) wide behind them. The Scots practised a scorched earth policy, refusing battle and removing or destroying all food in their own territory. The English reached and burnt Edinburgh and were resupplied by sea at Haddington. Edward intended to march on Perth, but contrary winds prevented the movement of the fleet he would need to supply his army. While waiting for a better wind, the English despoiled Lothian so thoroughly that the episode became known as \"Burnt Candlemas\". This was a reference to the custom of the time of taking one's annual stock of candles to the local church on 2 February to be blessed in a ceremony known as candlemas; they were then used over the rest of the year. A winter storm drove the English fleet away and scattered it, and the English were forced to withdraw. They did so via Melrose, continuing to devastate Scottish territory, but this time harassed by Scottish forces. The English army was disbanded in Carlisle in late February, and the Scots went on to take two English-held castles. A truce was re-established in April. In 1357 a permanent peace was agreed, largely on English terms."@en . . . "55.5965"^^ . "Burnt CandlemasEnglish invasion of Scotland"@en . . . .