After spending six weeks in improving the defences, they left a garrison of 2,500 men in charge and departed, burning Dalkeith and laying waste to the country for six miles around Edinburgh while making a leisurely withdrawal to Berwick.
They left a garrison of 2,500 men in charge. They was burning Dalkeith. They was laying waste to the country for six miles around Edinburgh while making a leisurely withdrawal to Berwick. They departed, burning Dalkeith and laying waste to the country for six miles around Edinburgh while making a leisurely withdrawal to Berwick. They was spending six weeks in. They was improving the defences.