REDESWIRE, RAID OF THE

REDESWIRE, RAID OF THE
   a famous Border fight took place in July 1575 at the Cheviot pass which enters Redesdale; through the timely arrival of the men of Jedburgh the Scots proved victorious; is the subject of a Border ballad.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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