Battle of Newburn

The Battle of Newburn took place in 1640 during the Bishops' Wars. Scottish Covenanters planted guns to protect them while fording the river Tyne near Newburn[?] in Northumberland, after which they defeated the English on the Durham side of Newburn at Stellaheugh[?], and subsequently occupied Newcastle upon Tyne. The name of Scotswood[?], one of the villages between Newburn and Newcastle, commemorates one of the Scottish positions.

Reference Original text from 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica