▁of ▁address ing ▁Scotland ▁when ▁time ▁permitted . ▁But ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁that ▁Edward ▁III ▁was ▁considering ▁how ▁best ▁to ▁deal ▁with ▁the ▁French , ▁the ▁French ▁were ▁continu ing ▁to ▁pour ▁supplies ▁into ▁Scotland , ▁and ▁as ▁the ▁year ▁progress ed ▁the ▁Scottish ▁forces ▁began ▁to ▁enc ro ach ▁even ▁into ▁northern ▁England , ▁lay ing ▁waste ▁to ▁C umber land . ▁Such ▁actions ▁forced ▁Edward ▁III ▁to ▁take ▁the ▁Scottish ▁threat ▁seriously , ▁and ▁in ▁October ▁he ▁sent ▁William ▁Mont agu , ▁ 1 st ▁Earl ▁of ▁Sal is bury , ▁to ▁Scotland ▁to ▁see ▁what ▁he ▁could ▁do ▁to ▁contain ▁the ▁situation . ▁ ▁Sal is bury ▁proved ▁able ▁to ▁do ▁little . ▁He ▁took ▁his ▁forces ▁to ▁Dun bar , ▁launch ing ▁an ▁attack ▁in ▁January ▁ 1 3 3 8 ▁against ▁its ▁Count ess , ▁" Black ▁Ag nes " ▁Rand olph , ▁the ▁daughter ▁of ▁the ▁former ▁reg ent ▁Thomas ▁Rand olph ▁and ▁the ▁wife ▁of ▁one ▁Patrick ▁de ▁Dun bar , ▁ 9 th ▁Earl ▁of ▁March . ▁With ▁the ▁aid ▁of ▁Alexander ▁R ams ay ▁of ▁Dal h ous ie , ▁she ▁with stood , ▁and ▁Sal is bury ▁with d rew ▁on ▁Edward ▁III ' s ▁command ▁after ▁six ▁months ▁of ▁effort ▁in ▁June . ▁Sal is bury ▁would , ▁however , ▁feature ▁in ▁the ▁Second ▁War ▁again ▁in ▁ 1 3 4 1 ▁when , ▁as ▁a ▁prisoner ▁of ▁the ▁French , ▁his ▁return ▁to ▁the ▁English ▁would ▁be ▁a ▁b arg