DEB -> RE: The Manual (5/17/2017 10:19:10 PM)
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ORIGINAL: altipueri The Battlefields Trust seem to think Winceby quite significant: "The battle of Winceby is one of the lesser battles of the civil war, with no more than 6000 troops engaged, but its significance far outweighs its scale. For parliament’s Eastern Association army from East Anglia this was their first major campaign. It was also the first nationally important victory for Cromwell’s cavalry and the first action in which he fought side by side with Sir Thomas Fairfax, with whom in the New Model Army he would finally destroy the royalist cause in 1645-6. In this battle, which lasted no more than half an hour, followed by many hours of pursuit, the parliamentarians destroyed a combined force of royalist cavalry and dragoons from Lincolnshire and Newark. The victory was so swift and complete that the Association infantry did not even have time to engage the enemy. The outcome was the fall of much of the county of Lincolnshire to parliament and a halting of the royalist ascendancy in the region." From: http://www.battlefieldstrust.com/resource-centre/civil-war/battleview.asp?BattleFieldId=48 Lots of other stuff on that site too. Interesting historical stuff. But your point is ( in relation to my previous post/s ) ??? EDIT : Aah ! I get it, you replied to me instead of theprisoner ! [ For future reference, it helps other posters understand you better if you click on the appropriate reply button ( or the appropriate quote button )... ]
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