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The Battle of Marston Moor was fought on 2 July 1644, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms of 1639–1653. [a] The combined forces of the English Parliamentarians under Lord Fairfax and the Earl of Manchester and the Scottish Covenanters under the Earl of Leven defeated the Royalists commanded by Prince Rupert of the Rhine and the Marquess of Newcastle.
There were too many weak regiments of horse and commanders to list separately; also, it is not certain whether any given regiment was present at Marston Moor, or was elsewhere (with a force under Colonel Clavering, or in various garrisons). At Marston Moor, Newcastle's cavalry were organised as: Sir Charles Lucas's Brigade (700)
Marston Moor was a 52-gun third rate Speaker-class frigate built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Blackwall Yard, and launched in 1654. [1] After the Restoration in 1660, she was renamed HMS York. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 60 guns. York was wrecked in 1703. [1]
He played a major part in the Battle of Marston Moor, and though many of his own regiment were routed, he did much to regroup the remainder and rally the reserve battalions which helped secure victory for the allied forces of the parliaments. [3] Lumsden left an account of the battle, published anonymously [4]
The regiment played a major part in the victory over the Royalists at the Battle of Marston Moor, where the discipline of Cromwell's wing of horse was decisive. Where a victorious wing of Royalist cavalry scattered in search of plunder, Cromwell's men rallied after defeating their immediate opponents, and then swept the disordered Royalist ...
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Montgomerie, who was commonly known as Greysteel, [5] commanded a Scottish regiment of horse for the English Parliament and distinguished himself at the Battle of Marston Moor (1644). [6] On the execution of Charles I in 1649 he supported the recall of Charles II and the policy of the Marquess of Argyll.
Years of heavy rainfall and snowmelt call forth the ghost of the lake, however, haunting the residents with damaging floodwaters. This happened in 1983 and 1997 -- both years that experienced very ...