When the Civil War broke out in 1642, England was without a regular military establishment and had little recent war-making experience. Each side, Royalist and the Parliamentarian, was forced to build up its armies from scratch, relying upon the regional system of ‘Trained Bands’ or militia....
English Civil War Battles: Adwalton Moor 30th June 1643 The Royalists were well supported in the North of England. Knowing that he had a lot of support the Royalist commander, William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, decided to try and enclose the Parliamentarian army in Bradford. However, Fair...
Noun1.English Civil War- civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists under Charles I; 1644-1648 Drogheda- in 1649 the place was captured by Oliver Cromwell, who massacred the Catholic inhabitants battle of Marston Moor,Marston Moor- a battle in 1644 in which the Parli...
English Civil War The following battles of the English Civil War are described and illustrated under this title: Battle of Chalgrove 18th June 1643 in the English Civil War Battle of Edgehill:The First Major Battle of the English Civil War fought on 23rdOctober 1642. Battle of Seacroft Moor:...
The most significant fight of the First English Civil War took place on July 2, 1644, at Marston Moor, west of York, between Royalist and Parliamentarian armies. The lesser Royalist army of 18,000 was beaten by a Parliamentarian force of 28,000, ending the king’s rule over northern Eng...
English Civil War BattlesEnglish Civil War battles were significant in the scope of British history but they were not arrayed in the manner of a typical war. Although this was a civil war, and the whole country was affected, there were remarkably few major battles....
English Civil War Without any doubt, the United Kingdom as we know today, couldn’t exist without the conflict known as the “English Civil War”. For 9 long years, from 1642 to 1651 the country saw two major factions fighting each other to the end not just for supremacy, but to ...
A Map of England and Wales, showing the chief places where battles and sieges took place during the civil war in The Tudors and the Stuarts The Defense of Wardour Castle Against the Roundheads in The Tudors and the Stuarts A Puritan Soldier Preaching in The Tudors and the Stuarts Th...
These are a simple, fast play yet I feel realistic set of rules for fighting English Civil War battles. I unashamedly admit they are adapted from DBA-RRR by Tony Aquilia and ideas taken from DBN. Ranges and movement distances are for my 25mm ECW collection but can of course be adapted fo...
At the beginning of the English Civil War it was clear that artillery was to play a significant part in the conflict, as so many battles were fought by siege. Both Royalists and Parliamentarians raced to capture ordnance stores in urban areas such as London and Hull, realising that they ...