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	Battle of Marston Moor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Marston Moor, which took place on July 2, 1644, was the largest battle of the English Civil War, and one of the most decisive.
		Therefore they abandoned the siege and concentrated at Marston Moor, on the flank of Rupert's expected direct march to York (along Ermine Street, the modern A59).
		On July 2, the Allied armies were already marching south from Marston Moor when their rearguard reported that the Royalists were crossing the captured bridge of boats and advancing onto the moor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Marston_Moor (1696 words)

	BATTLE OF MARSTON MOOR - LoveToKnow Article on BATTLE OF MARSTON MOOR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		MARSTON MOOR, BATTLE OF, was fought on the 2nd of July 1644 on a moor (now enclosed) seven miles west of York, between the Royalist army under Prince Rupert and the Parliamentary and Scottish armies under the earl of Manchester, Lord Fairfa2
		Rupert had relieved York and joined forces with the marquess of Newcastles army that had defended that city, and the Parliamentarians and Scots who had besieged it had drawn off south-westward followed by the Royalists.
		But the Scots on the right of the foot held firm against Lucass attacks, and Cromwell and Leslie with their cavalry passed along the rear of the Royal army, guided by Sir Thomas Fairfax (who though wounded in the rout of his Yorkshire horse had made his way to the other flank).
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MA/MARSTON_MOOR_BATTLE_OF.htm (683 words)

	UK Battlefields Resource Centre - The Civil Wars - The Campaign for the North 1644 - The Battle of Battle of Marston ...
		The battle of Marston Moor, which took place in the evening of the 2nd July, is believed to have been the largest battle ever fought on English soil.
		In just a couple of hours on Marston Moor the the fate of York and control of the North was decided, the royalist Northern army was effectively destroyed, and Rupert and the royalist cavalry lost their reputation as an invincible force.
		Beside Marston village a minor road leads north along the eastern edge of the former moor, and this is almost certainly where Sir Thomas Fairfax made his right wing cavalry attack at the beginning of the battle.
	www.battlefieldstrust.com /resource-centre/civil-war/battleview.asp?BattleFieldId=24 (495 words)

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		Battle Of Edge Hill--Treaty At Oxford--Solemn Vow And Covenant--Battle Of Newbury--Solemn League And Covenant Between The English And Scottish Parliaments--Cessation Of War In Ireland-Royalist Parliament At Oxford--Propositions Of Peace--Battle Of Marston Moor--The Army Of Essex Capitulates In The West--Self-Denying Ordinance--Synod Of Divines--Directory For Public Worship--Trial Of Archbishop Laud--Bill Of Attainder--His Execution.
		CHAPTER I. CHARLES I.--(_Continued._) Battle Of Edge Hill--Treaty At Oxford--Solemn Vow And Covenant--Battle Of Newbury--Solemn League And Covenant Between The English And Scottish Parliaments--Cessation Of War In Ireland-Royalist Parliament At Oxford--Propositions Of Peace--Battle Of Marston Moor--The Army Of Essex Capitulates In The West--Self-Denying Ordinance--Synod Of Divines--Directory For Public Worship--Trial Of Archbishop Laud--Bill Of Attainder--His Execution.
		He was received[e] with acclamations of joy; but left York the next day[f] to fight the bloody and decisive battle of Marston Moor.[2] Both armies, in accordance with the military tactics of the age, were drawn up in line, the infantry in three divisions, with strong bodies of cavalry on each flank.
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	Battle of Marston Moor: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The battle of worcester was the final battle of the second english civil war....
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		The battle of edgehill (or edge hill) was the first major engagement of the first english civil war....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/battle_of_marston_moor.htm (1040 words)

	Marston Moor
		Battle of Marston Moor, historical art prints of this English Civil War battle by British military artists Ernest Crofts and J Barker.
		At the Battle of Marston Moor, July 1644, prince Rupert had nearly won the battle after an initial cavalry charge routing three quarters of the Parliamentary Army, But he continued the pursuit to far.
		Battle of Marston Moor, 1644 by Henry Dupray.
	www.war-art.com /battle_of_marston_moor.htm (2810 words)

	Battle of Marston Moor, 2 July 1644
		One of the largest battles of the English Civil War, with roughly 45,000 men on the battlefield.
		Although technically Prince Rupert commanded the Royalist army, in the build-up to the battle he deferred too often to William Cavendish, Marquis of Newcastle, who had until recently been besieged in York.
		The three Parliamentary commanders had all been engaged in the siege of York, Fairfax in command of the northern army, Leven the Scots, and Manchester the Eastern Association (with Cromwell commanding the cavalry), with between them 7,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry.
	www.historyofwar.org /articles/battles_marston_moor.html (829 words)

	Marston Moor Battle of - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Marston Moor, Battle of, largest engagement of the First English Civil War, fought on July 2, 1644, 8 km (5 mi) west of York on Marston Moor, a...
		Cromwell, Oliver, Speech before the Battle of Marston Moor (quotations): State: The State, in choosing men…
		The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions.
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	Amazon.ca: Marston Moor 1644: The Beginning of the End: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The campaign narrative is supported by five 2-D maps (the opening campaigns of 1644, the siege of York, Rupert's march north, the relief of York, and the aftermath of Marston Moor) as well as three 3-D Birds Eye View maps of the battle itself.
		As for the Battle of Marston Moor, Tincey does a decent job describing the battle, although it is not always clear from his account why one side or the other prevailed in certain engagements.
		Clearly, the fact that Rupert's army did not expect battle to begin so late in the day and was surprised by the enemy's sudden attack was a major factor (similar to the Roman disaster at Adrianople in 378).
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0275988651 (865 words)

	The ECW Pages - The Battle of Marston Moor
		Rupert sent a cavalry screen ahead to Marston Moor, to be observed by the allies.
		The forces of parliament were positioned to the South, along a ridge overlooking the moor.
		The royalists, on the moor itself, had Goring's horse opposite Fairfax and Sir John Byron's horse opposite Cromwell.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /~crossby/ECW/battles/marston.html (708 words)

	UK Battlefields Resource Centre - The Civil Wars
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		Battle of Stow on the Wold - 1646
		The first military action was in the Bishops Wars, between Scotland and England in 1638 - 1640, culminating in the battle of Newburn (Northumberland).
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	The Battle of Marston Moor
		Prince Rupert came to the relief of York, but he met disaster at Marston Moor.
		Newcastle and Prince Rupert vs. an allied army of Parliamentary and Scottish troops led by Sir Thomas Fairfax and Lord Manchester
		Prince Rupert lost his glowing reputation of invincibility in battle, but Marston Moor made the reputation of another man; Oliver Cromwell made a name for himself for his role in defeating the Royalist cavalry.
	www.britainexpress.com /History/battles/marston-moor.htm (377 words)

	1644: The York March and Marston Moor
		The Allied generals decided to withdraw their forces from York to face him, blocking the road from Knaresborough at Long Marston, thinking that this was his only feasible approach.
		At 9 o'clock in the morning, the Marquis of Newcastle with an entourage of Yorkshire gentlemen joined Rupert on Marston Moor and informed him that Lord Eythin would bring up the York garrison when they had finished plundering the abandoned Allied camp outside the city.
		The Marquis of Newcastle, unwilling to "endure the laughter of the Court," abandoned the King's cause and fled to the Netherlands with Lord Eythin.
	www.british-civil-wars.co.uk /military/1644-york-march-marston-moor.htm (1799 words)

	William Cavendish, Marquis of Newcastle, 1593-1676
		Newcastle clashed with Lord Ferdinando Fairfax and his son Sir Thomas in the north of England during 1642-3 and defeated them at the battle of Adwalton Moor in June 1643, securing all of Yorkshire except the vital port of Hull for the Royalists.
		After the battle, Newcastle's troops captured Sir Thomas Fairfax's wife, but in a gesture typical of his chivalrous attitude, she was sent under escort to join Fairfax at Hull.
		Newcastle had taken offence at the brusque nature of Rupert's communications with him and was uncooperative in preparing for the decisive battle of Marston Moor (2 July 1644).
	www.british-civil-wars.co.uk /biog/newcastle.htm (1223 words)

	Marston Moor
		The Parliamentarian troops had been wearing white ribbons in their hats at the battle to distinguish themselves from the Royalists.
		As a direct result of the battle, York fell and the north of England was under the control of Parliament.
		Marston Moor, the biggest and bloodiest battle that had been fought on English soil, was a decisive Parliamentarian victory and the first major one.
	www.theteacher99.btinternet.co.uk /ecivil/marston_moor.htm (1607 words)

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		They include medieval England's largest battle (Towton, 1461), Edward IV's great Wars of the Roses victory at Tewkesbury (1471), the Civil War battles of Newark and Newbury, and Henry V's first great battle (Shrewsbury in 1403) - one of the first mass deployments of longbows.
		At least 300 people with metal detectors discovered many objects, including dozens, possibly hundreds, of lead shot and other objects from the battle itself, the brass top of one gunpowder flask, the lead spout of another, four spur buckles, part of a halberd or pike, numerous pistol balls and two pieces of decorated bridle equipment.
		The Marston Moor operation was a legal, family- oriented event on private land which was only recently identified as part of the battlefield.
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	Guardian \| New battle of Marston Moor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		War has broken out at Marston Moor in Yorkshire, site of one of the crucial battles in the civil war.
		Battlefield historians are appalled by the event, even though it happened over a mile from the heart of the site where Royalist forces under Prince Rupert were routed by Cromwell and the Parliamentarians, in the evening of a battle which continued through a long July day in 1644.
		There have been reports of sackloads of musket balls being removed, though this is challenged by several sources who were at the rally.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4757598-110427,00.html (241 words)

	The Battle of Marston Moor
		Cromwell used the Old Hall at Long Marston village as his base for the battle and his ghost has reputedly been seen there on several occasions, pacing up and down, deep in thought before the conflict.
		Ghostly combatants have been seen in the area for some years, and in 1932 when two motorists, lost while searching for the Wetherby road, came across a group of ragged clothed men trudging alongside the road in a ditch.
		The site of the famous Battle of Marston Moor is a short walk away from where the ghosts were witnessed.
	www.lilylane.co.uk /mm.htm (432 words)

	MARSTON MOOR, BATTLE OF - Online Information article about MARSTON MOOR, BATTLE OF
		BATTLE OF, was fought on the 2nd of See also:
		halt and deploy on rising ground on the south edge of the moor, their position being defined on the right and See also:
		Long Marston and Tockwith and divided from the Royalist army on the moor by a See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /MAR_MEC/MARSTON_MOOR_BATTLE_OF.html (1292 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Marston Moor, 1644: The Campaign and the Battle (Great Battles S.): Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The author reminds us that ‘Marston Moor was the biggest battle of the Civil Wars, and perhaps the biggest ever fought on English soil for there were not far short of 50,000 combatants.’
		The battle of Marston Moor proved to be a turning point in the Civil War and perhaps the biggest ever fought on English soil.
		This book gives a vivid and very readable account of the battle fought on Marston Moor in the summer of 1644.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1900624095 (417 words)

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		Through dramatic reconstructions and 'eye witness' reports, this documentary offers an analysis of the 1644 Battle of Marston Moor.
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	History of Edward Montagu's Regiment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On the evening of the 2nd July 1644 the Battle of Marston Moor was fought.
		The senior officers felt that if this was not done then all that had been gained at Marston Moor and York would be lost.
		After this battle serious accusations were levelled at Manchester.
	www.bracewel.demon.co.uk /monties/montyhis.htm (3443 words)

	Marston Moor, 1644 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The enemy perceiving the advance of that addition to the Prince's army, instantly charged our horse, and mingled with very great execution on both sides.
		On the left wing the enemy had the better of us, and on the right wing, where the Prince charged, we had infinitely the better of the enemy; so that in truth the battle was very doubtful, as in the number of the slain as well as the success of the day.
		This, my Lord, is what can be punctually said of this encounter; each side being retired with a broken wing and gone to the bone-setter.
	www.hillsdale.edu /personal/stewart/war/17e/ECW/1644-Marston-Trevor.htm (230 words)

	Amazon.com: Cromwell/Marston Moor (1999) : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		After the wars, during a decade of turbulent political upheaval, he presided over the Commonwealth, and the Protectorate and although he had refused the Crown, by the end of his life he was effectively ruling Britain as King in all but name.
		The Battle of Marston Moor on July 2nd 1644 was one of the most important of the entire English Civil War.
		Featuring spectacular battle reconstruction footage and dramatised eye-witness accounts 'Marston Moor' tells the powerful story of one of English history's great military engagements.
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