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	Encyclopedia: Battle of Marston Moor
		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.
		The Allied armies 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 advancing onto the moor.
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	BATTLE OF MARSTON MOOR - LoveToKnow Article on BATTLE OF MARSTON MOOR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		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
		His dragoons drove away the skirmishers along the lane, and the line cavalry crossed into the moor.
		The general forward movement spread along the Parliamentary line from left to right, the Eastern Association infantry being the first to cross the road.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MA/MARSTON_MOOR_BATTLE_OF.htm (683 words)

	1644: The York March and Marston Moor
		On 6 June, Rupert approached Liverpool, defended by the austere Colonel Moore.
		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.
	www.british-civil-wars.co.uk /military/1644-york-march-marston-moor.htm (1671 words)

	Book digs up bloodiest battle
		THE Battle of Marston Moor was one of the bloodiest ever fought on British soil.
		Somewhere between four and six thousand men were killed or left dying from their wounds on that summer's evening in a battle that proved to be the decisive conflict in the Civil War.
		Marston Moor 1644: The Battle of the Five Armies by PR Newman and PR Roberts is published by Pickering-based Blackthorn Press, priced £19.95.
	www.thisisyork.co.uk /york/factfile/YORK_FACTFILE_HISTORYFEATURESOLD114.html (1003 words)

	Marston Moor on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The battle fought there on July 2, 1644, between the royalists, under Prince Rupert and the duke of Newcastle, and the parliamentarians, under Lord Fairfax of Cameron, Oliver Cromwell, and the earl of Leven, resulted in the first major victory for the parliamentarians in the English civil war.
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	Battle of Marston Moor -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Battle of Marston Moor, one of the decisive battles of the (Civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists under Charles I; 1644-1648) English Civil War, took place on July 2, 1644.
		The battle resulted in a (An expert in parliamentary rules and procedures) Parliamentarian victory, and meant that, effectively, the north of (A division of the United Kingdom) England came under Parliamentary control.
		In this battle (English leader (born in Germany) of the Royalist forces during the English Civil War (1619-1682)) Rupert lost his reputation of invincibility, and (English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)) Cromwell's warty reputation as a (A highly mobile army unit) cavalry commander was made.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/battle_of_marston_moor.htm (514 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.
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	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Marston Moor Battle of (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		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 bleak...
		In the 1st century ad, the site was occupied by the Romans, who named it Eboracum and turned it into one of the most important military forts in...
		The royalists had lost a battle but not the war, as...
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	Marston Moor
		Parliamentarian troops had started to move south towards Tadcaster in case Rupert marched south from York, but realised that the moors behind them were filling up with Royalist horsemen.
		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.thevickerage.worldonline.co.uk /ecivil/marston_moor.htm (1607 words)

	Battle of Marston Moor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Cavalry officer Oliver Cromwell, responsible for patrolling the area, reported Rupert's approach to Montagu, who together with Leven marched south to intercept Rupert.
		But Rupert evaded them, and found a small cavalry detachment under Sir Thomas Fairfax at Marston Moor.
		Their cavalry was on the flanks, with Fairfax, Cromwell and Sir David Leslie in command.
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	Marc Aronson Young Adult Author, Speaker and Publisher
		In a moment we were past the ditch into the moor, upon equal grounds with the enemy, our men going in a running march.' First blood to Parliament.
		At Marston Moor the armies had switched sides, which put the most successful Royalist forces just where their opponents had been a few hours before.
		Cromwell regrouped his men on the moor and led them back across the ditch in the opposite direction to attack the rear of the soldiers who had scattered Fairfax's men.
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	AllRefer.com - Marston Moor (British And Irish Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Marston Moor (British And Irish Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Marston Moor, battlefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, N England, near York.
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	MARSTON MOOR : English Civil War - July 1644 (Battleground Britain 1642 - 1651): Current Amazon U.S.A. One-Edition Data (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		MARSTON MOOR : English Civil War - July 1644 (Battleground Britain 1642 - 1651)
		Following on from the success of the first book in this series on the English Civil war, Naseby, here is the story of Marston Moor, arguably the most famous battle in the four year conflict.
		Marston Moor was an extremely bitter and costly battle and a defeat for the Royalist cause that had major implications for King Charles I. One result was that the key city of York was lost thereby seriously weakening the King's grip on the North.
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	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)

	PRELUDES TO THE BATTLE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It seems this may well have been a ploy by the Allies to convince the Prince that the bridge was still intact because They were trying to get away as quickly as possible, it could have also persuaded Him that They were Retreating in total disorder.
		Throughout the day Troops arrived the Royalist from York and the Allies returned from positions on the road to Tadcaster, some of the Royalist Regiments were in dispute over Their pay and did not arrive till much later in the day.
		The Evidence suggests that most of the Royalist Regiments were in a Relaxed Posture at the time of the Allied Advance and that clearly Rupert had decided there would no fighting till morning, and that unfortunately for Him and the rest of the Royalist Army the Allied Generals had other ideas.
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	Marston - Quixmart.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Battle Of Marston Moor - The Scots March South
		Through dramatic reconstructions and 'eye witness' reports, this documentary offers an analysis of the 1644 Battle of Marston Moor.
		The Battle Of Marston Moor on July 2nd 1644 was one of the most important of the entire English Civil War.
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	Battle of Marston Moor: 1644
		The Battle of Marston Moor 1644 was probably the largest battle fought in England, and the pivotal battle of English Civil War.
		It does give a more complete description of the retreat saying that all of the Allied horse were opposite the Moor covering the retreat and that the Scots were leading the retreat south.
		I was unable to find period maps south of the Marston Moor battle field.
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	Marston Moor
		Battle of Marston Moor, historical art prints of this English Civil War battle by British military artists Ernest Crofts and J Barker.
		Centre section of the painting depicts cavalry engagement during the battle of Marston Moor.
		The Marquis of Newcastle's 'Whitecoat' regiment stands firm as Parliamentarian cavalry press home their attack during the battle of Marston Moor on the 2nd July 1644.
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	marston moor ghosts Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		During the English Civil War in 1644, the Scots defeated the Royalists at the Battle of Marston Moor, near York.
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	Marston Moor Hotels. Hotels near Marston Moor - Accommodation UK
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	The `second battle of Marston Moor' - This is York Archive - From the Evening Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The `second battle of Marston Moor' - This is York Archive - From the Evening Press
		CAMPAIGNING residents were today fighting another "Battle of Marston Moor" in an effort to defeat controversial stone-crushing plans.
		They are angry at plans for a huge 100-ton-a-day stone-crushing plant near Marston Moor Airfield.
	archive.thisisyork.co.uk /2003/12/2/255557.html (412 words)

	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)

	Battle of Marston Moor
		The Battle of Marston Moor, July 2nd 1644.
		When the Royalist Army under Prince Rupert arrived at York, and believing he had been given orders to destroy the Parliamentarian force, marched on to Marstoon Moor, His force was smaller, wirth only 11,000 infantry and 7,000 cavalry.
		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.
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	Find in a Library: Marston Moor, 2 July 1644 : the sources and the site
		Find in a Library: Marston Moor, 2 July 1644 : the sources and the site
		Marston Moor, 2 July 1644 : the sources and the site
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	English Civil War Books
		Marston Moor 1644, The Beginning of the End, by John Tincey
		However, on 2 July when Rupert met the allied army in battle on Marston Moor, his cavalry was defeated by Cromwell's Ironsides who then turned on the Royalist infantry.
		This book details the hard-fought yet catastrophic defeat in which the Royalist army was crushed and their forces driven from the north of England.
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	Battle of Marston Moor -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Rupert outmanoeuvred the besiegers, relieved York, and pursued the Parliamentary forces seven miles west to Long Marston.
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	Marston Moor (Tockwith)
		Marston Moor opened in 1941 as part of No4 Group, Bomber Command, as a conversion training station for heavy bombers.
		Most of the original buildings still exist and this must be one of the best preserved examples in Yorkshire of a World War II airfield as it would have been.
		You can find Marston Moor on Ordnance Survey Map 105 location SE460520.
	www.airfields-in-yorkshire.co.uk /marston (148 words)

	Online Dictionary for French English, Spanish English, Italian English, and more.
		A battle in 1644 in which the Parliamentarians under the earl of Manchester defeated the Royalists under Prince Rupert; Also&service=&searchtype=stemmed&service=english2english">Also called&service=&searchtype=stemmed&service=english2english">called: battle of Marston Moor.
		Open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss; SYN: moorland.
		moored ◊ mooring ◊ moors < mur > : 1.
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	Marston Moor
		In June 1644 Prince Rupert and his Cavaliers set out to rescue the Earl of Newcastle and his forces.
		On 2nd July the Royalists confronted the Parliamentarians at Marston Moor.
		and Thomas Fairfax, the leaders of the Parliamentary forces, decided to withdraw from Marston Moor towards Tadcaster in order to cut off any attempt by the Earl of Newcastle to escape.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /STUmarstonmoor.htm (270 words)

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