Page 43 - History of War - Issue 18-15

BATTLE OF NASEBY

Rupert’s cavaliers charge
05 the baggage train
Having broken through Ireton’s
cavalry but unable to move freely
against the Roundhead infantry, the
Royalist cavalry leaves the main
battle to attack the baggage train,
wheretheymeetstiffresistance.

The tide turns
06 The Parliamentarian
reserves bolster their flagging
centre and begin to push
the tiring Royalist infantry
back. They’re supported by
Cromwell’s cavalry, which
engages the Royalist left,
and by the survivors of
Ireton’s troops, who assail the
Royalist right.

The infantry engage
03 At about 11am, the
Royalist infantry moves against
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some early success, the terrain
concentrating their assault against
the Parliamentarian centre.

The host
01 At about
orders Colonel
up behind Sulb
dismount and fi
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04 Possibly before the infantry
engaged, Langdale’s Royalist cavalry
moves against Cromwell’s, but by about
11.30am the left of the Parliamentarian
front line forces them back. This frees up
Cromwell to move against the left fl ank of
the Royalist infantry.

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