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GREAT BATTLES

King Charles and his Lifeguards fled the field
once his infantry units began their surrender

It is thought that Fairfax had d returned to the
been on the move throughout the ent continued, but
combat, fi ghting with Cromwell’s nable to further
men against the Northern Horse, ive manner. As to
“in which the General charged mmit his reserve
valiantly and lost his headpiece,” umbered up to
and then “charged bareheaded guards, and could
within push of pike,” well’s Ironsides
according to one witness. He infantry – the
encouraged his Lifeguard to count.
assault an unbroken body of ser, Sir Edward
Royalist infantry, most likely d his reserve into
the Bluecoats, who received ninto disarray
glowing tributes even from bbed the king’s
Parliamentarian sources, by such reckless
such was their courage and go upon your
vigour. And yet the New Model ds the king’s horse
Army’s superior numbers east around, which
began to tell, and the Royalist t they were being
infantry were suffering battle and they “turned
fatigue. Troops started to surrender, ost quarter of a
encouraged by the promise of ht to have returned
clemency, and they were soon dropping
their arms in droves. Okey’s dragoons are said
to have taken 500 prisoners alone. er
The victorious cavalry on the Royalist right, eaguered Royalist
having sought plunder among the enemy’s nder, though the
baggage train, returned to the main combat too ot the written
late to make a positive impact. Prince Rupert’s er large-scale and

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