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... retire from before Waterford , to which he had laid siege . He then put his troops into winter - quarters . Early in February ( 1650 ) , Cromwell , having been rein- forced , again took the field . No place was able to resist him ...
... retire from before Waterford , to which he had laid siege . He then put his troops into winter - quarters . Early in February ( 1650 ) , Cromwell , having been rein- forced , again took the field . No place was able to resist him ...
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... retired to Musselburg ( 30th ) , where he put his sick on board his ships . He then moved to Haddington , and thence to Dunbar , followed by Lesley , who occupied the heights of Lammermuir . But the civilians and the clergy , the ...
... retired to Musselburg ( 30th ) , where he put his sick on board his ships . He then moved to Haddington , and thence to Dunbar , followed by Lesley , who occupied the heights of Lammermuir . But the civilians and the clergy , the ...
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... retire to his estates . The king then at the head of fourteen thousand men left Stirling ( 31st ) on his way for England . Cromwell immediately sent Lambert with a body of three thousand horse to hang on his rear , and he ordered ...
... retire to his estates . The king then at the head of fourteen thousand men left Stirling ( 31st ) on his way for England . Cromwell immediately sent Lambert with a body of three thousand horse to hang on his rear , and he ordered ...
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... retired to the Highlands , where Argyle was en- deavouring to organise a system of resistance ; but they preferred submission to the English to a union with him , and he only had the honour of being the last to yield . A commission of ...
... retired to the Highlands , where Argyle was en- deavouring to organise a system of resistance ; but they preferred submission to the English to a union with him , and he only had the honour of being the last to yield . A commission of ...
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... retired with the loss of two ships . Who was the aggressor is un- certain the English said Tromp had no right to come off their coast and to fire without provocation ; Tromp as- serted that he had been driven thither by stress of ...
... retired with the loss of two ships . Who was the aggressor is un- certain the English said Tromp had no right to come off their coast and to fire without provocation ; Tromp as- serted that he had been driven thither by stress of ...
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