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Edgehill 1642 : First Battle of the English Civil War (Praeger Illustrated Military History)
Edgehill 1642 First Battle of the English Civil War - Praeger Illustrated Military History Author:Keith Roberts, John Tincey This, the first ever Osprey campaign title to deal with the English Civil War, looks at the battle of Edgehill, the first major clash of the Wars. In 1642 both Royalists and Parliamentarians expected that one great contest of arms would see the crushing of their enemies. In the morning after their field armies blundered into contact on 22 Octobe... more »r 1642, the tide of battle swept Prince Rupert's cavalry to triumph, but saw victory snatched away as the Royalist infantry was hurled back by the defiant Parliamentarians. The chance for decisive victory was lost and the bloody civil war raged on.« less