Battle of Edgehill 1642 - English Civil War Begins - DOCUMENTARY
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@KingsandGenerals · 4 years ago · pinned
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@randomguy-tg7ok · 4 years ago
The "Royalist Cavalry wins and then leaves the field" is going to become something of a running theme, by the way.
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@brainflash1 · 4 years ago
I'm sure that after Edgehill, Prince Rupert will realize he should remain on the field of battle until the engagement is decided. I look forward to seeing him turn the flanks of the Parliamentary forces in the next battle, and bring the English Civil War to a quick and decisive end with minimal bloodshed.
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@normtrooper4392 · 4 years ago
Crazy to think how different things could have been if the royalist cavalry had more discipline
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@coryhall7074 · 4 years ago (edited)
Edgehill was the baptism of fire for a then approximately 22 year old William Hiseland, who would serve in the English and later British armies for an unprecedented 70 plus years, only dying in 1732 at the claimed age of 111. Hiseland is known to have fought at the Battle of Malplaquet in 1709 at the age of 89, serving as a sergeant in an infantry battalion and reportedly still possessing the strength of a man three generations younger. If true, he was the last surviving soldier of the English Civil War, and he was in it from the very beginning.
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@kevintierney5711 · 4 years ago
It’s crazy to think that literally everywhere in the 1600s was consumed by war at some point. Never a dull day
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@billy-lm4xg · 4 years ago
i think a short focus video comparing the royalist and parlimentary troops would be helpful. how they were recruited, their uniforms, how they got their nicknames and their commanders.<br>great vid as always.
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@Skotty-n6x · 4 years ago
Finally, this period of history is fascinating and often not covered enough
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@martinwebb3017 · 4 years ago (edited)
Fun fact - the Parliamentarian cavalry who deserted to the Royalist side were led by the inaptly named Sir Faithful Fortescue. Many of these men forgot the remove the sash that identified them as Parliamentarian, and were killed by the Royalist cavalry.
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@jarrodbright5231 · 4 years ago
"The Cavalry breaks through on both flanks" - Oh well that was a quick victory then. I assume something else must have happened for that rebellion to not be ended on the spot<br><br>"The Cavalry then triumphantly leaves the battlefield" - Oh... right...
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@WR288 · 4 years ago
I remember doing this for A-level, a lot more fun when you don’t have to write essays on the topic.
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@michaellaramee1965 · 4 years ago
This would be a fine setting for a Total War that wanted to tell a more tighter story.
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