| 1860 - 806 Seiten
...of his horse. Cromwell in his letter to the Speaker of the Commons, dated July 5th, 1644, says:— ' We never charged but we routed the enemy. The left wing which I commanded being onr own horse, .saving a few Scots in our rear, beat all th* princes' hi/rse. fiod made them as stubble... | |
| John Tulloch - 1861 - 536 Seiten
...There is no reason to doubt the accuracy of his own account, that " the battle had all the evidence of an absolute victory, obtained by the Lord's blessing...the enemy. The left wing which I commanded, being my own horse, siiving a few Scots f on our rear, beat all the Prince's horse. God made them as stubble... | |
| James Waldyve Willington - 1864 - 166 Seiten
...It had all the evidence of an absolute victory, obtained, by the Lord's blessing, upon the Godless party principally. We never charged but we routed...enemy. The left wing, which I commanded, being our horse, saving a few Scots in our rear, beat all the Prince's horse. God made them as stubble to our... | |
| James Philemon Holcombe - 1866 - 540 Seiten
...from the Lord in this great victory given unto us, such as the like never was since this war began. It had all the evidences of an absolute victory, obtained...enemy. The left wing, which I commanded, being our iron horse, saving a few Scots in our rear, beat all the Prince's horse. God made them as stubble to... | |
| James Philemon Holcombe - 1866 - 548 Seiten
...from the Lord in this great victory given unto us, such as the like never was since this war began. It had all the evidences of an absolute victory, obtained...the godly party principally. We never charged but we rooted the enemy. The left wing, which I commanded, being our iron horse, saving a few Scots in our... | |
| Sir Clements Robert Markham - 1870 - 528 Seiten
...credit of the defeat of the Royalist right, certainly at the expense both of truth and honour. lie says: 'The left wing which I commanded, being our own horse,...Prince's horse. God made them as stubble to our swords.' (Letter to Valentine Walton, Correspondence, ip 152.) Now the 'few Scots'consisted of 1,920 men out... | |
| Sir Clements Robert Markham - 1870 - 528 Seiten
...of the defeat of the Royalist right, certainly at the expense both of truth and honour. He says : ' The left wing which I commanded, being our own horse,...our rear, beat all the Prince's horse. God made them aa stubble to our swords.' (Letter to Valentine Walton, Correspondence, ip 152.) Now the ' few Scots... | |
| David Masson - 1873 - 754 Seiten
...the battle had been decided, was Lieutenant-general Cromwell. " The left wing, which I coni" manded, being our own horse, saving a few Scots in our " rear, beat all the Prince's horse. God gave them as stubble " to our swords. We charged their regiments of foot with " our horse, and routed... | |
| Charles Knight - 1874 - 504 Seiten
...century. " We had all the evidence," writes Cromwell to his brotherin-law, colonel Valentine Walton, " of an absolute victory obtained by the Lord's blessing...upon the godly party principally. We never charged hut we routed the enemy. The left wing, which I commanded, being our own horse, saving a few Scots... | |
| James Franck Bright - 1876 - 532 Seiten
...left wing, opposed to Prince Rupert's horse. In his own description of the battle, Cromwell writes : " We never charged but we routed the enemy. The left wing, which I commanded, being 1644] BA TTLE OF MARSTON MOOR 669 our own horse, saving a few Scots in our rear, beat all the Prince's... | |
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