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5. Parliament’s Lost Opportunities, April–July 1643
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Plates vii
- Maps and Battle Plans viii
- Preface ix
- Glossary xii
- 1. The Generals 1
- 2. The First Campaign of the English Civil War: The Opening Moves 11
- 3. Over by Winter? Edgehill and Turnham Green 24
- 4. Taking Stock, November 1642–April 1643 39
- 5. Parliament’s Lost Opportunities, April–July 1643 49
- 6. The King on the Offensive: Bristol, Gloucester and the First Battle of Newbury 62
- 7. Odds Even: Fighting in the Provinces, August 1643–April 1644 75
- 8. Great Expectations: Selby and Oxford 89
- 9. The Marston Moor Campaign 99
- 10. The Generals in Jeopardy: Cropredy Bridge and Lostwithiel 110
- 11. The March to Newbury: Saving the South 122
- 12. The Second and Third Battles of Newbury 130
- 13. The Reckoning: A New General and a New Army 141
- 14. Fairfax, Rupert and the Battle of Naseby 154
- 15. Fairfax and Goring 167
- 16. Warfare in Scotland and Ireland 1642–1648 179
- 17. The Second English Civil War 191
- 18. The British Wars 1649–1652: Ireland 205
- 19. The British Wars 1650–1651: Scotland and England 215
- 20. Generals: The Audit 228
- Notes 234
- Bibliography 290
- Index 301
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Plates vii
- Maps and Battle Plans viii
- Preface ix
- Glossary xii
- 1. The Generals 1
- 2. The First Campaign of the English Civil War: The Opening Moves 11
- 3. Over by Winter? Edgehill and Turnham Green 24
- 4. Taking Stock, November 1642–April 1643 39
- 5. Parliament’s Lost Opportunities, April–July 1643 49
- 6. The King on the Offensive: Bristol, Gloucester and the First Battle of Newbury 62
- 7. Odds Even: Fighting in the Provinces, August 1643–April 1644 75
- 8. Great Expectations: Selby and Oxford 89
- 9. The Marston Moor Campaign 99
- 10. The Generals in Jeopardy: Cropredy Bridge and Lostwithiel 110
- 11. The March to Newbury: Saving the South 122
- 12. The Second and Third Battles of Newbury 130
- 13. The Reckoning: A New General and a New Army 141
- 14. Fairfax, Rupert and the Battle of Naseby 154
- 15. Fairfax and Goring 167
- 16. Warfare in Scotland and Ireland 1642–1648 179
- 17. The Second English Civil War 191
- 18. The British Wars 1649–1652: Ireland 205
- 19. The British Wars 1650–1651: Scotland and England 215
- 20. Generals: The Audit 228
- Notes 234
- Bibliography 290
- Index 301
