Charles the Second in the Channel Islands. a Contribution to His Biography, And to the History of His Age 1
Charles the Second in the Channel Islands. a Contribution to His Biography, And to the History of His Age 1
Samuel Elliot Hoskins
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They then lowered the drawbridge and admitted a valiant young gentleman, heading the forlorn hope of horse, who scoured the streets and beat the enemy from the " hither town," into the further. Before retreating, however, the royalists set fire to the houses, which so exasperated Fairfax and his men, that a trumpet was sent with a summons to surrender, but this being refused, Ciolonel Massey was ordered to storm on the other side the following morning. At the dawning of day on the 22d, the gene...ral in person directed the assault on one side, under the ex- pectation of a simultaneous attack on the other; the former was executed with great resolution, but the latter failed owing to something being wanting for the storm. This mischance, added to the rapid rise of the spring tide, put off for a time the capture of the place. Sir Thomas Fairfax, impatient at encountering such determined opposition, resolved upon another assault, previous to which he sent another trumpet to the governor exhorting him to surrender, or if not, to " let 1645.] IK THE CHANNEL ISLANDS.
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