The Life of Sir Henry Vane the Younger: With a History of the Events of His Time
The Life of Sir Henry Vane the Younger: With a History of the Events of His Time
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Unready and unprepared, not unwilling that Essex should get a foil, Waller gave no effectual help. Instead of taking refuge in Plymouth, Essex's army was pushed back to the extremity of the Cornish peninsula. The earl showed little skill in manoeuvring, losing position after position ; even his access to the ses^ ws^s m£(,de difficult, Digitized by Google ESSEX DEFEATED 237 Cooped up in a narrow corner with too little room for forage for his horses, he resolved to send his cavalry to break thro...ugh. Although word of this design came to the royalists, they kept such poor watch, that, at night, after the setting of the moon, Sir William Balfour, with the Roundhead horse, rode through between two detachments of the enemy, within pistol shot of one of their pickets, and got clear off. Essex, with several of his officers, escaped in a ship, leaving Major- General Skippon with the infantry to settle as he best might. The king was in no condition to make hard terms, and so the infantry of the parliamentary army were allowed to march off, leaving their arms behind them.
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Unready and unprepared, not unwilling that Essex should get a foil, Waller gave no effectual help. Instead of taking refuge in Plymouth, Essex's army was pushed back to the extremity of the Cornish peninsula. The earl showed little skill in manoeuvring, losing position after position ; even his access to the ses^ ws^s m£(,de difficult, Digitized by Google ESSEX DEFEATED 237 Cooped up in a narrow corner with too little room for forage for his horses, he resolved to send his cavalry to break thro...ugh. Although word of this design came to the royalists, they kept such poor watch, that, at night, after the setting of the moon, Sir William Balfour, with the Roundhead horse, rode through between two detachments of the enemy, within pistol shot of one of their pickets, and got clear off. Essex, with several of his officers, escaped in a ship, leaving Major- General Skippon with the infantry to settle as he best might. The king was in no condition to make hard terms, and so the infantry of the parliamentary army were allowed to march off, leaving their arms behind them.
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