History of War – October 2019

1644-

BRITISh CIvIL WARS

montrosE’s

BattlEs

JamesGraham,1stMarquess

of Montroseablyfightsfor

theRoyalistcauseasCharles

I’slieutenantin Scotland.he

winssixremarkablevictories

againsttheCovenantersin

twocampaignsbeforeheis

defeatedandforcedintoexile.

2 July 1644

BattlEoFmarstonmoor^02

TheRoyalistslosethenorthof Englandto

Parliamentat thelargestbattleof theCivilWars.

42,000soldiersfightat MarstonMoorwherethe

Parliamentarianvictoryis largelyaidedbythe

“Ironside”cavalryof OliverCromwell.

Prince Rupert’s cavalry clash with

Parliamentarian horsemen at Edgehill.

Rupert’s lack of control over his men

prevents an outright Royalist victory

Montrose is defeated at the Battle

of Philiphaugh on 13 September

1645 but not before he has

secured his reputation as one of

Scotland’s most daring military

commanders

Oliver Cromwell at

Marston Moor. This

battle is the making

of his military career

and he swiftly rises

to prominence in

Parliament’s New

Model Army

“42,000soldiErsFightat marstonmoor

WhErEthEParliamEntarianviCtoryis

largEly aidEdBy thE “ironsidE”Cavalry

oFolivEr CromWEll”