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The first engagement was in November 1643, when Sir William Waller at the head of an army of about 7,000 attempted to take Basing House by direct assault. After three failed attempts it became obvious to him that his troops lacked the necessary resolve, and with winter fast approaching Waller retreated back to a more friendly location.
The Battle of Alton (also known as the Storming of Alton), [7] of the First English Civil War, took place on 13 December 1643 in the town of Alton, Hampshire, England. [α] There, Parliamentary forces serving under Sir William Waller led a successful surprise attack on a winter garrison of Royalist infantry and cavalry serving under the Earl of ...
The Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1638–1653) formed an intertwined series of conflicts that took place in the kingdoms of England, Ireland and Scotland. During this time a number of incidents took place that some experts have described as massacres.
The Siege of Basing House by Wenceslaus Hollar. Harington's brigade rendezvoused at Windsor on 25 October where the City Green Auxiliaries and Westminster Liberty Regiment were quartered at Windsor and Datchet and were joined by the Tower Hamlets Auxiliaries. The brigade left on 30 October marching via Bagshot and on through the night to Farnham.
Essex was successful in preventing this, but his London regiments again went home. Sir William Waller's new army in Hampshire failed lamentably in an attempt on Basing House on 7 November, the London-trained bands, deserting en bloc. [10] Shortly afterwards, on 9 December, Arundel surrendered to a force under Sir Ralph, now Lord Hopton. [9]
During the Civil War, and the siege of Basing House between 1643 and 1645, the town played host to large numbers of Parliamentarians. During this time, St. Michael's Church was damaged whilst being used as an explosive store [11] and lead was stripped from the roof of the Chapel of the Holy Ghost, Basingstoke [12] leading to its eventual ruin ...
When Mark Wahlberg and his siblings get together, it's all about family time.. Wahlberg, 53, recently touched on how he and his eight siblings — including Debbie, who died in 2003, Michelle ...
In 1622 Roydon built Rawdon House in Hoddesdon. [7] The year 1626 saw him accused of belonging to a cartel trying to monopolise the wine trade of London. In 1628–9 he became MP for Aldeburgh. [8] In the First English Civil War he fought on the king's side, raised a regiment at his own cost, and took part in the defence of Basing House (1643 ...