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The English Civil War was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England [b] from 1642 to 1651. Part of the wider 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, the struggle consisted of the First English Civil War and the Second English Civil War.
Pages in category "Military units and formations of the English Civil War" The following 117 pages are in this category, out of 117 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The New Model Army or New Modelled Army was a standing army formed in 1645 by the Parliamentarians during the First English Civil War, then disbanded after the Stuart Restoration in 1660. It differed from other armies employed in the 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms in that members were liable for service anywhere in the country, rather ...
During the English Civil Wars (1642–1651), both sides preferred 2 guns to 1 pike, though this ratio was flexible. [24] At the 1683 Battle of Vienna, the Imperial Army had set its infantry companies at 61% firearms, 33% pikes, and 6% shieldmen. [25] The English army of the Nine Years War in the 1690s still had 2 muskets for every 1 pike. [26]
The English Civil War (1642–1652) ... and he decided to starve them out by laying waste to the northern shires using scorched earth tactics.
The Battle of Winwick was the last battle of the Second English Civil War. Hearing of the outcome of Winwick, Colchester surrendered to Fairfax on 27 August 1648 on harsh terms. [82] This effectively ended the war, although Pontefract held out until 22 March the following year. [83]
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 First English Civil War battle of Lansdowne, or Lansdown, was fought on 5 July 1643, at Lansdowne Hill, near Bath, Somerset, England.Although the Royalists under Lord Hopton forced the Parliamentarians under Sir William Waller to retreat from their hilltop position, they suffered so many casualties themselves and were left so disordered and short of ammunition that an injured Hopton was ...