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Civil War in the South-West England : 1642-1646
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barratt, John.
- Series:
- Battlefield Britain
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain--History--Civil War, 1642-1649--Campaigns.
- West Country (England)--History, Military--17th century.
- Great Britain.
- West Country (England).
- Local Subjects:
- Great Britain--History--Civil War, 1642-1649--Campaigns.
- West Country (England)--History, Military--17th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (275 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- : Pen and Sword, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Between 1642 and 1646 two armies fought for control of Southwest England in one of the decisive confrontations of the English Civil Wars. In this short, turbulent period Royalists loyal to King Charles I clashed with the forces of Parliament in a series of hard-fought campaigns that crisscrossed the West Country landscape. Rearguard actions, sieges, skirmishes, retreats and pitched battles punctuated the course of the conflict, yet no previous book has retold the story of the Southwestern campaigns in detail. John Barratt's account of this bloody and disruptive phase in the West Country's hist
- Contents:
- ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""CHAPTER I - The Early Battles, 1642�43""; ""Raising the Armies""; ""Braddock Down""; ""Shifting Fortunes""; ""Stratton""; ""CHAPTER II - Lansdown and Roundway Down, 1643""; ""Chewton Mendip""; ""Lansdown""; ""The March to Devizes""; ""Roundway Down""; ""CHAPTER III - Lostwithiel, 1644""; ""Essex�s Plan""; ""War Returns to Cornwall""; ""The King Closes In""; ""Essex at Bay""; ""Tightening the Net""; ""The Battle of Beacon Hill""; ""�In Great Extremities�""; ""Balfour�s Escape""
- ""The Battle of Castle Dor""""CHAPTER IV - Langport and Torrington, 1645�46""; ""Fairfax Moves West""; ""Langport: The Campaign""; ""Langport: The Battle""; ""Autumn Campaign""; ""Hopton Takes Command""; ""The Battle of Torrington""; ""The End in the West""; ""BATTLEFIELD TOURS""; ""Select Bibliography""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781783403134
- 1783403136
- 9781783460410
- 1783460415
- OCLC:
- 854974612
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