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assistance. Newcastle agreed, with several conditions: namely that his troops in Yorkshire would be paid, provisioned and billeted at the cost of the Yorkshire Royalists, and that when Henrietta Maria returned, he could withdraw from Yorkshire to protect her without breaching the agreement. Once the deal was agreed, Newcastle did not march south until he had finished training his troops. In late November, Newcastle began his advance from
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successful their recruitment had been. As a result, infantry regiments could include as few as 500 men. Dragoon regiments similarly varied, and could include as many as 1,000 men. The modern historian P. R. Newman is not confident that enough historical evidence exists to know whether Howard's dragoons formed a regiment: he settles on describing them as a "force".
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Behind the dragoons, Lambton's infantry followed. A combined assault of dragoons, infantry and artillery continued for several hours, during which Howard was killed. Despite claiming to suffer only minimal casualties, the Parliamentarians retreated; according to the Battlefields Trust, concentrations
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Fairfax, who had been named in September as the commander of Parliament's forces in Yorkshire, was aware of the build-up of troops to the north, and on 9 November he sent Captain John Hotham into the North Riding to rally the local troops against Newcastle. Hotham forced the Royalists in the area to
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The 16th-century bridge remains in place, although it was widened in the 18th century to allow more traffic to cross. The Battlefields Trust suggest that the village of Piercebridge is probably not much larger than it was at the time of the battle, and that earthworks located above Cliffe might be
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Despite peace overtures being made by Fairfax, by late September several of the leading Yorkshire Royalists felt threatened by the Parliamentarian forces which surrounded York on three sides, and fearing that they would not be able to repel an attack, they requested that Newcastle come to their
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In the immediate aftermath of the King's departure in August, several of the gentry sought to dampen the escalation towards war within the county, even while continuing to consolidate their power; raising troops and establishing garrisons. Lord Fairfax arranged a meeting with some of the local
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in an assault on the bridge, and after three hours of heavy fighting, Hotham and his men retreated, allowing the Royalists to continue on to York. The introduction of Newcastle's army into Yorkshire gave the Royalists a numerical advantage in the county, and led the Parliamentarians to rely on
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Newcastle sent an advance guard under the command of Sir Thomas Howard to take the crossing. The Royalists placed their ten artillery pieces on a hill to the north east of the bridge, allowing them to soften up the Parliamentarian defences. Howard, who was killed during the engagement, led his
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into Piercebridge; Sir William Lambton's Regiment of Foot and Sir Thomas Howard's Regiment of Dragoons. It is unknown how many men this constituted; notionally, an infantry regiment could include up to 1,200 men, but this varied depending upon both the whim of the commanding officer, and how
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and holding too much land, and instead wearing the Royalists down with a series of smaller assaults. Over the longer-term, the Parliamentarian tactics, which Carpenter attributed to Fairfax's "far keener strategic vision", led to their decisive victory over the Royalists at the
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due to their mobility. They rode into battle, but dismounted to fight. The cavalry remained mounted to fight, generally on larger horses than dragoons. Most were
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In the short-term, the balance of power in the county had shifted towards the Royalists; Newcastle had the numerical advantage, which forced Fairfax to adopt a
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At Piercebridge, Hotham commanded three troops of cavalry; his own, Wray's and Hatcher's, each consisting of 60 men. The infantry was made up of Sir
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firing mechanism. They were accurate to a range of around 150 yards (140 m), and took about a minute to reload. Most muskets had a steel-lined
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On 1 December, Newcastle ordered the vanguard into Piercebridge under the command of Howard. The Royalists adopted tactics used by the
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on 6 December, and capturing both Leeds and Pontefract Castle, but then his campaign was checked. The Royalists were rebuffed from
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in March. The King twice attempted to take Hull in 1642 without success, and subsequently returned south to Nottingham. The
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in early October. By the middle of the month, Lord Fairfax renounced the treaty and resumed military operations.
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to obtain a supply of weapons, and alongside his regional command, Newcastle had also been tasked with securing
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assumed command of the King's forces in Yorkshire. The Parliamentarians did not have a unified command:
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withdraw north, and camped at Piercebridge on 23 November. As the main crossing point on the
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ports to facilitate her return. He was also responsible for protecting her once she arrived.
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so that they could be used as a club in close-combat. Pikemen were equipped with
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towards Yorkshire, with an army of around 6,000 men; this comprised 4,000
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The Parliamentarians retreated south through Yorkshire towards
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the remains of the Parliamentarian's artillery emplacement.
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Royalists which was held on 29 September, and they signed a
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of lead shot found suggest that they continued to lay down
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The 16th-century bridge over the Tees at Piercebridge
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Piercebridge
54°32′05″N 1°40′33″W / 54.53480°N 1.67583°W / 54.53480; -1.67583
Royalists

Parliamentarians
Earl of Newcastle
John Hotham
Piercebridge is located in County Durham
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1st Hull
Marshall's Elm
Portsmouth
Plymouth
Babylon Hill
Powick Bridge
Kings Norton
Edgehill
Aylesbury
Brentford
Turnham Green
Farnham Castle
Piercebridge
Tadcaster

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