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Battle of Marston Moor   /bˈætəl əv mˈɑrstən mʊr/   Listen
Battle of Marston Moor

noun
1.
A battle in 1644 in which the Parliamentarians under the earl of Manchester defeated the Royalists under Prince Rupert.  Synonym: Marston Moor.






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"Battle of marston moor" Quotes from Famous Books



... had been besieged at York. He was relieved by Prince Rupert, who, against Newcastle's advice, forced on the disastrous battle of Marston Moor (July 2, 1644) without waiting for reinforcements. In this battle Newcastle was not in command but fought at the head of a company of volunteers. The next day he embarked at Scarborough for the continent, where ...
— Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles • Various

... had completed a treatise on optics, which was ready for publication, but that no trace of the manuscript could be discovered after his death. Having embraced the Royalist cause, William Gascoigne joined the forces of Charles I., and fell in the battle of Marston Moor on July 2, 1644. ...
— The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' • Thomas Orchard

... fought, in Yorkshire, the battle of Marston Moor, the bloodiest of the whole war, which gave the whole north to the Parliamentary party. Cromwell Writes to his brother-in-law, to tell him of his son's death. Of the battle, he says, "It had all the evidences of an absolute victory obtained ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Vol IX. • Edited by Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton

... was sitting in his drawing-room, a red box was brought in to him by his son, containing Lord John Russell's resignation. He was as much amazed as Lord Newcastle, smoking his evening pipe of tobacco in his coach, was amazed by the news that the battle of Marston Moor had begun. Nothing has come to light since to set aside the severe judgment pronounced upon this proceeding by the Universal opinion of contemporaries, including Lord John's own closest political allies. That a minister should run away ...
— The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) - 1809-1859 • John Morley



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