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... a' scholar, he by no means neglected the authorised studies of the place. Much
as opinion has differed on every other point in his character, there was never any
doubt as to his love of horses and to his desire to encourage men of learning.
... a' scholar, he by no means neglected the authorised studies of the place. Much
as opinion has differed on every other point in his character, there was never any
doubt as to his love of horses and to his desire to encourage men of learning.
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When at last Essex received the command to create a Parliamentary army,
Cromwell accepted a commission to raise a troop of arquebusiers—the light
horse of the day—in his own county. He can have had no difficulty in finding
recruits, ...
When at last Essex received the command to create a Parliamentary army,
Cromwell accepted a commission to raise a troop of arquebusiers—the light
horse of the day—in his own county. He can have had no difficulty in finding
recruits, ...
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... from their youth up, but had at their disposal the grooms and the huntsmen who
were attached to their service. “Your troops,” he said some weeks later to his
cousin Hampden, after the failure of the Parliamentary horse had become
manifest, ...
... from their youth up, but had at their disposal the grooms and the huntsmen who
were attached to their service. “Your troops,” he said some weeks later to his
cousin Hampden, after the failure of the Parliamentary horse had become
manifest, ...
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It was a recognised axiom of war that a foot regiment marching across open
country required cavalry as a convoy to ward off destructive attacks by the
enemy's horse. So unquestioned was the inferiority of infantry, that unless the
horsemen ...
It was a recognised axiom of war that a foot regiment marching across open
country required cavalry as a convoy to ward off destructive attacks by the
enemy's horse. So unquestioned was the inferiority of infantry, that unless the
horsemen ...
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... the first battle of the war was fought at Edgehill, Cromwell's troop was one of
the few not swept away by Rupert's headlong charge, probably because coming
late upon the field he did not join the main army till the Royalist horse had ceased
...
... the first battle of the war was fought at Edgehill, Cromwell's troop was one of
the few not swept away by Rupert's headlong charge, probably because coming
late upon the field he did not join the main army till the Royalist horse had ceased
...
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| Título | Oliver Cromwell |
| Autor | Samuel Rawson Gardiner |
| Editor | Longmans, Green, and Company, 1909 |
| Largo | 319 páginas |
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