. The first and second battles of Newbury and the siege of Donnington Castle during the Civil War, 1643-6 . tack, must havebeen coupled by an advance of his right from Trundle Hill,and the greatest credit is due to the Kings commander inhaving been able, as he did, to withdraw under these circum-stances all his forces into Newbury, without having, as is oftenthe case, the two wings separated and driven in divergingdirections from the field. Although the charge of the Eoyalist cavalry under Falk-land against the hedge-rows of Dark Lane was a daring andgallant action, it was but a useless waste
. The first and second battles of Newbury and the siege of Donnington Castle during the Civil War, 1643-6 . tack, must havebeen coupled by an advance of his right from Trundle Hill,and the greatest credit is due to the Kings commander inhaving been able, as he did, to withdraw under these circum-stances all his forces into Newbury, without having, as is oftenthe case, the two wings separated and driven in divergingdirections from the field. Although the charge of the Eoyalist cavalry under Falk-land against the hedge-rows of Dark Lane was a daring andgallant action, it was but a useless waste of life. In allprobability it would have been difiicult even for a good horseand rider in the hunting field; how much more so with theweight of armour and the intense excitement of the charge. The same gallant spirit animated the breasts of those whorode to death up the Balaklava Valley against the E-ussianguns; but the French Marshals remark that cestmagnifique, mais ce nest pas la guerre, is as true of thegallant cavaliers of Charles I., as it was of the fearless horse-men of Cardigans light 77 APPENDIX. APPENDIX I. A LIST OF THOSE REGIMENTS OF TRAINED-BANDS AND AUXILIARIES OF THE CITY OF LONDON, WHICH WERE ENGAGED AT THE FIRST BATTLE OF NEWBURY. E-:Ltractcd from a MS* by Richard Symonds (author of the Diary of theMarches of the Royal Army ^J, entitled :— * The Ensignes t of ye Regiments in te Citty of London Both of Trayned Bands and Auxiliaries. Togeather wth the nearest Number of their trayned Soldiers, AS THEY marched INTO FiNSBURY FIELDS, BEING THEIR LAST GeNERALL , Septemb. 26, Rebellionis. ** The Red Regiment of Trayned-Bands. This Regimt. was not at ye generaU Muster in fQnsburj Officers about Pikes Tlie TotaU Came from Newbery on Thursday, Sep. 28, 1643. CoUonel Isaack Pennington, Vsurper Maior, Captayne Richard limitts of this Regimt- Comhill, Lumbard-street, Fenchurch, thevpp.
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