. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . ranged himself onthe side of the Parliament. His reckless bravery soon won him distinc-tion. With his father he led the Parliamentary forces in the northernshires, but they were usually outnumbered, and during the campaignof 1643 met with very varying fortune. After taking Leeds, they weredefeated on Seacroft Moor, but the yoimger Fairfax avenged thisreverse by capturing Wakefield. He stormed the town, whichcontained a garrison twice as large as his own army, and took 1,400prisoners including General Goring. This miraculous feat was
. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . ranged himself onthe side of the Parliament. His reckless bravery soon won him distinc-tion. With his father he led the Parliamentary forces in the northernshires, but they were usually outnumbered, and during the campaignof 1643 met with very varying fortune. After taking Leeds, they weredefeated on Seacroft Moor, but the yoimger Fairfax avenged thisreverse by capturing Wakefield. He stormed the town, whichcontained a garrison twice as large as his own army, and took 1,400prisoners including General Goring. This miraculous feat was sooncounterbalanced by the rout of Adwalton Moor, from which fieldSir Thomas managed to rally a portion of his men, and to cut his waythrough the Royalist army to join Cromwell. On the retreat he waswounded, but he was able to fight at Winceby (October 11) with hiswonted courage. Next year he was again in the north, and led theright wing at Marston Moor. Shortly afterwards he was dangerouslywounded at the siege of Helmsby Castle, but recovered, much to the. OS 5 wzz >. —i ^ Q tn o: n 5 o H o. c/) ^ rt e THOMAS, THIRD LORD FAIRFAX J27 disappointment of the Royalists, who had now learned to fear military reputation stood very high, and as he had never sat inParliament, he was chosen to command the New Model army onJanuary 21,1645. To his resolution and power of enforcing disciplinethe early termination of the war was largely due. At Naseby he ledseveral charges in person. Thence he proceeded west, and a monthlater gained an equally crushing victory over Goring at Lang-port. At the beginning of the next year he completed his work inthis part of the country by defeating and capturing Hoptons armyin Cornwall, and finally extinguished the last sparks of resistanceby taking Oxford and the other outstanding Royalist his return to London he was liberally rewarded by Parliament,and was compared by Lenthall to Julius Caesar. Hitherto Fairfax had been simply a s
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