. The first and second battles of Newbury and the siege of Donnington Castle during the Civil War, 1643-6 . Hi ^ ^ J^ o^ j3^/,/. ^J*/-^ A. I.^ RENEWED ATTACK ON DONNINGTON CASTLE. 187 The position of the Kings army in the large fieldbetween Speene and Newbery, referred to by Sir EdwardWalker, and quoted on the preceding page, as being theplace ^ where the Kings army was set in order is indicatedwith much exactness on a contemporary military plan showingthe forces in the field. This interesting addition to thesubject has been obtained from the British Museum,^ sincethe publication of the first
. The first and second battles of Newbury and the siege of Donnington Castle during the Civil War, 1643-6 . Hi ^ ^ J^ o^ j3^/,/. ^J*/-^ A. I.^ RENEWED ATTACK ON DONNINGTON CASTLE. 187 The position of the Kings army in the large fieldbetween Speene and Newbery, referred to by Sir EdwardWalker, and quoted on the preceding page, as being theplace ^ where the Kings army was set in order is indicatedwith much exactness on a contemporary military plan showingthe forces in the field. This interesting addition to thesubject has been obtained from the British Museum,^ sincethe publication of the first edition of this work, and a copyof the plan is inserted in the present volume. The grounddenoted as that occupied by the Kings battalions, is in strictagreement with the written description which has been given,but it will be seen from the title on the plan that thedraughtsman (stated on the endorsement at the back of thedrawing to be Sir Bernard de Gromme) has written the dateof the relief of Donnington Castle as being in October 1644,whereas it was on the following 9th of November. This planappears to have been drawn from memory,
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