Introduction

When the new model army defeated king charles at nasby in mid june 16 forty five, the first english civil war basically came to an end. The only question was how long these little pockets of royalist resistance would hold out. But just to run through it quickly. When the king was driven from the field at naseby, he headed north, hoping that he'd be able to link up with the marquis of montrose who had suddenly found himself master of scotland. But the king soon found his path blocked and was forced to circle back around to oxford. And from oxford, race for the relative safety of worcester. Fairfax turned west to go crush