A Brief History of the New Model Army

Prince rupert appears to have suddenly had an epiphany, finally realizing that the new model army was weak and probably not going to get any weaker. He ordered sir george goring to march east and draw fairfax away from oxford. But here's the thing about goring, he was one of the best officers in the war when he was sober. With goring immobilized, the king and rupert decided to lure fairfax off oxford themselves by striking leicester. And on may thirtieth, the city was overrun and sacked. This seemed at first to be bad news for parliament. But then the committee of both kingdoms responded to sack by ordering fairfax to break