Cromwell's War in Ireland

Cromwell was back in action at the end of january 16 50 with a much recovered army. He spent february marching around and capturing various castles and towns. In april, cromwell laid siege to clonmell, one of the last major centres of resistance. But though he wound up taking the city, in mid may, the irish garrison commander had laid a clever trap. And when the new model infantry came charging in, they were mowed down to the tune of a thousand men in just under an hour. It was a victory, but not a pretty one. After clonmll, or perhaps because of clonm Mell, crom