The Rise of Oliver Cromwell
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Cromwell's War on the Horse
An increasing number of them identified with the extreme, radical fringe of puritan religion. And by trampioning their cause, cromwell gets their devoted loyalty and gratitude. It really matters. In his first sizable battle at winsby a year after the war begins, he has his horse shot under him,. He flies over the head of the dying horse on to his face and is then knocked down by a charging cavalier who raises his sabre to kill him. Now another company would have scattered and saved themselves. At that point, with the charging enemy wall coming at them and the sky in front about to kill their boss, what happens is cromwell's men surge for ant,
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