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Battle of Marston Moor

noun

A battle in 1644 in which the Parliamentarians under the earl of Manchester defeated the Royalists under Prince Rupert. Synonym: Marston Moor.

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... had completed a treatise on optics, which was ready for publication, but that no trace of the manuscript could be discovered after his death. Having embraced the Royalist cause, William Gascoigne joined the forces of Charles I., and fell in the battle of Marston Moor on July 2, 1644. ...

— The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' • Thomas Orchard

... fought, in Yorkshire, the battle of Marston Moor, the bloodiest of the whole war, which gave the whole north to the Parliamentary party. Cromwell Writes to his brother-in-law, to tell him of his son's death. Of the battle, he says, "It had all the evidences of an absolute victory obtained ...

— The World's Greatest Books, Vol IX. • Edited by Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton

Words linked to "Battle of Marston Moor" : England, pitched battle, English Civil War