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Part 1
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22nd August 1642
23rd October 1642
7th December 1642
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Charles I raises his standard at Nottingham. First Civil War begins.
First attack on Bradford.
Newcastle attacks Lord Fairfax at Tadcaster.
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Part 2
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18th December 1642
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First siege of Bradford by Royalists under Sir William Saville.
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Part 3
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23rd December 1642
23rd January 1643
22nd February 1642
30th March 1643
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Sir Thomas Fairfax arrives in Bradford.
Sir Thomas Fairfax storms Leeds.
Queen Henrietta Maria lands with her army at Bridlington.
Battle of Seacroft Moor. Goring’s cavalry attack Parliamentarian force on the march. Partial Royalist success.
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Part 4
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20th May 1643
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Sir Thomas Fairfax storms Wakefield.
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Part 5
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22nd June 1643
30th June 1643
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Queen Henrietta Maria arrives at Newark. Newcastle advances into the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Battle of Adwalton Moor. Royalist victory
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Part 6
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1st July 1643
2nd July 1643
3rd July 1643
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Sir Thomas Fairfax joins Lord Fairfax in Bradford. Second siege of Bradford begins.
Lord Fairfax and the main part of his army break out and set off for Hull.
Sir Thomas Fairfax and Newcastle agree truce. Fighting resumes in the early evening.
Sir Thomas Fairfax and his force breaks out of Bradford. The beginning of the “Great Ride”.
Bradford taken by the Earl of Newcastle.
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Part 7
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3rd July 1643
4th July 1643
11th October 1643
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Sir Thomas Fairfax and survivors arrive in Leeds and set off for Hull.
Cavalry engagement at Selby between Sir Thomas Fairfax and his troopers and a large force of Royalist cavalry. Sir Thomas Fairfax wounded in wrist.
Lord Fairfax and the remains of his army arrive at Hull.
Sir Thomas Fairfax and his remaining cavalry continue a fighting retreat to Barton-on-Humber. Conclusion of the “Great Ride.”
Sir Thomas Fairfax and his surviving troopers evacuated by ship to Hull.
Battle of Winceby in Lincolnshire. Victory for Parliament. Sir Thomas Fairfax leads decisive cavalry charge. Decisive victory for Parliament and first major defeat for Royalist cavalry which is badly mauled.
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Part 8
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19th January 1644
3rd March 1644
25th March 1644
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Scottish army under Lord Leven invade the north of England in support of Parliament.
Battle of Nantwich in Cheshire. Royalists under Lord Byron defeated by Parliamentarians under Sir Thomas Fairfax.
Colonel Lambert and his Parliamentarian force take Bradford from Royalists.
Colonel Lambert defeats Royalist attempts under Colonel John Belasyse to retake Bradford.
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Part 9
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11th April 1644
18th April 1644
3rd June 1644
26th June 1644
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Battle of Selby. The Fairfaxes and Lambert defeat a large Royalist force under Colonel John Belasyse
Scots and Fairfaxes army begin siege of York.
Parliamentarian army of the Eastern Association commanded by Oliver Cromwell completes the encirclement of York.
The Royalist army of Prince Rupert marches into Yorkshire from Lancashire to relieve York.
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Part 10
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2nd July 1644
4th July 1644
14th July 1644
Onwards to mid 1645
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Battle of Marston Moor. Royalists routed by Allied army
Siege of York resumed by the Allies.
York surrenders.
Conclusion of hostilities in Yorkshire and the West Riding as remaining Royalist strongholds fall one by one.
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