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On 18 September, part of the cavalry in Hull was ferried over to
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120:Belligerents
101:Lincolnshire
59:Part of the
18:
1331:Attribution
931:Bovey Heath
882:2nd Chester
877:Philiphaugh
872:2nd Bristol
827:3rd Taunton
817:2nd Taunton
783:2nd Newbury
773:1st Taunton
768:1st Chester
748:Lostwithiel
668:Boldon Hill
609:Heptonstall
589:1st Newbury
564:1st Bristol
242:King's Lynn
40: /
1483:Categories
1273:References
1032:Gloucester
956:Lagganmore
946:3rd Oxford
936:Torrington
902:Annan Moor
832:2nd Oxford
797:Inverlochy
753:Tippermuir
703:1st Oxford
688:Lyme Regis
574:Gloucester
450:Chichester
435:1st Exeter
375:Portsmouth
298:Horncastle
1455:"Winceby"
1320:10 August
1142:Citations
1133:Aftermath
1067:Saltfleet
1005:Royalists
837:Leicester
653:Newcastle
554:Lansdowne
524:Wakefield
494:Lichfield
489:Camp Hill
430:Tadcaster
410:Brentford
405:Aylesbury
126:Royalists
25:53°12.1′N
1469:15 April
1445:15 April
1421:15 April
1397:15 April
1291:15 April
1017:Plymouth
862:Hereford
857:Langport
822:Auldearn
807:Weymouth
778:Carlisle
743:Ormskirk
723:Oswestry
678:Cheriton
648:Nantwich
579:2nd Hull
519:Stratton
400:Edgehill
380:Plymouth
365:1st Hull
166:Strength
92:Location
1358:(ed.).
1348::
1075:Spilsby
999:Prelude
981:Winceby
867:Kilsyth
698:Lincoln
629:Arundel
594:Winceby
504:Reading
270:Lincoln
214:Winceby
186:200–300
97:Winceby
28:0°1.9′W
1354:". In
1342:
1316:. 1995
1092:Battle
1059:Barton
1021:sortie
917:Newark
847:Alford
842:Naseby
708:Bolton
663:Newark
256:Barton
108:Result
1073:near
683:Selby
619:Alton
469:Leeds
1471:2020
1447:2020
1423:2020
1399:2020
1322:2020
1293:2020
1015:and
1013:Hull
924:1646
790:1645
693:York
641:1644
457:1643
359:1642
228:Hull
84:Date
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