bantarleton:The Earl of Newcastle’s Whitecoats at the battle of Marston Moor. Despite the defeat of
bantarleton:The Earl of Newcastle’s Whitecoats at the battle of Marston Moor. Despite the defeat of the rest of the Royalist army, Newcastle’s men held back a combined English Parliamentarian and Scottish Covenanter force for over an hour. Eventually Scottish dragoons broke their ranks with point-blank musketry. Only 30 of the whitecoats escaped the battle unscathed. Art by Graham Turner. -- source link