A little action from history (slightly modified) which fits into my ECW camapign in Wiltshire quite nicely ...Marlborough town was a potential problem for the royalists. The Seymours nominally held the old castle for the King but the town was for Parliament. With his headquarters in nearby Oxford, King Charles decided that Marlborough must be dealt with and sent Lords Wilmot and Digby with a body of horse to implement his wishes. They journeyed via Wallingborough to add a regiment of dragoons and a galloper gun to their troops, then they marched for Marlborough ...
When they arrived, they chose to parley first, thus giving the inhabitants a chance to prepare a defence. Commanded by Colonel James Ramsey with a small number of professional soldiers they mustered a few hundred poorly-armed men in the simple earthworks at the north of the town. Their response was to refuse to give up the town.
While the confrontation started at the north of the town, the royalists had dismounted a regiment of horse and they had started to try and gain access to the town from the side via its small alleyways.
The dragoons skirmish with the towns defenders at the earthworks on the common ...
The dismounted royalist horse have entered the outskirts of the town and encounter little resistance ....
The defenders fall back as the dismounted royalist horse gain the high street ....
Colonel Ramsey withdrew to the St Mary's church to make a last stand ....
The royalists move into the town from the north having overrun the earthworks, while the dismounted horse move up the high street to attack the church ...
The defence of the church continues, but they cannot hold out for long ....
After a fierce exchange of fire, all the windows were shot away, at this point Ramsey surrendered.
Following the surrender a number of houses and barns were burned down and the town was systematically looted. What could not be carried away was destroyed. Some 120 prisoners, were tied together and marched to Oxford and put in prison to await the Kings pleasure.
The royalists with 4 regiments of foot and 2 of horse approach Axford ..
The royalists deploy and clear the bridge with the use of their galloper gun ...
The royalist manouvre on their right flank to cross the river ...
After an exchange of musketry and cannon fire the parliamentarian foot regiment routs, they are quickly followed over the bridge by the lead royalist regiment ....
The parliamentarian defence crumbles and they use their horse regiment to cover their retreat ...
The royalist set down to camp for the night at Axford, before moving on along the valley towards Hungerford the next day ...
