Sunday 12 January 2014

Back out on patrol ....

Sir William de Willoughby out for a walk in Winchester to stretch his legs - catches up on the latest news with a fellow officer
 He hears that Arundel Castle surrendered to Parliament on the 6th Jnaury; an attempt to relieve the garrison by Lord Hopton a few days earlier had been abandoned after they found themselves outnumbered by the opposition. Waller and his army are content with securing their positions at Farham, Midhurst and Arundel.
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In the afternoon Sir William leads out his regiment of horse to patrol to the south of Winchester; regular patrols are carried out to to deter the parliamentarian garrison of Southampton from any raiding activities.

1 comment:

Springinsfeld said...

Excellent stuff. Those 2d buildings work really well.