A Lull in the fighting ...

Both sides have been 'licking their wounds' after the battle of Hungerford. The royalists have withdrawn their small garrision from Marlborough and have for now decided to consolidate the rest of their positions in the north of Wiltshire. They have setup a number of lookout posts to keep an eye on movements towards the Pewsey vale from the east and south.

The Parliamentarians have been re-inforcing their horse regiments which took heavy casualties at Hungerford, they are considering their next move - perhaps another raid or an attempt move to take Pewsey.

Royalists at Devizes ....

After their defeat at the battle Hungerford in Berkshire, the Royalists re-grouped at Chideford near Hungerford. Hearing of the defeat of the Kings Army at Newbury they decided to march back to Devizes to be in the best position to counter any move by Parliament. (note: have added outline map to above the blog archive)

Sir William de Walloughby watches as his troops enter Devizes

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Note: I have updated this post to add link in the above text to Battle of Newbury (as reported on the Blog Lead Gardens)

The Battle of Hungerford

At Hungerford the Parliamentarian army faces the Royalists; they have formed up just to the west of the road to Wantage.

Both sides eyed up the opposition, there was some hesitancy in deciding to move forward; neither side was willing to make the first move.  The battle started in the mid-morning with a desultory exchange of artillery fire.  The commander of horse on the royalist left urges his men forward ...

As the royalist horse move, the parliamentarian cuirassiers start to trot forewards

Meanwhile on the other flank the royalist horse and foot are advancing ....

While the foot exchange vollies the horse get stuck in ...

While the rest of the royalist foot move forewards, the action on their right flank intensifies...

The parliamentarian cuirassiers charge forward, the royalist horse hesitated and failed to counter charge and are pushed back, they are gettting the worst of the melee

The royalist horse break and rout, the cuirassier follow and head off to plunder the baggage train ...

The battle in the centre heats up, the lead royalist regiment is at 'push of pike' with the opposition ..

On the royalist right flank their horse won the melee and pursue the parliamentarian horse ...

The royalist horse are unable to resist the tempting target of the parliamentarian baggage train ...

In the centre the parliamentarian foot have won the melee and the lead royalist foot has routed, as it streams past the supporting regiment the artillery crew loose their nerve and run ...

The cuirassiers have returned and pose a threat to the royalist left, one of the foot regiments forms a shiltron. The rest of the royalist foot refuse to advance and start to edge backwards ...

The royalist horse return only to find themselves having to cover the retreat of royalist foot ...

The royalists retreat leaving the field of battle to the parliamentarians 

-  A Victory for Parliament

Hungerford, early one morning ...

Just to the north of Hungerford the Parliamentarian army faces the Royalists; they have formed up just to the west of the road to Wantage. The Parliamentarians have left a small garrision in Hungerford. Both sides have managed to get their artillerie into position, the officers on both sides prepare their men.

On the Royalist left flank the commander of horse sizes up the opposition; can he beat the Parliamentarian cuirassiers ?

On the march ...

The Royalist army has left its camp near Littlecote and the main body is now marching towards Hungeford ....

Royalist Artillery and Baggage leave Ramsbury

The Royalists having secured the way ahead at Littlecote, now move the last of their forces from Ramsbury towards Hungerford. The artillery train and associated baggage wagons prepare to leave ....

Completed 'oddment' figures ...

Finished painting the figures I showed in the previous post ....