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| Tango01 | 07 Jan 2021 9:16 p.m. PST |
… the West 1642-46 "Nothing sums up the tragedy of the English Civil War more than the friendship between Sir Ralph Hopton and the parliamentarian general Sir William Waller as "this war without an enemy." Hopton was one of the first commanders to support the king and helped secure Cornwall for the Royalist Cause. In fact Sir Ralph Hopton commanded three armies during the Civil War; the first was made up of the famous Cornish infantry, which would become the backbone of the Royalist war effort in the West. This army was absorbed into Prince Maurice's army after the fall of Bristol to the Royalists in July 1643. His second army was raised during the autumn of 1643 and was disbanded to reinforce the King's Oxford Army after the battle of Cheriton. Finally Hopton commanded the remnants of the royalist army in the West during the death throes of the Royalist cause in 1646…"
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