Fun Facts About The Battle of Naseby
The Battle of Naseby 1. The Battle of Naseby was the decisive battle of the 1st English Civil war. Yes, there were two civil wars. The other one was pretty much immediately after the first. But, since there was a slight gap, it's classed as two wars. It was probably just an elaborate marketing stunt to sell more books. 2. On the 14th June 1645 not far from a small village called Naseby in Northamptonshire , smack near-enough-roughly-just-over-a-bit in the middle of England, the main army of King Charles-I-am-not-a-spaniel met with the Parliamentarian New Model Army (Ooh, look at me, I'm a pretty soldier). They had tea and scones, as it's England, and there has to be tea and scones, even if it's war. Be civilised, you toads. Charles I 3. The army of Charles-I-do-have-a-16inch-neck-why-do-you-ask? got their butts well and truly kicked . As well as butt-kicking, there was also some shooting-the-enemy in the head, stabbing with swords, poking with lances, a...