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Scottish Intervention in the English Civil War

Type Event Region Europe Time 1643–1644

After the Solemn League and Covenant was signed in 1643, the Scottish Presbyterian government raised an army under Alexander Leslie that entered nort…

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  1. 1643Edinburgh · ScotlandAfter the Scottish Parliament ratified the Solemn League and Covenant, the Presbyterian government raised a relief force of about twenty thousand men. Earl Alexander Leslie was appointed commander, and the army assembled on the border awaiting orders.
  2. 1644Yorkshire · YorkshireThe Scottish army crossed the Tweed into England, marched north to join Fairfax's Parliamentarian forces, and took part in the siege of York. In the Battle of Marston Moor on 2 July 1644, Scottish infantry and cavalry fought alongside the Parliamentarians and defeated the main Royalist army.

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