num_pages: 96
description: Osprey's study of the most famous battle of the Third English Civil War (1649-1651). Having already allied with his father the Scots' acceptance of Charles II as king in 1649 caused deep suspicion in England. In July 1650 Oliver Cromwell led a powerful force across the Scottish border to remove the problem. For six weeks Cromwell waged a frustrating campaign against a Scots enemy that refused to meet him in battle. By the beginning of September Cromwell's army poorly supplied exhausted and ravaged by sickness was apparently trapped at Dunbar by a powerful Scots army. On 3 September he won his greatest military victory just outside the town but in this book Stuart Reid suggests that his triumph may in fact have begun as a breakout attempt.
language: English
title: Dunbar 1650: Cromwell’s most famous victory
publisher: Osprey Publishing