Fighting for Liberty 1685
Taken from original sources, Fighting for Liberty gives a gritty blow by blow account of the campaigns of 1685, that ends on the battlefield of Sedgemoor.
Taken from original sources, Fighting for Liberty gives a gritty blow by blow account of the campaigns of 1685, that ends on the battlefield of Sedgemoor.
On July 7, 1685 after hearing the news of the victory at Sedgemoor from Major Oglethorpe, from Whitehall, King James II wrote this letter to his son-in-law, the Prince of Orange at the Hague.
Walk the Battle before dawn Monmouth’s Army makes a bold attack on the Government Army camped at Westonzoyland. After a long bloody combat, by sunrise Monmouth is defeated at the Battle of Sedgemoor.
The common misconception is the Battle of Sedgemoor was fought between a vast host of misguided peasant and a thin line of unnumbered Redcoats. That it was a forgone conclusion, but new research uncovered in my book Fighting for Liberty, has uncovered an engagement between two well matched Armies, in the early hours of July 6, 1685. It was in the balance for nearly two hours.
The common misconception is the Battle of Sedgemoor was fought between a vast host of misguided peasant and a thin line of unnumbered Redcoats. That it was a forgone conclusion, but new research uncovered in my book Fighting for Liberty, has uncovered an engagement between two well matched Armies, in the early hours of July 6, 1685. It was in the balance for nearly two hours.