Qualla: Battle of Edgehill https://qualla.com/battle-of-edgehill en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:22 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/b/battle-of-edgehill-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Edgehill https://qualla.com/battle-of-edgehill Battle of Edgehill: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-edgehill/ Photo credit Jlorenz1, CC BY 2.5. Jacob Astley, the Royalist sergeant major general, offered a prayer before leading his men down the slope of Edge Hill: "O Lord, Thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me." Then he stood up and said, "March on, boys." It was Sunday, October 23, 1642, and most of the men who followed him into southern Warwickshire's rolling fields had never fought before. Across the hedgerows, Parliament's army was equally green. What followed was not the decisive battle either side wanted but a bloody, confused collision that proved one thing clearly: this war would not end quickly.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/b/battle-of-edgehill-wp/gcqb-battle-of-edgehill-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Edgehill: Two Armies Stumbling Toward Each Other https://qualla.com/battle-of-edgehill/ Photo credit Motacilla, CC BY-SA 4.0. King Charles I had raised his standard at Nottingham in August, effectively declaring war on Parliament. Finding few recruits in the Parliamentarian-leaning Midlands, he moved to Shrewsbury, where Welsh and border recruits swelled his ranks. In October, he marched southeast towar...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/b/battle-of-edgehill-wp/gcqb-battle-of-edgehill-two-armies-stumbling-toward-each-other.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Edgehill: The Cavalry Problem https://qualla.com/battle-of-edgehill/ Photo credit Snowmanradio, CC BY-SA 3.0. The battle's outcome turned on a fundamental imbalance. Prince Rupert of the Rhine commanded the Royalist cavalry -- gentlemen's sons accustomed to horses, trained to charge sword in hand for maximum shock. Parliament's horsemen, as Oliver Cromwell later wrote disparagingly, were...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/b/battle-of-edgehill-wp/gcqb-battle-of-edgehill-the-cavalry-problem.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Edgehill: Infantry in the Balance https://qualla.com/battle-of-edgehill/ Photo credit Charles Landseer (1799 - 1879) (British) Born in London, England. Died in London, England. Details on Google Art Project, Public domain. With both wings of Royalist cavalry off chasing plunder, the battle's center became a desperate infantry fight. Many Royalist pikemen lacked armor and some musketeers had no swords; several hundred men carried nothing but clubs. Yet the Royalist infantry advanced under Patrick Ru...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/b/battle-of-edgehill-wp/gcqb-battle-of-edgehill-infantry-in-the-balance.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Edgehill: A Cold Night, A Long War https://qualla.com/battle-of-edgehill/ Photo credit judy dean from Cotswolds, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 4.0. The survivors spent the night on the frozen battlefield. A hard frost set in -- contemporary accounts suggest the cold actually saved lives by congealing wounds that might otherwise have bled fatal. The next morning, both armies formed up but neither would restart the fight. Char...

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