The wasteland of defeat - locals, having heard the sounds of battle, scavenge for valuables amongst
The wasteland of defeat - locals, having heard the sounds of battle, scavenge for valuables amongst the dead littering the battlefield while a young musketeer looks on forlornly. Contemporary accounts mention battlefield casualties stripped of their clothes, boots, and money by both enemy soldiers and opportunistic observers. . Many part of England’s rural economy was in poor shape when the English Civil War began and, as it progressed and armies became more aggressive in requisitioning food and materials, local ‘clubmen’ movements began to spring up that sought to defend their livelihoods from marauding soldiers and to ward off armies from passing through or seizing goods and men. They claimed allegiance to neither side and attempts by both Royalist and Parliamentarian to merge these impromptu militias into their forces usually ended badly. While they often created a real problem for requisition of supplies and recruitment, their resistance usually folded when put up against veteran forces. . Steve Liddle https://www.instagram.com/p/CAzuiQUHfL2/?igshid=1f0f6oyhhjrgp -- source link