“My own regiment, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Goffe and my Major, White, did c

“My own regiment, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Goffe and my Major, White, did come seasonably in and at the push of pike did repel the stoutest regiment the enemy had there merely with the courage the Lord was pleased to give; which proved a great amazement to the residue of their foot” - Oliver Cromwell, account of the Battle of Dunbar sent to William Lenthal, Speaker of the House of Commons, 1650..Pikemen of the Earl of Manchester’s Regiment of Foote demonstrate ‘charging’ pikes at Temple Newsam House, near Leeds. How regularly pikemen might be called into ‘push of pike’ during battle is often a controversial one, especially in light of the popularity of interpretations of such engagements in reenactment over the last 50 years. Regardless, rows of advancing pikemen with their pikes at 'charge’ - levelled around shoulder height, with the right hand bracing the pike’s butt and the left hand providing a pivot - could be a formidable opponent, especially if a pike division was up to six men deep. As described by Cromwell, his own regiment was one of three which pushed back the Scottish Engager army across a bridge dividing the armies at the Battle of Dunbar. Many of the men in Cromwell’s regiment were those who had fought in the Earl of Manchester’s Regiment in the first civil war and would have been highly experienced by Dunbar. The pressure such pike divisions could provide, fixing the enemy in place while more flexible units such as cavalry or musketeers shot at or outflanked them, could prove still decisive.. David Gee.#pike #pikemen #battle #war #leeds #yorkshire #dunbar #scotland #scottish #photoreenactment #reenactment #reenactors #reenacting #reenactorstyle #reenactorslife #reenactorsofinstagram #reenactmentphotography #livinghistory #history #photohistory #historicalreenactment #17thcentury #sealedknot #dailyphoto #photoaday #photooftheday #photoadaychallenge #englishcivilwar #instadailyhttps://www.instagram.com/p/B-ieHamnv9W/?igshid=x9qj81dpk554 -- source link

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