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   From: allan@EASYNET.CO.UK   
      
   "William Black"  wrote in message   
   news:eivn12$g8p$1@news.freedom2surf.net...   
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   > "allan connochie"  wrote in message   
   > news:455472f2@news.greennet.net...   
   >   
   >  If a majority Scottish army is regarded as purely Scottish then   
   > > why is Marston Moor not down as a Scottish victory,   
   >   
   > Because they all (well,  most anyway) ran away?   
      
   Many did leave the field before Cromwell managed to get it together again.   
   However this site suggests it was two Scottish regiments who held the ground   
   and perhaps that is why Cromwell was able to counter!   
      
   Saying that I wouldn't in reality actually say that Marston Moor was a   
   Scottish victory. But I was making a point. The web-site describes the   
   anti-royalist forces as the allies! It doesn't claim it is an English or   
   Scottish army. So what I was asking the other poster is if Marston Moor   
   (with approximately 55% Scots) isn't a Scottish army, but Preston (with   
   possibly about 70% Scots) is a Scottish army, then at what percentage does   
   the situation change? Is it 60%, 63.33% etc?   
      
   Allan   
      
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