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by: Stuart Reid  List Price: $18.95 Amazon.com's Price: $15.16 You Save: $3.79 (20%)Prices subject to change. Availability: In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served.
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 941.36063 EAN: 9781841767741 ISBN: 1841767743 Label: Osprey Publishing Manufacturer: Osprey Publishing Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 96 Publication Date: June 24, 2004 Publisher: Osprey Publishing Release Date: June 24, 2004 Studio: Osprey Publishing Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Having already allied with his father, the Scots’ acceptance of Charles II as king in 1649 caused deep suspicion in England. In July 1650, Oliver Cromwell led a powerful force across the Scottish border to remove the problem. For six weeks Cromwell waged a frustrating campaign against a Scots enemy that refused to meet him in battle. By the beginning of September Cromwell’s army, poorly supplied, exhausted and ravaged by sickness, was apparently trapped at Dunbar by a powerful Scots army. On 3 September he won his greatest military victory just outside the town, but in this book Stuart Reid suggests that his triumph may in fact have begun as a breakout attempt. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Better than Auldearn 1645Stuart Reid's latest Osprey campaign volume, Dunbar 1650, is a considerable improvement over his last volume on Auldearn 1645. Not only is Dunbar 1650 supported by better research than the previous volume, but Reid's prose has returned to its normal control of the subject. While the question of whether Dunbar was Cromwell's "most famous victory" may trouble some readers, this volume does address this less well-known campaign in some detail. Reid's initial sections on origins of the campaign, ... Read More 
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