Why had there been no decisive victory by 1644? Part 2
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Yellow- Parliamentary
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- Created on: 20-11-14 17:31
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- Why was there no decisive victory by 1644?
- Economic and social impact
- Sometimes Charles' commanders forcibly collected rates in kind and plundered local communities
- Parliament controlled London and other more prosperous areas
- Both sides began the war by appointing military commanders for their social status not military expertise
- Internal divisions among Parliamentarians
- Parliamentary commanders often ignored their orders
- Essex and Waller were meant to advance together but their rivalries meant that they could not co-operate
- Pym was an excellent tactician, but he knew that Parliament needed to take the long route to see the advantages come into fruition
- Parliamentary commanders often ignored their orders
- Local Administration
- Soldiers did not consider themselves to be a mobile army and would fight for their own area and then refuse to move on
- Both sides discovered that often commanders were reluctant to march too far away from their home counties
- Charles set up an additional war council to the one in Oxford at Bristol
- Economic and social impact
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