The Story of Cromwell's New Model Army

When cromwell arrived on august fifteenth, he discovered that his job had been made immeasurably easier just a few weeks before. The parliamentary governor of dublin launched a surprise attack on orman's camp and scattered his irish army. With them knocked out of the picture, all the new model army had to do was besiege a few cities. Nothing to it, especially since they had a fat load of heavy artillery and all the time in the world. When cornered irish soldiers finally did surrender, they were not taken into custody,. They were just killed, as were any priests or monks found scuttling about. It is estimated that somewhere between three