Hamilton's Cavalry Was Suddenly His Rear Guard

Cromwell faced two heavily guarded bridges that stood between him and hamilton's main army. He was forced to engage in a slow and tortuous push of pike across both rivers. Parliamentary forces crossed the second river and captured the scottish baggage just as night fell. Hamilton then took advantage of the darkness by withdrawing on a drumless march south. If he could only link up with his cavalry, he just might be able to whirl around and stampede over cromwell's outnumbered army. But they were on different roads, so they totally missed each other.