September 3, 1651 · Midlands Theater
September 3, 1651
Charles II, having been crowned King of Scots, marched south from Scotland with an army of Scots and English Royalists hoping the English would rise to support him. They did not. Cromwell trapped Charles's army in Worcester with a force of nearly 30,000. Charles II fought bravely — at one point leading a sortie himself — but the Royalist cause was hopeless against Cromwell's veteran army. After the battle Charles escaped by hiding in an oak tree (the 'Royal Oak') and spent six weeks in disguise fleeing across England before escaping to France.
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