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Strife in Oxfordshire as Leicester besieged and towns plundered
Fractured dispatches recount Royalist siege conditions near Leicester and Oxford. Col. Rainsborough and Col. Sheffield's forces capture enemy garrison at Great House while Parliament forces threaten Boltack House. Leicester's fall described amid brutal street fighting, civilian heroism, and widespread devastation with scarce cannon and supplies.
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Oxford
Rainsborough
Sheffeilds
Gnat
Arava
Thastous
Boltack House
Loffe
Leicester
Coustrey
Carrow
Bowne
Hautes
Dalbries
M. Ha Flerig
M.smaley
Mr. Brows
Aieal
Mijor Exss
Forinn
Gletke
Laicester
Lieut
Backley
Rocekingham Castle
Col
Gray
Goversour
Cap. Hacker