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Desperate Skirmishes Near Worcester Amid Civil War Turmoil
Eyewitness reports detail Cavaliers under pressure near Worcester with half a unit in reserve, cannoneering on the city while Derby’s pitched party suffers. Scots contingency teeters as mutinies spark, Meffey wounded amid rear-guard actions at Upton. Major Mercer seizes Maxfield house for Parliament with a hurried garrison. London regiments muster in Finsbury as authorities vow to burn anti-Parliament papers.
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Earl of Derby
Worcester
Lancashire
Parliament
Derby
Scos
Meffey
Upton
Hee
Cereaine
Mercer
Happed
Maxfield House
England
Wales
London
Finsbury