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Military movements and officers amid Civil War tensions
Report describes Sir William Waller receiving a commission and leading forces with plans to back the Lord General. It notes Lord Fairfax preparing, Manchester and Cromwell opposing Newcastle’s advance, and authorities deploying troops, quartering, and arming in Lincolnshire, Cambridge, and Ely as they contend for control.
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Colebrooke
Renal
William Waller
Maine
Brome
North
Newcastle
Trent
Lincolneshire
Borne
Lincolne
Grantham
Lord Manchester
Collonell Cromwell
Cambridge
Ile of
Ely