Wetherby
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Sep 16, 2026
Reign of George VI, 1900-1925 A Forecast Written in the Year 1763-Samuel Madden, Charles William Chadwick Oman
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78:45Philip GouldNARRATOR
But their soldiers were soon intoxicated with liquor and cruelty, and all discipline and order were at an end.
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78:52Philip GouldNARRATOR
the king being informed of the condition of the enemy hastened his marches with all the expedition that was possible he reached lincoln in five days and there understood that schmittau on the advance of his approach had drawn out his men from durham though not without great difficulty and was on the march to york His Majesty pushed on to meet him before he could reach that city, but as it was too strong to be taken by surprise, Schmittau encamped between York and Wetherby, and prepared to fight the king who was within five miles of him.
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79:28Philip GouldNARRATOR
There were several circumstances that induced George to determine on hazarding an action immediately.
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79:34Philip GouldNARRATOR
He expected soon to hear of another army of Russians landing, and he thought that avoiding a battle would damp the spirits of his soldiers.
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Marston Moor 1644: How One North Battle Shifted the Wars of the Three Kingdoms
Sep 12 · 1 Mention
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3:25speaker_1UNKNOWN
Rupert's strategy had been to drive towards York before Parliament could fully consolidate its line.
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3:32speaker_1UNKNOWN
Early on, he forced a skirmish near Wetherby, trying to divide the allied forces and prevent their coordination.
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3:38speaker_1UNKNOWN
Yet his own cavalry was split, with some regiments in reserve to support Newcastle.
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3:45speaker_1UNKNOWN
On the morning of July 2nd, the main engagement began when Fairfax's infantry moved forward as the Scottish left formed a strong line behind them.
Steve Race, Labour MP for Exeter
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4:33Steve RaceGUEST
So she went to nursery school for the first couple of years and she was very, as any toddler, very happy, full of life, but stopped developing sort of at the age of three or four.
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4:48Steve RaceGUEST
The condition means that it's got very, very specific sort of physical features to it and the build-up of the sort of mucopolis saccharides in the system stopped developmental sort of development from a sort of relatively early age from sort of three-ish really and a few other things then you know we had huge amounts of support from our local children's hospice Martin House children's hospice just outside of Wetherby so we'd go there as it was quite difficult for them to accommodate all of us so we sort of had to pre-buck and taking a big family.
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5:23Steve RaceGUEST
And so I can't tell you how many positive memories I have from Martin House in particular.
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5:34Steve RaceGUEST
Children's hospices are incredible and so different to the later life palliative care hospices.
Reign of George VI, 1900-1925 A Forecast Written in the Year 1763-Samuel Madden, Charles William Chadwick Oman
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81:46Philip GouldNARRATOR
But their soldiers were soon intoxicated with liquor and cruelty, and all discipline and order were at an end.
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81:53Philip GouldNARRATOR
the king being informed of the condition of the enemy hastened his marches with all the expedition that was possible he reached lincoln in five days and there understood that schmittau on the advance of his approach had drawn out his men from durham though not without great difficulty and was on the march to york His Majesty pushed on to meet him before he could reach that city, but as it was too strong to be taken by surprise, Schmittau encamped between York and Wetherby, and prepared to fight the king who was within five miles of him.
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82:29Philip GouldNARRATOR
There were several circumstances that induced George to determine on hazarding an action immediately.
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82:35Philip GouldNARRATOR
He expected soon to hear of another army of Russians landing, and he thought that avoiding a battle would damp the spirits of his soldiers.