{"id":81,"date":"2016-07-25T15:28:16","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T14:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/?p=81"},"modified":"2016-07-27T23:19:44","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T22:19:44","slug":"81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/index.php\/2016\/07\/25\/81\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle of Castle Blaney"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Our latest battles in the Irish Campaign were fought between the Scots and a Royalist\/Irish coalition. Briefly, the Covenant forces of Leven and Monro are attempting to link up near Dundalk. Both armies met opposition in the shape of a combined force of Irish rebels and Royalists blocking their path in a sort of ‘your enemy is my enemy’ way. Monro’s task was to force a passage past the enemy blocking the road to Dundalk at Castle Blaney. This was a frontal assault against fixed positions along a very narrow front which proved a proper slugging match over many turns. The appearance of some Irish, unexpectedly, in the Scots rear forced them to react and probably saved the defenders from defeat. Fortunately, Leven – on the other table – was having more success and the day ended at last with a strategic victory for the Scots as the Irish dissipated and the Royalists were obliged to retire towards Drogheda.<\/p>\n

(Written with a clearly Scottish perspective…!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our latest battles in the Irish Campaign were fought between the Scots and a Royalist\/Irish coalition. Briefly, the Covenant forces of Leven and Monro are attempting to link up near Dundalk. Both armies met opposition in the shape of a combined force of Irish rebels and Royalists blocking their path in a sort of ‘your … Continue reading Battle of Castle Blaney<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ecw-campaign","tag-ecw"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t