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At the beginning of the English Civil War it was clear that artillery was to play a significant part in the conflict, as so many battles were fought by siege.
Both Royalists and Parliamentarians raced to capture ordnance stores in urban areas such as London and Hull, realising that they would prove strategically decisive in the siege warfare that later developed.
Illustrated with superb colour plates, this is an overview of the types of weapon used in this conflict and, more generally, how artillery was actually used in the seventeenth century.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Parlimentary Trains
Royalist Trains
Types of artillery
Drill
Tactics
Battlefield effectiveness
Glossary
Bibliography
Colour plate commentary
Index
