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> Many things that happened under Cromwell's command were standard practice in siege warfare at the time. If that were true he would have done the same thing i
by rgblambda 6y ago
> Many things that happened under Cromwell's command were standard practice in siege warfare at the time.
If that were true he would have done the same thing in England.
- dash2 6y agoWere there towns which refused to surrender? Colchester, when it finally surrendered during the second civil war, had to pay a ransom of £14,000 in exchange for not being pillaged, and the leaders of the defence were executed.