14,000 strong Parliamentarian New Model Army took on the Royalist army of King Charles I comprising less than 9,000 men, in what would to be the final key battle of the war.
During a cavalry charge on the western flank Prince Rupert's Royalist forces swept aside the Parliamentarian horsemen, chasing them from the battlefield and on to attack the baggage train.
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The main Royalist military force had been decimated; the king had lost his best officers, seasoned troops and artillery. All that now remained was for the Parliamentarian armies to wipe out the last pockets of Royalist resistance, which it did within the year.</span>
True,he was Mexico’s president four times before becoming a military-backed dictator.
Both leaders enacted reform that protected individuals from problems caused by private business. This was one of Teddy Roosevelt’s most important policies. Roosevelt believed in giving America a “Square Deal” which including controlling corporations and putting into place consumer protection laws. Laws like the Meat Inspection Act ensured that companies that made had sanitary working conditions and produced food that was edible for the American public. La Follette had similar policies and ideas, as he was also a member of the progressive party ( just like Teddy Roosevelt ).
In 13 short years Alexander conquered a mere 3,000 miles which stretched from Greece, through the Middle East, and to Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent.
