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| The Second or The Queen's Royal Regiment
1657 - 1660: The Civil Wars and the Interregnum. |
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Royalist Regiments |
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Protectorate Regiments |
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Farrell's
Irish regiment, in Spanish service since 1585, joins Charles
II outside Dunkirk.
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Lillingstone's,
Alsop's and Reynold's Regiments among six raised by Cromwell
for service in alliance with France against the Spanish
in the Low Countries. Moves to Dunkirk.
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Fitzgerald's
Irish Regiment, raised in 1653, joins Charles II.
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| Early matchlock 1650 - 1660. |
| 1658 |
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Royalist Regiments |
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Protectorate Regiments |
| 4th June |
Battle
of the Dunes - Dunkirk. French and Cromwellian troops defeat
Spanish and Royalalists.
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Battle
of the Dunes - Dunkirk. French and Cromwellian troops defeat
Spanish and Royalalists.
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| 1659 |
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Royalist Regiments |
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Protectorate Regiments |
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Farrell’s
and Fitzgerald’s Regiments remain with rump of Royalist
Army in exile.
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Lillingstone’s,
Alsop’s and Reynolds’s Regiments in garrison
of Dunkirk – now an English possession.
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