The English and Scots 229 The Parliament and the Army 230 Fatuous Behaviour of Parliament 231 The Army advances on London 232 The House purged 233 Charles throws himself into the arms of the Scots 234 Cromwell's Dash into Yorkshire; Preston 234 The Army appeals for Justice upon Charles 235 Cromwell accepts the Command in Ireland 236 The Mutiny at Burford 237 The Irish Campaign 237 Threatened Invasion of Scots; Fairfax resigns 239 Cromwell succeeds Him; George Monk 239 The Coldstream Guards 240 The Campaign in Scotland 240 Cromwell Outmanœuvred; Retreat to Dunbar 241 Leslie's False Movement 242 Battle of Dunbar 243 Reduction of the Lowlands 245 The Scots unite again under Charles Stuart 245 Cromwell's Plan of Campaign 246 Battle of Worcester 247 CHAPTER III Gradual increase of the Army during the Civil Wars 248 Measures for reducing it 248 The Dutch War; George Monk 249 The Expulsion of the Rump by Cromwell 250 The United Kingdom under Military Government 251 George Monk in Scotland 251 His Highland Campaign 252 Henry Cromwell in Ireland 254 Oliver Cromwell in England 256 Military Districts and Mounted Constabulary 257 CHAPTER IV The West Indian Expedition 258 The Plan of Campaign 259 Faults in the Composition and Direction of the Force 260 Refusal of Barbados to assist 261 Failure of the Attack on St. Domingo 262 Capture of Jamaica; the bulk of the Expedition returns to England 263 Frightful Mortality among the Troops in Jamaica 263 War with Spain; Six Thousand men sent to Turenne in Flanders 266