27. =The Second Battle of Newbury. 1644.=--London was thus laid bare, and Parliament hastily summoned Manchester and the army of the Eastern Association to its aid. Manchester, being good-natured and constitutionally indolent, longed for some compromise with Charles which might bring about peace. Cromwell, on the other hand, perceived that no compromise was possible with Charles as long as he was at the head of an army in the field. A second battle of Newbury was fought, on October 27, with doubtful results: Manchester showed little energy, and the king was allowed to escape in the night. Cromwell, to whom his sluggishness seemed nothing less than treason to the cause, attacked Manchester in Parliament, not from personal ill-will, but from a desire to remove an inefficient general from his command in the army. Two parties were thus arrayed against one another: on the one side the Presbyterians, who wanted to suppress the sects and, if possible, to make peace; and on the other side the Independents, who wanted toleration, and to carry on the war efficiently till a decisive victory had been gained. CHAPTER XXXV THE NEW MODEL ARMY. 1644-1649 LEADING DATES Reign of Charles I., 1625-1649 Battle of Naseby June 14, 1645 Glamorgan's Treaty Aug. 25, 1645 Charles in the hands of the Scots May 5, 1646 Charles surrendered by the Scots Jan. 30, 1647 Charles carried off from Holmby June 5, 1647 The Army in Military Possession of London Aug. 7, 1647 Charles's Flight from Hampton Court Nov. 11, 1647 The Second Civil War April to Aug., 1648 Pride's Purge Dec. 6, 1648 Execution of Charles Jan. 30, 1649