"This is a righteous judgement of God upon these barbarous wretches, who have imbrued their hands in so much innocent blood."
— English Civil War

January 1, 1970

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Civil wars involving the states and peoples of EuropeMilitary history of EnglandPolitics of the United Kingdom17th-century military history
Original Language: English

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Oliver Cromwell, after the Siege of Drogheda, where Cromwell had forbid his soldiers "to spare any that were in arms in the town" (1649)