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  • History of War

    A NATION TORN IN TWO

    Mar 19, 2018 2 minutes

    1 BATTLE OF WAKEFIELD

    WAKEFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE

    30 DECEMBER 1460

     Richard, Duke of York travels north to intercept a Lancastrian force in Yorkshire. The duke takes a defensive position at Sandal Castle outside Wakefield but suddenly leaves and attacks the numerically superior Lancastrian army. York is defeated and killed, which is a severe blow to the Yorkist cause.

    2 BATTLE OF MORTIMER’S CROSS

    WIGMORE, HEREFORDSHIRE

    2 FEBRUARY 1461

     Edward, Earl

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