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Breaking-News >> TodayHistory British soldier Thomas Fairfax was born.
by Thomas Fairfax. Born 17 January 1612 in Yorkshire Denton, he was the son of the second-generation Fairfax baron Fernando Fairfax, who studied at St. John's College at the University of Cambridge in 1629–1629. Assisted the Dutch against the Spanish Empire in 1629–1631. Later he recruited a cavalry called the Yorkshire Red Hat Dragon and participated in the First Bishop's War from autumn 1638 to June 1639, fighting the Scots, serving Sir 1640. He participated in the Second Bishop's War from 4 to 11 November 1640, but later stood together with his opponents. Because of the royal army's recruitment, in the desert of Houston, he set up a petition from France to King Charles I, which made him a local hero. After the outbreak of the victory of the Pearl War, he joined the Congregation and became the commander of the Yorkshire cavalry. He used a good plan and overcame heroism to lead the Congregation and won several battles, blocked Yorkshire in November, captured Leeds in January 1643, defeated in the Novt Mountains in March, captured Wickfield in May, and then captured his father's army after the defeat of the Count of Newcastle, but took part in the defeat of the Edwards Desert on June 30 and June 6; Yorkshire fell almost entirely into the hands of the Pope, captured in October 1643 with the assistance of Clemensville, and in October 1643 with the assistance of Clemensville cavalry, and in January 1644 led In 1647 he defeated the enemy in Medestone, Kent, where he surrendered. During the siege, he also shot three Commander-in-Chief of the Baron Party. He was well-known in the army for his courageous reputation, his strategic theory of defence had an important position in history. In 1648 he refused to support the Congress of his soldiers, and refused to serve as a committee member to sentence Charlie to death. On 22 June 1650, he was dissatisfied with Oliver Cremwell's dictatorship, protesting against the invasion of Scotland and resigned in anguish, and in 1657 there was a fierce dispute with Cremwell. In 1658 the return of the army helped General George Monck restore the authority of the Congress. And in 1660 he f Keywords: January 17, 1612, Fairfax, Thomas, Military News raw data sources → https://today.help.bj.cn/show/?id=1195 17WorldNews[2025.09.28-07:42] 访问:64
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