The most inglorious moment for the Yorkist cause. With the full Lancastrian royal army approaching at Ludford Bridge, the Yorkist leaders deserted their own army in the night. York fled to Ireland; Warwick, Salisbury and Edward of March escaped to Calais. The remaining troops submitted. Parliament attainted the fugitives. Yet within months they returned, defeated the Lancastrians at Northampton, and captured the king. The War of the Roses proved extraordinarily reversible.
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