As the New Model Army tightened its grip on the Royalist capital at Oxford in the spring of 1645, Parliamentary cavalry seized the bridge at Islip, cutting an important supply route to the city. This was part of a systematic campaign to isolate Oxford before the decisive Naseby campaign. The skirmish illustrates the constant attrition of small actions that gradually strangled the Royalist heartland even before Naseby.
Parliamentary cavalry: New Model Army detachment. Royalist: Oxford garrison troops
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