After the indecisive Second Battle of Newbury (27 October 1644), the Royalists were apparently trapped between two Parliamentary forces. But Manchester's failure to attack at night allowed Charles I's army to slip away in the darkness. This failure of pursuit — Parliament having the Royalists at their mercy — directly led to Cromwell's attack on Manchester, the Self-Denying Ordinance, and the creation of the New Model Army.
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