Parliament ordered the construction and repair of London defensive lines in 1643, creating a network of earthwork forts and palisades around the city. The Lines of Communication were constructed by a combination of paid labourers and voluntary citizen diggers including women and children. The defensive works made London effectively impregnable and freed the field armies from defending the capital directly.
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