Hull was Parliament's lifeline to the north — the only port they held in Yorkshire. Newcastle besieged it twice (1643 and 1643-44); both times the garrison flooded the surrounding land and Parliamentary ships kept it supplied. The sieges tied down Newcastle's army and prevented it reinforcing the south.
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