At Cheriton on 29 March 1644 the decisive moment came when Sir Henry Bard advanced his Royalist cavalry unsupported to attack the Parliamentary right flank in a wooded lane, contrary to orders. The Parliamentary cavalry repulsed Bard and then turned the Royalist left while infantry pushed forward in the centre, converting an unplanned skirmish into a general Parliamentary assault that broke the Royalist army.
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