Charles I Ben Kingsley Fleetwood commanded a regiment in

Fleetwood commanded a regiment in the New Model Army during the English civil war

French newspapers had carried a number of stories applauding French victories and so the news of the Prussian advances was cause for much excitement and concern

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Charles I Ben Kingsley Fleetwood commanded a regiment inCharles I, King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1625, (1932). Charles I (1600 1649) succeeded his father James I as King in 1625. His reign was dominated by a bitter dispute with Parliament over the extent of royal power, which culminated in 1642 in the English Civil War, and Charles' eventual execution for treason. From Kings and Queens by Eleanor and Herbert Farjeon, 1932.