Monmouth's rebel infantry

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infantry force rebel army component

Monmouth's rebel infantry were the foot soldiers of the Duke of Monmouth’s 1685 rebellion against King James II, composed largely of poorly equipped but determined West Country recruits.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Monmouth's rebel cavalry	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	infantry force ⓘ rebel army component ⓘ
activeInYear	1685 ⓘ
allegianceClaimed	James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth NERFINISHED ⓘ
claimedCause	opposition to Catholic monarchy ⓘ
commandedBy	James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth NERFINISHED ⓘ
commonWeapons	farm tools ⓘ improvised weapons ⓘ pikes ⓘ
conflict	Monmouth Rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
decisiveDefeat	Battle of Sedgemoor NERFINISHED ⓘ
disbandedAfter	defeat at the Battle of Sedgemoor ⓘ
engagedInBattle	Battle of Axminster NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Bridport NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Philips Norton NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Sedgemoor NERFINISHED ⓘ
equipmentQuality	poorly equipped ⓘ
fateOfManyMembers	execution in the Bloody Assizes ⓘ transportation to the West Indies ⓘ
historicalEra	Stuart period NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology	Protestant ⓘ
morale	highly motivated ⓘ
notableCommander	Lord Grey of Warke NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableLocationOfRecruitment	Devon GENERATED ⓘ Dorset GENERATED ⓘ Somerset GENERATED ⓘ Wiltshire GENERATED ⓘ
opposedByCommander	John Churchill (later Duke of Marlborough) NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis de Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedTo	King James II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Army of King James II NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Monmouth Rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ Monmouth's rebel army NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryComposition	civilian recruits ⓘ militia-style volunteers ⓘ
regionOfRecruitment	West Country NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousBackground	Protestant dissenters ⓘ
socialBackground	artisans ⓘ farm labourers ⓘ small tradesmen ⓘ
status	defunct military unit ⓘ
tacticalDisadvantage	inferior discipline ⓘ lack of firearms ⓘ shortage of trained officers ⓘ
trainingLevel	largely untrained ⓘ
typeOfWarfare	early modern warfare ⓘ

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Battle of Norton St Philip → involvedUnit → Monmouth's rebel infantry ⓘ

this entity surface form: Monmouth's rebel cavalry