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    A NATION TORN IN TWO

    Nov 29, 2018 2 minutes
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    1 BATTLE OF WAKEFIELD

    WAKEFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE

    30 DECEMBER 1460

     Richard, Duke of York travels north to intercept a Lancastrian force in Yorkshire. The duke takes a defensive position at Sandal Castle outside Wakefield but suddenly leaves and attacks the numerically superior Lancastrian army. York is defeated and killed, which is a severe blow to the Yorkist cause.

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