Newcastle sent some of his army south into Lincolnshire, as part of a planned "three-pronged" advance on London, but was forced to besiege Hull with most of his forces. The siege failed, as the Parliamentarian navy could supply and reinforce the port and the garrison flooded wide areas around the city, while the Royalist detachments sent into Lincolnshire were defeated at the battles of GainsboroughYoung and Holmes (2000), pp. 151, 152 and Winceby.Young and Holmes (2000), pp. 155 - 157
