Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I noho a Lisle i ngā tau e toru e whai ake nei ki te ope ā-rohe i Oxford, i te tīmatanga hei Lieutenant-Colonel o ngā dragoons i raro i a Arthur Aston. I uru ia ki te Pakanga o Edgehill o Oketopa 1642 ka whai ingoa mo te maia me te pono, e kiia ana kaore ia e pai ki te mau patu i etahi wa ki te whakamana i ana tangata. I te tau 1643, i whawhai ia i Chalgrove i Mei, i whara ia i te Newbury Tuatahi
i te marama o Hepetema, ā, i whakateiteitia ia hei koroneela i muri tata iho. I ārahi ia i tētahi puhi pere i Cheriton i te Poutu-te-rangi 1644 ā, i te wā o te pakanga ki te uru, i whakahau ia i tētahi pirihimana, tercio rānei i Cropredy Bridge, Lostwithiel me Second Newbury.