RUPERT'S DEFEAT ( N.Yorks ) Traditional Cache

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Team Vorvik: Due to the land owner erecting a fence and gate this cache is no longer accessible so with a heavy heart I have to remove this grandfather cache.

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Hidden : 10/17/2004
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

A typical cache in a typical location on the site of a Battle Field.

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Royalist troops led by the Marques of Newcastle and Prince Rupert fought the allied army of Parliamentary and Scottish troops led by Sir Thomas Fairfax and Lord Manchester. Prince Rupert led a relief force of perhaps 7000 cavalry and as many foot soldiers against a numerically superior force perhaps 23,000 men. The Parliamentary army surprised the Royalist's by attacking as dusk fell (about 6 - 7pm). The Battle lasted several hours, eerily illuminated by a harvest moon, the Royalist Army lost as many as 3000 men, plus their Artillery Train. The City of York was forced to surrender on July 16th to Parliament and the North of England was effectively lost to the King.

As this cache is beside a road please do not make it obvious to motorists passing what you are doing as cache is in an exposed area.

Please only remove TB's & Coins if you can replace with similar amount as this is supposed to be a TB/Coin Hotel! ------------------------------------------------------------

Cache History - Notable Events. Cache Hidden - 17th October 2004. First Finder - Weavey on 19th October 2004. - 100th Finder - nickbirtwhistle on 22nd June 2008.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fgnaqvat jvgu lbhe onpx gb gur Zbahzrag gur pnpur vf uvqqra gb gur evtug ba gur bccbfvgr fvqr bs gur ebnq, pyhr: Ynfg bar fgnaqvat jvyy ernc gur erjneq.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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