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The men reassembled at Pentrich Lane End (plaque 5) and went on to Butterley Ironworks (plaque 3). Here Brandreth demanded arms and cannon shot but the Butterley men stood their ground and the marchers turned away empty handed. Marching through pouring rain, the revolutionaries stopped at three public houses along the way, promising landlords to pay for their drinks after the government had fallen. Drunken, wet and demoralised, many men defected into the night, but a small band made it across the border into Nottinghamshire at around dawn, only to be faced with a detachment of the King’s Hussars. There was a brief scuffle, some were arrested and more disappeared into the night. |
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