 Publication of these papers gave Parliament an added moral cause in fighting the war to a finish.After a disappointing performance by the Parliamentarian armies at the Second Battle of Newbury at the end of the 1644 campaign season, where they failed to inflict a decisive defeat on the Royalists, Parliament reformed its armies into the New Model Army, which was not subject to interference from local associations of counties.At the same time, Oliver Cromwell worked to push the Self-denying Ordinance through Parliament.