The simplest suggestion was that York acted rashly. For example, historian John Sadler states that there was no Lancastrian deception or ambush; York led his men from the castle on a foraging expedition (or by popular belief, to rescue some of his foragers who were under attack) and as successive Lancastrian contingents joined the battle (the last being Clifford's division, encamped south and east of Sandal Magna), York's army was outnumbered, surrounded and overwhelmed.
The simplest suggestion was that York acted rashly For example, historian John Sadler states that there was no Lancastrian deception or ambush; York led his men from the castle on a fo.raging expedition (or by popular belief, to rescue some of his foragers who were under attack) and as successive Lancastrian contingents join.ed the battle (the last being Clifford's division, encamped south and east of Sandal Magna), York's army was outnumbered, surrounded and overwhelmed