Qoraal sii socoda faqradan - 16kii Janaayo 1643, Thomas, Lord Grey of Groby waxaa loo magacaabay taliyaha guud ee ururka midland counties ka dibna waxaa lagu amray inuu si gaar ah u daryeelo Nottingham intii lagu jiray Dagaalkii Labaad ee Sokeeye. Waxa uu halkaas ka degay bishii Juun 1643, isagoo wata ciidan gaaraya ilaa 6,000 oo askari. Warqad uu u qoray wiilkiisa Thomas, oo ku taariikhaysan 5 Maarso 1643, Henry Grey (aabihii Thomas) wuxuu ku sharxayaa dagaal lagu baabi'inayo waddanka, isagoo maraya magaalooyin ay ka mid yihiin Lutterworth, Hinckley, Barwell, Lichfield, iyo Newark. 29kii Ogosto 1643, Aylesbury, wuxuu ku biiray Earl of Essex socodkii Gloucester. Kadib markii la joojiyay go'doomintii, wuxuu ku dagaalamay dagaalkii ugu horeeyay ee Newbury
Waxaana ugu bishaareeyay oo mahadiyay. Sanadkii 1644, wuxuu helay mahadcelin dheeraad ah oo ku saabsan hoos u dhigista meelaha Derbyshire. Kadib wuxuu ka tagay Leicester sababo la xiriira isfaham la'aan laakiin, sanadkii 1645, waxaa dib loogu codsaday inuu la kulmo weerar boqortooyo. Sanadkii 1648-kii, Lord Grey wuxuu ciidamo ka soo diray Leicestershire. Kadib markii uu kaga adkaaday reer Scotland Preston, wuxuu raacdaynayay Duke of Hamilton iyo faraskiisa ilaa Uttoxeter wuxuuna ku amaanay qabashadiisa, in kasta oo Duke Hamilton uu sheegtay inuu is dhiibay. Ilaa bishii Agoosto, Grey wuxuu qabtay amarro kala duwan oo ka tirsan ciidanka. Sanadkii 1651, waxaa loo diray inuu soo ururiyo mutadawiciin ka tirsan guddiga taliyaha guud ee gobollada Leicester, Nottingham, Northampton iyo Rutland, si ay ula kulmaan duulaankii Scottish-ka. Bishii Sebtembar, Sir Edward Massie wuxuu isu dhiibay Lord Grey kadib dagaalkii Worcester.