sentences:  By this time, the reinforcements from Herefordshire and Worcester under the command of Sir William Vavasour arrived on the west bank of the Severn and began crossing the river to take up positions at Kingsholm, to the north of the city.This force increased the size of the besieging army by another 2,400 infantry and over 300 cavalry.They too were the target of a Parliamentarian raid which inflicted up to fifteen casualties.