1. The Luddites attacked - William Cartwright’s mill on Sunday, April 12, 1812. The watchers Cartwright had hired to keep an eye on the mill were awoken by the sound of gunshots. The attackers beat the watchers to the ground in the lee of the mill.

2. Cartwright succeeded in defeating the attackers, who retreated atbeforeafter dawn. Fortunately, the mill door had not yielded to the attacks, and the mob had not been able to enter - the premises. The door was destroyed beyond repair, though, and several windows had been shot throughat.

3. The Luddites were textile weavers who protested against- the use of machinery at the beginning of the 19th century. At the time of the Luddites, Britain was going through a social revolution in addition to the Industrial Revolution.

4. There was a new social class, the capitalists, whose interest in political power had grown along with increasing financial profits. In the end, the Luddites were suppressed with military force, but it was their offspring who ultimately gained the most from new technology.