Battle of Langport

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The Battle of Langport was a decisive 1645 engagement in the First English Civil War in which Parliamentarian forces under the New Model Army defeated Royalist troops, helping to secure Parliament’s military dominance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
engagement ⓘ
associatedTown Langport ⓘ
belligerent Parliamentarians ⓘ
Royalists ⓘ
category 1645 in England ⓘ
Battles of the English Civil War ⓘ
linked to: English Civil War

History of Somerset ⓘ
combatant New Model Army ⓘ
Royalist field army of the West ⓘ
commander Charles, Lord Goring ⓘ
George Goring, Lord Goring ⓘ
Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
Philip Skippon ⓘ
Sir Thomas Fairfax ⓘ
conflict First English Civil War ⓘ
linked to: English Civil War
conflictType civil war battle ⓘ
country England ⓘ
date 10 July 1645 ⓘ
followedBy siege of Bristol (1645) ⓘ
historicalEra 17th century ⓘ
historicalPeriod English Civil Wars ⓘ
linked to: English Civil War
location Somerset ⓘ
notableUnit New Model Army cavalry ⓘ
linked to: New Model Army

New Model Army infantry ⓘ
linked to: New Model Army
outcome Royalist army in the West forced into retreat ⓘ
Royalist position in the West Country fatally weakened ⓘ
parliamentarianObjective to destroy Goring’s Royalist army in the West ⓘ
partOf First English Civil War ⓘ
linked to: English Civil War
partOfCampaign Parliamentarian campaign in the West Country in 1645 ⓘ
place near Langport ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Naseby ⓘ
primaryOpposingForces New Model Army vs Royalist Western Army ⓘ
region West Country ⓘ
linked to: southwest England
result Parliamentarian victory ⓘ
royalistCommanderTitle Lord Goring was lieutenant-general of the Royalist horse in the West ⓘ
royalistObjective to delay Parliamentarian advance and protect Royalist positions in the West ⓘ
sideOfCommander George Goring, Lord Goring – Royalist ⓘ
Oliver Cromwell – Parliamentarian ⓘ
linked to: Oliver Cromwell

Sir Thomas Fairfax – Parliamentarian ⓘ
linked to: Sir Thomas Fairfax
strategicSignificance destroyed the main Royalist field army in the West Country ⓘ
helped secure Parliamentarian military dominance in the First English Civil War ⓘ
tacticalFeature attack on Royalist position behind hedges and ditches ⓘ
use of Parliamentarian cavalry to rout Royalist horse ⓘ
year 1645 ⓘ

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New Model Army → battle → Battle of Langport ⓘ
Sir Thomas Fairfax → battle → Battle of Langport ⓘ
Thomas Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron → battle → Battle of Langport ⓘ
subject linked to: 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron