Second Battle of Newbury

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The Second Battle of Newbury was a major engagement of the English Civil War in 1644, where Parliamentarian forces halted King Charles I’s army in a hard-fought but indecisive clash.

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Second Battle of Newbury canonical 5
Battle of Newbury (1644) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
engagement of the English Civil War ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Newbury II ⓘ
linked to: Newbury, Berkshire
belligerent Parliamentarians ⓘ
Royalists ⓘ
casualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
commander Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester ⓘ
King Charles I of England ⓘ
Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
Prince Maurice of the Palatinate ⓘ
Prince Rupert of the Rhine ⓘ
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex ⓘ
Sir Henry Balfour ⓘ
Sir William Waller ⓘ
conflict First English Civil War ⓘ
linked to: English Civil War
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
date 27 October 1644 ⓘ
era 17th century ⓘ
followedBy Siege of Donnington Castle (1644) ⓘ
geographicalFeature fought near Donnington Castle ⓘ
fought near the River Kennet ⓘ
hasPart fighting around Shaw House ⓘ
fighting around Wash Common ⓘ
location Berkshire ⓘ
England ⓘ
Newbury ⓘ
linked to: Newbury, Berkshire
opponent Parliamentarian army ⓘ
linked to: New Model Army

forces of King Charles I of England ⓘ
outcome Parliamentarians failed to destroy Royalist main army ⓘ
Royalist army escaped encirclement ⓘ
partOf English Civil War ⓘ
precededBy First Battle of Newbury ⓘ
primarySourceMention contemporary Parliamentarian accounts ⓘ
contemporary Royalist accounts ⓘ
result inconclusive ⓘ
strategic Parliamentarian advantage ⓘ
significance contributed to calls for military reform in Parliamentarian ranks ⓘ
helped pave the way for the Self-Denying Ordinance ⓘ
helped pave the way for the creation of the New Model Army ⓘ
led to criticism of Parliamentarian commanders ⓘ
strategicObjective Parliamentarian attempt to trap the main Royalist field army ⓘ
Royalist attempt to relieve Donnington Castle ⓘ
tacticalCharacter hard-fought ⓘ
indecisive ⓘ
theatre English mainland ⓘ
year 1644 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Newbury, Berkshire → historicalEvent → Second Battle of Newbury ⓘ
First Battle of Newbury → followedBy → Second Battle of Newbury ⓘ
Donnington Castle → associatedWithBattle → Second Battle of Newbury ⓘ
English Civil War operations in southern England → hasPart → Battle of Newbury (1644) ⓘ
linked to: Second Battle of Newbury