First Siege of Newark

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The First Siege of Newark was a 1643 English Civil War engagement in which Royalist-held Newark-on-Trent was unsuccessfully besieged by Parliamentarian forces due to its strategic position controlling key river and road routes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event of the English Civil War ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
siege ⓘ
attacker Parliamentarians ⓘ
belligerent Parliamentarians ⓘ
Royalists ⓘ
besiegedBy Parliamentarian forces ⓘ
conflict English Civil War ⓘ
conflictType land siege ⓘ
controlledRoute Great North Road vicinity ⓘ
River Trent ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
date 1643 ⓘ
defender Royalists ⓘ
followedBy Second Siege of Newark ⓘ
Third Siege of Newark ⓘ
heldBy Royalists ⓘ
location Newark-on-Trent ⓘ
Nottinghamshire ⓘ
notableFeature Newark-on-Trent remained in Royalist hands after the siege ⓘ
outcome Parliamentarian siege lifted ⓘ
partOf First English Civil War ⓘ
linked to: English Civil War
precededBy early campaigns of the First English Civil War ⓘ
result Royalist victory ⓘ
status unsuccessful siege ⓘ
strategicImportance control of communications in the East Midlands ⓘ
control of river routes ⓘ
control of road routes ⓘ
theatre Midlands campaign of the English Civil War ⓘ

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

Newark-on-Trent → hasCivilWarEvent → First Siege of Newark ⓘ
Third Siege of Newark → precededBy → First Siege of Newark ⓘ
First Siege of Newark → notableFeature → Newark-on-Trent remained in Royalist hands after the siege ⓘ
linked to: First Siege of Newark
Second Siege of Newark → precededBy → First Siege of Newark ⓘ
Newark-on-Trent → hasCivilWarSiege → First Siege of Newark ⓘ
subject linked to: Newark