Battle of Roundway Down

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The Battle of Roundway Down was a decisive 1643 engagement of the First English Civil War in which Royalist cavalry forces routed a larger Parliamentarian army, securing Royalist control of much of southwestern England.

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Battle of Roundway Down canonical 5
Battle of Roundway Chase 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
engagement of the First English Civil War ⓘ
alternativeName Battle of Roundway Chase ⓘ
associatedMonarch Charles I of England ⓘ
belligerent Parliamentarians ⓘ
Royalists ⓘ
campaign 1643 campaigning season of the First English Civil War ⓘ
commander Lord Wilmot ⓘ
Sir John Byron ⓘ
Sir Ralph Hopton ⓘ
linked to: Lord Hopton

Sir William Waller ⓘ
conflict First English Civil War ⓘ
linked to: English Civil War
country England ⓘ
county Wiltshire ⓘ
date 13 July 1643 ⓘ
followedBy Royalist advance into the West Country ⓘ
forceType cavalry ⓘ
geographicalFeature fought on chalk downland ⓘ
historicalPeriod 17th century ⓘ
locatedNear Devizes ⓘ
nearSettlement Bromham ⓘ
Roundway ⓘ
notableTactic Royalist downhill cavalry charge ⓘ
outcome Parliamentarian army routed ⓘ
ParliamentarianArmyComposition predominantly cavalry with some infantry and dragoons ⓘ
ParliamentarianCommander Sir William Waller ⓘ
ParliamentarianLosses heavy casualties and many prisoners ⓘ
ParliamentarianSide forces loyal to the English Parliament ⓘ
ParliamentarianStrength larger army including cavalry and infantry ⓘ
partOf Royalist campaign in the West Country ⓘ
place Roundway Down ⓘ
precededBy Siege of Devizes ⓘ
result Royalist victory ⓘ
RoyalistArmyComposition cavalry relief force combined with Hopton’s troops ⓘ
RoyalistCommander Lord Wilmot ⓘ
Sir John Byron ⓘ
Sir Ralph Hopton ⓘ
linked to: Lord Hopton
RoyalistLosses relatively light casualties ⓘ
RoyalistSide forces loyal to King Charles I ⓘ
RoyalistStrength approximately 1,800 cavalry ⓘ
significance considered one of the most decisive Royalist victories of the war ⓘ
strategicConsequence ended Parliamentarian dominance in the West Country in mid-1643 ⓘ
secured Royalist control of much of southwestern England ⓘ
theatre English mainland ⓘ
year 1643 ⓘ

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

Prince Maurice of the Rhine → notableBattle → Battle of Roundway Down ⓘ
First Battle of Newbury → precededBy → Battle of Roundway Down ⓘ
Battle of Roundway Down → alternativeName → Battle of Roundway Chase ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Roundway Down
Sir William Waller → notableBattle → Battle of Roundway Down ⓘ