Battle of Gainsborough

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The Battle of Gainsborough was a 1643 English Civil War engagement in Lincolnshire notable for an early Parliamentarian victory in which Oliver Cromwell’s cavalry distinguished itself.

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instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
armedForce Parliamentarian Eastern Association forces ⓘ
Royalist forces of the Earl of Newcastle ⓘ
belligerent Parliamentarians ⓘ
Royalists ⓘ
campaign Royalist campaign in northern and eastern England ⓘ
casualties included the death of Royalist commander Sir Charles Cavendish ⓘ
chronology occurred early in Oliver Cromwell’s military career ⓘ
combatType cavalry engagement ⓘ
field battle ⓘ
commander Lord Willoughby of Parham ⓘ
Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
Sir Charles Cavendish ⓘ
linked to: Charles Cavendish
conflict First English Civil War ⓘ
linked to: English Civil War
controlledTerritoryAfterBattle Gainsborough temporarily held by Parliamentarians ⓘ
country England ⓘ
date 28 July 1643 ⓘ
era Stuart period ⓘ
followedBy Royalist recapture of Gainsborough ⓘ
geographicalContext took place near the River Trent ⓘ
hasParticipant Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
Parliamentarian cavalry ⓘ
Royalist cavalry ⓘ
historicalPeriod 17th century ⓘ
involvedUnit Cromwell’s Ironsides cavalry ⓘ
location Gainsborough ⓘ
Lincolnshire ⓘ
notableFor distinguished performance of Oliver Cromwell’s cavalry ⓘ
early Parliamentarian victory in Lincolnshire ⓘ
partOf English Civil War ⓘ
Parliamentarian operations in the East Midlands ⓘ
politicalContext struggle between King Charles I and Parliament ⓘ
precededBy Royalist capture of Gainsborough ⓘ
relatedEvent Battle of Winceby ⓘ
Siege of Gainsborough (1643) ⓘ
result Parliamentarian victory ⓘ
significance demonstrated effectiveness of Parliamentarian cavalry tactics ⓘ
helped establish Oliver Cromwell’s reputation as a cavalry commander ⓘ
tacticalFeature series of cavalry charges and counter-charges ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Royalist cavalry routed ⓘ
theatre Lincolnshire campaign of the First English Civil War ⓘ
year 1643 ⓘ

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Cromwell’s Ironsides cavalry → engagedInBattle → Battle of Gainsborough ⓘ
Battle of Gainsborough → precededBy → Royalist capture of Gainsborough ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Gainsborough
Eastern Association → engagedInBattle → Battle of Gainsborough ⓘ
Eastern Association army → notableEngagement → Battle of Gainsborough (1643) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Gainsborough