Lansdowne (1643)

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Lansdowne
War: English Civil Wars


Date: 5 Jul 1643
Location: England
Outcome: Royalist victory over the Parliamentarians

Overview: Fought July 5, 1643, between the Royalists, under Sir Ralph Hopton, and the Parliamentarians, under Waller, who was endeavouring to prevent Hopton's advance upon Bath. The Royalists stormed Waller's entrenchments and forced him to retreat, though at a heavy cost to themselves.

  
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