Battle of Dunbar (1650)

Coordinates: 56°00′00″N 2°30′50″W / 56.000°N 2.514°W / 56.000; -2.514

Battle of Dunbar (1650)
Part of Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms

"Cromwell at Dunbar", by Andrew Carrick Gow
Date 3 September 1650
Location Dunbar, Scotland
Result Decisive English Parliamentarian victory
Belligerents
Scottish Covenanters English Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
David Leslie Oliver Cromwell
Strength
2,500 cavalry.
9,500 infantry.
9 guns.		 3,500 cavalry.
7,500 infantry.
Casualties and losses
800-3,000 killed.
6,000-10,000 prisoners.		 20 killed
58 wounded
Third English Civil War
  • Dunbar
  • Inverkeithing
  • Warrington Bridge
  • Wigan Lane
  • Upton
  • Worcester
Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms
  • Newburn
  • Marston Moor
  • Tippermuir
  • Aberdeen
  • Inverlochy
  • Lagganmore
  • Auldearn
  • Carlisle
  • Alford
  • Kilsyth
  • Philiphaugh
  • Rhunahaorine Moss
  • Dunaverty
  • Mauchline Muir
  • Preston
  • Stirling
  • 1st Inverness
  • 2nd Inverness
  • Carbisdale
  • Dunbar
  • Inverkeithing
  • Worcester
  • Tullich
  • Dalnaspidal

The Battle of Dunbar (3 September 1650) was a battle of the Third English Civil War. The English Parliamentarian forces under Oliver Cromwell defeated a Scottish army commanded by David Leslie which was loyal to King Charles II, who had been proclaimed King of Scots on 5 February 1649. The battlefield has been inventoried and protected by Historic Scotland under the Historic Environment (Amendment) Act 2011.

Read more about Battle Of Dunbar (1650):  Background, The Battle, The Aftermath

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