First English Civil War, 1646

First English Civil War, 1646

1646 was the fifth and final year of the First English Civil War. By the beginning of 1646 military victory for the Parliamentary forces was in sight. The last Royalist army was defeated in the field at the Battle of Torrington. From then on the New Model Army mopped up the remaining Royalist strongholds. The politics moved into a post war phase with all major the factions in England and Scotland, trying to reach an accommodation with King Charles that would further their own particular interests.

First English Civil War
  • 1st Hull
  • Portsmouth
  • Powick Bridge
  • Edgehill
  • Aylesbury
  • Brentford
  • Turnham Green
  • Braddock Down
  • Leeds
  • 1st Middlewich
  • Hopton Heath
  • Seacroft Moor
  • Camp Hill
  • Reading
  • Sourton Down
  • Stratton
  • Chalgrove Field
  • Adwalton Moor
  • Lansdowne
  • Roundway Down
  • Bristol
  • Gainsborough
  • Gloucester
  • Aldbourne Chase
  • 1st Newbury
  • 2nd Hull
  • Heptonstall
  • Winceby
  • Olney
  • Basing House
  • Alton
  • 2nd Middlewich
  • Nantwich
  • Lathom
  • Newark
  • Boldon Hill
  • Cheriton
  • Selby
  • York
  • Lincoln
  • Bolton
  • Cropredy Bridge
  • Marston Moor
  • Lostwithiel
  • Montgomery
  • 2nd Newbury
  • Taunton
  • Naseby
  • Langport
  • Chester
  • Rowton Heath
  • Torrington
  • Stow-on-the-Wold
  • Oxford

Read more about First English Civil War, 1646:  1646 End of The War, Aftermath

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