Battle of Cropredy Bridge
1644 battle of the First English Civil War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Cropredy Bridge was fought on Saturday 29 June 1644 (9 July 1644 Gregorian) near Banbury, Oxfordshire during the First English Civil War. In the engagement, Sir William Waller and the Parliamentarian army failed to capture King Charles.
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Battle of Cropredy Bridge | |||||||
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Part of the First English Civil War | |||||||
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Royalists | Parliamentarians | ||||||
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Charles I | Sir William Waller | ||||||
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5,000 horse 4,000 foot (only part engaged) |
5,000 horse 4,000 foot (only part engaged) | ||||||
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Unknown |
700 11 guns captured |
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The site was placed on the Register of Historic Battlefields maintained by Historic England in 1995.[1]