Siege of Newcastle

متى

3 فبراير 1644 – 21 أكتوبر 1644

النوع

حصار

إحداثيات

54.98° N, 1.61° W

Description

1644 siege in the First English Civil War

1644 battle of the First English Civil War

The siege of Newcastle occurred during the First English Civil War, when a Covenanter army under the command of Lord General Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven besieged the Royalist garrison under Sir John Marlay, the city's governor. Eventually, the Covenanters took the city of Newcastle upon Tyne by storm, and the Royalist garrison who still held castle keep surrendered on terms.

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