Battle of Preston

Cuándo

17 ago 1648 – 19 ago 1648

Tipo

Batalla

Coordenadas

53.75° N, 2.68° W

Description

1648 battle

Battle of the Second English Civil War

The battle of Preston was fought on 17 August 1648 during the Second English Civil War. A Parliamentarian army commanded by Lieutenant General Oliver Cromwell attacked a considerably larger force of Royalists under James Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton, near the Lancashire town of Preston; the Royalists were defeated with heavy losses.

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• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · lo llama “Die Truppen Oliver Cromwells besiegen die von James Hamilton, 1. Duke of Hamilton angeführten Schotten und Royalisten in der Schlacht von Preston vernichtend”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página de la fuente
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · lo llama “les troupes écossaises sont écrasées à la bataille de Preston par Oliver Cromwell”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página de la fuente
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · lo llama “Кромвель атаковал на марше армию шотландцев и полностью разгромил её при Престоне”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página de la fuente

• Second English Civil Warfeb 1648 · Guerra civil