What the records say
- When
- 28 Aug 1640
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 54.98° N, 1.75° W
- Description
- 1640 battle in Newburn, Northumberland, England
Battle of Newburn
Battle of the Second Bishops' War
The Battle of Newburn, 28 August 1640, was the decisive action of the Second Bishops' War. Fought near Newburn in northern England, a Covenanter army under Alexander Leslie defeated a smaller English force led by Viscount Conway.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Second Bishops' War: Battle of Newburn – The Scottish Covenanter army led by Alexander Leslie defeats the English army near Newburn in England”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Zeit der Bischofskriege können stärkere schottische Truppen englische Angreifer in der Schlacht von Newburn in die Flucht schlagen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ニューバーンの戦いでスコットランド軍が勝利。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page