Battle of Preston

When

17 Aug 1648 – 19 Aug 1648

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

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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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “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 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “les troupes écossaises sont écrasées à la bataille de Preston par Oliver Cromwell”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Кромвель атаковал на марше армию шотландцев и полностью разгромил её при Престоне”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Second English Civil WarFeb 1648 · Civil war