Capture of Wakefield

Name: Capture of Wakefield
Start: 1643-05-21

21 May 1643 · 53.68° N, 1.50° W

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When: 21 May 1643
Kind: Battle
Coordinates: 53.68° N, 1.50° W
Description: 1643 engagement of the First English Civil War

Capture of Wakefield

1643 engagement of the First English Civil War

The capture of Wakefield occurred during the First English Civil War when a Parliamentarian force attacked the Royalist garrison of Wakefield, Yorkshire. The Parliamentarians were outnumbered, having around 1,500 men under the command of Sir Thomas Fairfax, compared to the 3,000 led by George Goring in Wakefield.

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