What the records say
- When
- 10 Aug 1642 – 7 Sep 1642
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 50.81° N, 1.09° W
- Description
- 1642 siege during the English Civil War
Siege of Portsmouth
1643 battle of the First English Civil War
The siege of Portsmouth was the siege of a Royalist garrison in Portsmouth by a Parliamentarian force conducted in the early part of the First English Civil War. The siege resulted in Portsmouth falling to Parliament after a little under a month of conflict.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “First English Civil War: The Siege of Portsmouth (begun on 10 August) ends with the Royalist garrison surrendering the port to Parliament”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “осада Портсмута”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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