What the records say
- When
- 20 Nov 1688
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 51.06° N, 2.40° W
- Description
- 1688 military engagement
Wincanton Skirmish
1688 engagement of the Glorious Revolution
The Wincanton Skirmish took place on 30 November 1688 in Wincanton, Somerset during the 1688 invasion of England. A small cavalry patrol of the English Army under Patrick Sarsfield clashed with a detachment of the Dutch States Army's Scots Brigade in one of only two minor battles fought in England during the Glorious Revolution.
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