Bataille

Capture of Wakefield

21 mai 1643 · 53.68° N, 1.50° W

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21 mai 1643
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Bataille
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53.68° N, 1.50° W
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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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