Siege of Lincoln

Quand

3 mai 1644 – 6 mai 1644

Type

Siège

Coordonnées

53.25° N, 0.55° W

Description

1644 siege

The siege of Lincoln took place from 3 to 6 May 1644 during the First English Civil War, when the important town of Lincoln was besieged by Parliamentarian forces under the Earl of Manchester. On the first day, the Parliamentarians took the lower town. The Royalist defenders retreated into the stronger fortifications of the upper town, which encompassed and incorporated Lincoln Castle and Lincoln Cathedral.

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