Battle of Langport

Timeline

1. 1645Southwest England · EnglandAfter the great victory at Naseby, Fairfax turned the New Model Army toward the western front, pursuing the Royalist western army commanded by George Goring. The Royalists attempted to use the Somerset marshes and rivers to delay the Parliamentarian advance.
2. 1645Langport · SomersetThe two sides engaged in battle near Langport. Parliamentarian cavalry charged the Royalist flank, Goring's infantry line collapsed, and the Royalist army was forced to retreat toward Bridgwater, losing large numbers of men and artillery.
3. 1645Somerset · SomersetThe defeat at Langport destroyed the last Royalist field force in southwest England. The Parliamentarian army successively captured key positions such as Exeter and Bristol, and Royalist local strongholds fell one after another.