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Battle of Adwalton Moor

Type Event Region Europe Time 1643

On June 30, 1643, the Battle of Adwalton Moor took place in Yorkshire during the English Civil War.…

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1643Adwalton Moor · West YorkshireLord Fairfax led roughly 4,000 Parliamentarians against Cavendish's Royalists on the moor. Royalist cavalry struck the flank, the Parliamentarian line collapsed, and Fairfax was forced to retreat to Hull, leaving Yorkshire under Royalist control.

Sources

Battle of Adwalton Moor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Adwalton_Moor
The English Civil War: A Military History — Peter Gaunt (2014)