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Battle of Roundway Down

Type Event Region Europe Time 1643

On 13 July 1643, the Battle of Roundway Down was fought in the western counties of the English Civil War.…

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  1. 1643Heights of Roundway Down · WiltshireRoyalist cavalry charged down from the high ground into the Parliamentarian lines; the Parliamentarians broke and fled, some soldiers falling to their deaths off the cliff near Devizes known as 'Bohemian Hill'. The Royalists promptly relieved Devizes and marched south to threaten Bristol.

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