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    The Battle of Y Dalar Hir took place on 5 June 1648 in Caernarfonshire, North Wales, during the Second English Civil War. While little more than a skirmish...
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  • Marcomannic Wars (Roman–Germanic wars) Battle of Wels – 943 – Hungarian invasions of Europe Battle on the Marchfeld (also Battle of Dürnkrut and Jedenspeigen) –...
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    The Battle of Winwick (also known as the Battle of Red Bank) was fought on 19 August 1648 near the Lancashire village of Winwick between part of a Royalist...
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    In 1648 during the English Civil War the Battle of Y Dalar Hir was fought near Llandygai. Royalist forces of 150 horse and 120 foot soldiers led by Sir...
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    The Battle of St Fagans took place on 8 May 1648 near St Fagans in South Glamorgan, during the Second English Civil War. A detachment from the veteran...
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    George Twisleton (category Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales)
    two days later Owen intercepted him near Y Dalar Hir on the shore of the Menai Straits. In the ensuing battle, the Royalists initially had the upper hand...
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  • The Battle of Maidstone (1 June 1648) was fought in the Second English Civil War and was a victory for the attacking Parliamentarian troops over the defending...
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    defeat of the Royalist army in Northern England at the Battle of Preston (1648). On 21 May, the county of Kent rose in revolt against Parliament. Lord-General...
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    John Carter (Roundhead) (category Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales)
    of the Three Kingdoms. He settled in Denbighshire and was a Member of Parliament at various times between 1654 and 1660. Carter was the second son of...
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    The Battle of Preston (17–19 August 1648), fought largely at Walton-le-Dale near Preston in Lancashire, resulted in a victory for the New Model Army under...
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    John Owen (Royalist) (category Patrons of literature)
    intercept Twisleton, confronting him at Y Dalar Hir on the shore of the Menai Straits on 5 June. A confused running battle developed, in which Owen initially...
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    The Battle of St Neots on 10 July 1648 was a skirmish during the Second English Civil War at St Neots in Cambridgeshire. A Royalist force led by the Earl...
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    Second English Civil War (category Wars of the Three Kingdoms)
    suppressed at Y Dalar Hir in June and Anglesey retaken from the rebels in early October. The Welsh rising is generally not considered part of a planned,...
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    Powell. After the failure of his pre-emptive strike against the small Parliamentarian army of Colonel Thomas Horton at the Battle of St. Fagans, Laugharne...
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    under Sir John Owen was suppressed at Y Dalar Hir in June 1648, but left command in the field to Mytton. By the end of the Second Civil War many in Parliament...
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  • field provides the location of the battles and sieges discussed as events. Associated Wars - These fields provide the name(s) of the war(s) associated with...
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