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    The Battle of Roundway Down was fought on 13 July 1643 at Roundway Down near Devizes, in Wiltshire during the First English Civil War. Despite being outnumbered...
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    Roundway Down and Covert (grid reference SU000646) is an area of sloping chalk grassland close to the hamlet of Roundway, near Devizes in Wiltshire, England...
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  • London lobsters (category Military units and formations of the English Civil War)
    Lansdown on 5 July, as part of successful action of the general parliamentarian cavalry. At the Battle of Roundway Down, on 13 July, they met a Royalist...
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    Roundway is a hamlet, ward and former civil parish adjacent to Devizes in the English county of Wiltshire. The hamlet lies about 1+1⁄4 miles (2.0 km)...
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    Devizes (redirect from History of Devizes)
    Stephen of England and Empress Matilda, and again during the English Civil War when the Cavaliers lifted the siege at the Battle of Roundway Down and the...
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    The Battle of Braddock Down took place during the south-western campaign of the First English Civil War. It was fought on open ground in Cornwall, on...
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  • Sieges of Bradford 4 July, Battle of Burton Bridge 5 July, Battle of Lansdowne (or Lansdown) fought near Bath. 13 July, Battle of Roundway Down fought...
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    forces under Sir William Waller. However, three days later in the Battle of Roundway Down, Waller's army was routed by Royalist forces. At that time, Devizes...
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    Wiltshire (redirect from County of Wilts)
    English Civil War Wiltshire was largely Parliamentarian. The Battle of Roundway Down, a Royalist victory, was fought near Devizes. In 1794, it was decided...
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    the Mediterranean island of Pantelleria. 1643 – English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down: In England, Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester, commanding the...
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  • Campaign (World War II) Battle of Rorke's Drift – 1879 – Anglo-Zulu War Battle of Rossbach – 1757 – Seven Years' War Battle of Roundway Down – 1643 – First English...
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    Arthur Haselrig (category Members of the Parliament of England for Leicestershire)
    although the battle is traditionally seen as indecisive. At the Battle of Roundway Down, on 13 July, Haselrig's force met a Royalist cavalry charge at...
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    several battles in 1643, including the victory of Ripple Field (13 April), culminating in the Royalist victory at the Battle of Roundway Down (13 July)...
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    West England, lost to the Royalists after defeat at Roundway Down the previous summer. When one of his commanders, Sir Richard Grenville, deserted to Hopton...
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    reinforce Sir William Waller's Army of the Western Association, which was destroyed at the Battle of Roundway Down on 13 July. The Royalists quickly realised...
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  • and Roundheads tie near Bath. Battle of Roundway Down 13 July – Royalists crush Roundheads in West Country. Battle of Gainsborough 28 July - Parliamentarians...
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    the side of Parliament and led to the eventual victory of the Parliamentarian cause. Braddock Down London Bristol Oxford Portsmouth Roundway Down Gloucester...
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    The Battle of Naseby took place on 14 June 1645 during the First English Civil War, near the village of Naseby in Northamptonshire. The Parliamentarian...
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    The Battle of Edgehill (or Edge Hill) was a pitched battle of the First English Civil War. It was fought near Edge Hill and Kineton in southern Warwickshire...
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    Sherborne Launceston Roundway Down Bodmin Stratton Plymouth Langport Truro The Battle of Stratton, also known as the Battle of Stamford Hill, took place...
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    Waller's disposal was a personal regiment of foot soldiers and surviving cavalry from the Battle of Roundway Down. Waller marched from Farnham for Odiham...
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    William Waller (category English Presbyterians of the Interregnum (England))
    inconclusive Battle of Lansdowne on 5 July, Hopton was joined by Prince Maurice and on 13 July, their combined force destroyed Waller's army at Roundway Down. Waller...
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    Hill and Roundway Down". British Civil War Project. Retrieved 7 September 2017. Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., ed. (1895). The Visitations of the County of Devon:...
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    Parliamentarians near Bath, Somerset. July 13 – First English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down – Henry Wilmot, newly created Baron Wilmot, commanding Royalist...
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    Northallerton (1138) Battle of Northampton (1460) Battle of Otterburn (1388) Battle of Roundway Down (1643) Battle of Rowton Heath (1645) Battle of Sedgemoor (1685)...
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    Alexander Popham (category Members of Cromwell's Other House)
    full-time regiment of foot for Parliament. Popham's Foot saw action in the 1643 Western campaign that culminated in the Battle of Roundway Down near Devizes...
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    victory at the Battle of Roundway Down on 13 July 1643, Cooper was one of three commissioners appointed to negotiate the surrender of Dorchester, at which...
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    Second Battle of Newbury was a battle of the First English Civil War fought on 27 October 1644, in Speen, adjoining Newbury in Berkshire. The battle was...
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    advancing Royalist armies and fought on the losing side at the battle of Roundway Down, although he did successfully seize Wardour Castle in 1643. Farleigh...
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  • 1642 The Battle of Lansdown 5 July 1643 The Battle of Roundway Down 13 July 1643 The First Battle of Newbury 20 October 1643 The Battle of Cheriton 29...
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