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BATTLE OF MARSTON MOOR 2ND JULY 1644 NEAR THIS SITE THE PARLIAMENTARY ARMY LEFT TO THE LEADERSHIP OF OLIVER CROMWELL SUPPORTED BY DAVID LESLIE COMPLETED THE DEFEAT OF THE FORCES OF PRINCE RUPERT

The Battle of Marston Moor was fought on 2 July 1644 between the Royalist forces led by Prince Rupert and the combined Parliamentary and Scottish Covenanter armies led by Oliver Cromwell and David Leslie. The Parliamentarians achieved a decisive victory, which significantly weakened the Royalist position in the English Civil War and marked a turning point in favor of the Parliamentarians.

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