What is recorded here
Royalist and Parliamentarian forces fought the Second Battle of Newbury in October 1644 during the English Civil War. The battle ended in a tactical draw but prevented the Royalists from relieving the Siege of Basing House, weakening their position in the south.
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- Date
- 1644-10-27
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Photo: Walter Money and C.K.K. (1879); Whiteman and Bass Photo-Lithography, High Holborn, London · Public domain