Early Modern era · 1648
Battle of Preston
The battle of Preston was fought on 17 August 1648 during the Second English Civil War. A Parliamentarian army commanded by Lieutenant General Oliver Cromwell attacked a considerably larger force of Royalists under James Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton, near the Lancashire town of Preston; the Royalists were defeated with heavy losses.
- When
- 17 Aug 1648 – 19 Aug 1648
- Where
- Preston
- Era
- Early Modern
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Text from the Wikipedia article Battle of Preston (1648), CC BY-SA 4.0