Siege of Gloucester
The Siege of Gloucester was an engagement in the First English Civil War. It took place between 10 August and 5 September 1643, between the defending Parliamentarian garrison of Gloucester and the besieging army of King Charles I. The siege ended with the arrival of a relieving Parliamentarian army under the Earl of Essex. The Royalist forces withdrew, having sustained heavy casualties and had several cannon disabled as a result of sallies made by the defenders.
primaryTopic
Siege of Gloucester
The Siege of Gloucester was an engagement in the First English Civil War. It took place between 10 August and 5 September 1643, between the defending Parliamentarian garrison of Gloucester and the besieging army of King Charles I. The siege ended with the arrival of a relieving Parliamentarian army under the Earl of Essex. The Royalist forces withdrew, having sustained heavy casualties and had several cannon disabled as a result of sallies made by the defenders.
has abstract
The Siege of Gloucester was an ...... sallies made by the defenders.
@en
causalties
3,000+ killed or wounded
combatant
Parliamentarians
date
1643-09-05
is part of military conflict
place of military conflict
result
Decisive Parliamentarian victory
strength
1,500 regular troops
about 35,000
unknown local militia later 15,000 reinforcements
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
Wikipage page ID
Wikipage revision ID
688,443,503
casualties
subject
hypernym
point
51.864 -2.2438
comment
The Siege of Gloucester was an ...... sallies made by the defenders.
@en
label
Siege of Gloucester
@en
lat
long
-2.2438e+0
wasDerivedFrom
isPrimaryTopicOf
name
Siege of Gloucester
@en