| Battle of Aldbourne Chase | |||||||
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| Part of the First English Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Royalists | Parliamentarians | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Prince Rupert | Earl of Essex | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 3,000 horse[1] |
5,000 foot[2] 2,000 horse[2] 15–20 cannons | ||||||
Aldbourne
Cirencester
Swindon
Newbury
Hungerford
Wiltshire County
The Battle of Aldbourne Chase was a relatively small battle of the First English Civil War that occurred on 18 September 1643. In the skirmish the Royalist cavalry led by Prince Rupert attacked the extended columns of the Parliamentarian army of the Earl of Essex at Aldbourne Chase, Wiltshire, as he was attempting to get his army to London.[3]
The battle in and of itself was inconclusive, but it allowed the Royalists to get to Newbury ahead of Essex and ultimately forced the Parliamentarian army into a major confrontation.[4]
- ^ Money (1881), p. 17.
- ^ a b Money (1881), p. 14.
- ^ Wallace (2013), p. 32.
- ^ Manganiello (2004), p. 12.