Battle of Lansdowne

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Battle of Lansdowne
Part of First English Civil War
The battlefield today with Sir Bevil Grenville's Monument
Date 5 July 1643 Location Lansdowne Hill, near Bath, Somerset Result Royalist victory Parliamentarian strategic victory
Belligerents
Royalists	Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
Lord Hopton + Sir Bevil Grenville † Colonel John Giffard[1]	Sir William Waller
Strength
2,000 horse 4,000 foot 300 dragoons 16 guns	2,500 horse 1,500 foot Unknown number of guns
Casualties and losses
200–300 killed 600–700 wounded	20 killed 60 wounded

Lansdowne

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Somerset and Lansdowne

The First English Civil War battle of Lansdowne, or Lansdown, was fought on 5 July 1643, at Lansdowne Hill, near Bath, Somerset, England. Although the Royalists under Lord Hopton forced the Parliamentarians under Sir William Waller to retreat from their hilltop position, they suffered so many casualties themselves and were left so disordered and short of ammunition that an injured Hopton was forced to retire.