| Battle of St Neots | |||||||
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| Part of the Second English Civil War | |||||||
&sq=engine&lang=en&file=File:Adrian_Scrope_by_Robert_Walker.jpg) Colonel Adrian Scrope, Parliamentarian commander | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Royalists |
 Parliamentarians | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Earl of Holland (POW) Colonel John Dalbier † | Colonel Adrian Scrope | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 100 to 200 (estimate) | 100 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 12 killed or wounded | Minimal | ||||||
The Battle of St Neots on 10 July 1648 was a skirmish during the Second English Civil War at St Neots in Cambridgeshire. A Royalist force led by the Earl of Holland and Colonel John Dalbier was defeated by 100 veteran troops from the New Model Army, commanded by Colonel Adrian Scrope.
Taken by surprise in the early hours, the Royalists were quickly overpowered; Dalbier and several others were killed, while Holland was taken prisoner and executed for treason on 9 March 1649. Although a relatively minor action, Parliamentarian troops were struggling to deal with a series of local risings and victory ensured there was no central focus for Royalist groups in the East Midlands.