Battle of Brentford

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battle engagement of the First English Civil War

The Battle of Brentford was a 1642 engagement in the First English Civil War in which Royalist forces attacked and briefly overwhelmed Parliamentarian troops west of London before being checked by a larger Parliamentarian army.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Brentford canonical 3
Battle of Turnham Green 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
engagement of the First English Civil War ⓘ
belligerent Parliamentarians ⓘ
Royalists ⓘ
combatant New Model Army ⓘ
surface form: Parliamentarian army

Royalist field army of the West ⓘ
surface form: Royalist army
commander Charles I of England ⓘ
surface form: King Charles I of England

Patrick Ruthven, Earl of Forth and Brentford ⓘ
surface form: Patrick Ruthven, Earl of Forth

Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex ⓘ
conflict Second English Civil War ⓘ
surface form: First English Civil War
country England ⓘ
date 12 November 1642 ⓘ
description Royalist advance was checked by a larger Parliamentarian army near London ⓘ
Royalist forces attacked and briefly overwhelmed Parliamentarian troops west of London ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Turnham Green ⓘ
location Brentford ⓘ
England ⓘ
Middlesex, England ⓘ
surface form: Middlesex
near London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
notableConsequence contributed to the Royalist decision not to assault London directly after Turnham Green ⓘ
helped galvanise London’s defences against the Royalists ⓘ
partOf English Civil War ⓘ
surface form: First English Civil War
precededBy Battle of Edgehill ⓘ
result strategic Parliamentarian advantage maintained ⓘ
tactical Royalist success ⓘ
river Thames ⓘ
surface form: River Thames
strategicObjective open the road to London for the Royalist army ⓘ
theatre English Midlands and Home Counties theatre of the First English Civil War ⓘ
typeOfEngagement urban and river crossing action ⓘ
year 1642 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Edgehill → followedBy → Battle of Brentford ⓘ
Battle of Edgehill → followedBy → Battle of Brentford ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Turnham Green
Patrick Ruthven, Earl of Forth and Brentford → participatedIn → Battle of Brentford ⓘ
Battle of Edge Hill → followedBy → Battle of Brentford ⓘ