Battle of Langport

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The Battle of Langport was a decisive 1645 engagement in the First English Civil War in which Parliamentarian forces under the New Model Army defeated Royalist troops, helping to secure Parliament’s military dominance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
engagement
associatedTown Langport
belligerent Parliamentarians
Royalists
category 1645 in England
English Civil War
surface form: Battles of the English Civil War

History of Somerset
combatant New Model Army
Royalist field army of the West
commander Charles, Lord Goring
George Goring, Lord Goring
Oliver Cromwell
Philip Skippon
Sir Thomas Fairfax
conflict English Civil War
surface form: First English Civil War
conflictType civil war battle
country England
date 10 July 1645
followedBy siege and capture of Bristol (1645)
surface form: siege of Bristol (1645)
historicalEra 17th century
historicalPeriod English Civil War
surface form: English Civil Wars
location Somerset
notableUnit New Model Army
surface form: New Model Army cavalry

New Model Army
surface form: New Model Army infantry
outcome Royalist army in the West forced into retreat
Royalist position in the West Country fatally weakened
parliamentarianObjective to destroy Goring’s Royalist army in the West
partOf English Civil War
surface form: First English Civil War
partOfCampaign Parliamentarian campaign in the West Country in 1645
place near Langport
precededBy Battle of Naseby
primaryOpposingForces New Model Army vs Royalist Western Army
region southwest England
surface form: West Country
result Parliamentarian victory
royalistCommanderTitle Lord Goring was lieutenant-general of the Royalist horse in the West
royalistObjective to delay Parliamentarian advance and protect Royalist positions in the West
sideOfCommander George Goring, Lord Goring – Royalist
Oliver Cromwell
surface form: Oliver Cromwell – Parliamentarian

Sir Thomas Fairfax
surface form: Sir Thomas Fairfax – Parliamentarian
strategicSignificance destroyed the main Royalist field army in the West Country
helped secure Parliamentarian military dominance in the First English Civil War
tacticalFeature attack on Royalist position behind hedges and ditches
use of Parliamentarian cavalry to rout Royalist horse
year 1645

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New Model Army battle Battle of Langport
Sir Thomas Fairfax battle Battle of Langport
2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron battle Battle of Langport
subject surface form: Thomas Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron