First Battle of Newbury

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battle engagement of the English Civil War

The First Battle of Newbury was a major engagement of the English Civil War in 1643, where Parliamentarian forces halted the advance of King Charles I’s Royalist army in Berkshire.

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Label	Occurrences
First Battle of Newbury canonical	5
Battle of Newbury (1643)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ engagement of the English Civil War ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	First Battle of Newbury ⓘ surface form: Battle of Newbury (1643)
associatedWithMonarch	Charles I of England ⓘ
belligerent	Parliamentarians ⓘ Royalists ⓘ
campaign	Royalist campaign in Cornwall ⓘ surface form: Royalist 1643 campaign in southern England
casualtiesParliamentarian	several hundred killed and wounded ⓘ
casualtiesRoyalist	several hundred killed and wounded ⓘ
combatant	Parliamentarian army ⓘ Royalist field army of the West ⓘ surface form: Royalist army
commander	Charles I of England ⓘ surface form: King Charles I of England Prince Rupert of the Rhine ⓘ Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex ⓘ Sir Edward Massie ⓘ
conflict	English Civil War ⓘ surface form: First English Civil War
country	England ⓘ
date	20 September 1643 ⓘ
followedBy	Second Battle of Newbury ⓘ
historicalSignificance	boosted Parliamentarian morale ⓘ checked Royalist momentum after earlier victories ⓘ
involvedBranch	artillery ⓘ cavalry ⓘ infantry ⓘ
location	Berkshire ⓘ Newbury, Berkshire ⓘ surface form: Newbury
notableFeature	fighting around Round Hill ⓘ fighting near Wash Common ⓘ heavy use of infantry and artillery ⓘ
parliamentarianForceStrength	approximately 14,000 men ⓘ
parliamentarianLeader	Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex ⓘ
parliamentarianLeaderTitle	Captain-General of the Parliamentarian forces ⓘ
parliamentarianTactic	defensive positioning on high ground ⓘ
partOf	English Civil War ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Roundway Down ⓘ
result	inconclusive ⓘ strategic Parliamentarian success ⓘ
royalistCavalryCommander	Prince Rupert of the Rhine ⓘ
royalistForceStrength	approximately 10,000–12,000 men ⓘ
royalistLeader	Charles I of England ⓘ surface form: King Charles I of England
royalistTactic	frontal assaults against Parliamentarian positions ⓘ
strategicObjective	Royalist advance towards London ⓘ
strategicOutcome	Royalist advance on London halted ⓘ
theatre	English Civil War ⓘ surface form: English Civil War in southern England
tookPlaceNear	River Kennet ⓘ
year	1643 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Newbury, Berkshire → historicalEvent → First Battle of Newbury ⓘ

Patrick Ruthven, Earl of Forth and Brentford → participatedIn → First Battle of Newbury ⓘ

Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland → notableBattle → First Battle of Newbury ⓘ

First Battle of Newbury → alsoKnownAs → First Battle of Newbury ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Newbury (1643)

Second Battle of Newbury → precededBy → First Battle of Newbury ⓘ

English Civil War siege of Donnington Castle → relatedEvent → First Battle of Newbury ⓘ