Battle of Winceby

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The Battle of Winceby was a 1643 English Civil War engagement in Lincolnshire in which Parliamentarian forces, including Oliver Cromwell’s cavalry, decisively defeated the Royalists and secured control of the region.

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instanceOf English Civil War battle
battle
alsoKnownAs Winceby fight NERFINISHED
belligerent Parliamentarians
Royalists NERFINISHED
belligerentStrength Parliamentarian army of several thousand men
Royalist army of several thousand men
campaign Parliamentarian campaign in Lincolnshire, 1643
category Battles involving England
Battles of the English Civil War NERFINISHED
History of Lincolnshire
combatant Parliamentarian forces
Royalist forces
commander John Hotham the younger NERFINISHED
Oliver Cromwell NERFINISHED
Sir John Henderson NERFINISHED
Sir Thomas Fairfax NERFINISHED
Sir William Widdrington NERFINISHED
conflict First English Civil War NERFINISHED
country England
date 11 October 1643
era Early modern period
followedBy Parliamentarian consolidation of Lincolnshire
hasParticipant English Parliamentarian army
English Royalist army
historicalPeriod English Civil War era
locatedIn Lincolnshire
locatedNear Horncastle NERFINISHED
notableUnit Oliver Cromwell’s cavalry NERFINISHED
objective secure Parliamentarian control of Lincolnshire
outcome Parliamentarians secured control of Lincolnshire
partOf campaign for control of Lincolnshire
place near Winceby, Lincolnshire, England
precededBy Royalist advance in Lincolnshire in 1643
primaryArm cavalry
relatedTo First English Civil War NERFINISHED
Oliver Cromwell NERFINISHED
Sir Thomas Fairfax NERFINISHED
result Parliamentarian victory
secondaryArm infantry
significance helped secure eastern England for Parliament
weakened Royalist position in the north-east Midlands
theatre English Midlands theatre of the English Civil War NERFINISHED
typeOfEngagement cavalry action
year 1643

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