Battle of Wigan Lane

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battle
gptkbp:aftermath Royalist_forces_retreated.
gptkbp:casualties High for both sides
gptkbp:celebrates Local history.
gptkbp:combatants Parliamentarians
Royalists
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Colonel_John_Birch
Sir Thomas Tyldesley
gptkbp:contemporary Lessons in military strategy.
gptkbp:culturalHeritage Books and documentaries.
gptkbp:date August 19, 1651
gptkbp:followedBy Battle of Worcester
gptkbp:foughtIn August 19, 1651.
gptkbp:historicalContext Part_of_the_struggle_between_Parliamentarians_and_Royalists.
gptkbp:historicalFigures Political leaders.
Historians.
Strategists.
Local leaders.
Civilians.
Military commanders.
Parliamentarian supporters.
Soldiers.
Chroniclers.
Royalist_supporters.
gptkbp:historicalImpact Shifted_power_dynamics_in_England.
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Various scholarly views.
gptkbp:historicalResearch Studied by historians.
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Archives and records.
Influenced_the_outcome_of_the_English_Civil_War.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Wigan Lane
gptkbp:influencedBy Parliamentarian strategies.
Political tensions of the time.
Royalist tactics.
gptkbp:involved Cavalry regiments.
Infantry battalions.
gptkbp:legacy Remembered as a key conflict.
gptkbp:location gptkb:Wigan,_England
gptkbp:militaryRank Defensive positions.
Flanking maneuvers.
gptkbp:notable_event Anniversaries.
gptkbp:notableBattle Battle of Naseby.
Battle_of_Marston_Moor.
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:Prince_Rupert_of_the_Rhine
gptkb:Oliver_Cromwell
gptkbp:outcome Strengthened_Parliamentarian_control_in_the_North.
gptkbp:partOf English Civil War
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Battle_of_Preston
gptkbp:primaryMission Military reports
Contemporary_accounts
gptkbp:relatedEvent Second English Civil War
gptkbp:result Parliamentary victory
gptkbp:significance Decisive_battle_in_the_final_phase_of_the_English_Civil_War.
gptkbp:strategicGoals Control of Lancashire
Parliamentary dominance in the region.
gptkbp:tactics Cavalry charges
Infantry formations