Battle of Keynsham

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The Battle of Keynsham was a minor 1685 engagement during the Monmouth Rebellion in which rebel and royalist forces skirmished near Keynsham in Somerset as the Duke of Monmouth advanced toward Bristol.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military engagement
belligerentSide forces loyal to James II
rebel forces
century 17th century
combatant Monmouth Rebellion
surface form: Monmouth rebels

royalist forces
commandedBy James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
surface form: Duke of Monmouth
commander James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
conflict Monmouth Rebellion
conflictType civil conflict within England
country Kingdom of England
date 1685
followedBy Battle of Sedgemoor
hasLocation England
Keynsham
Somerset
historicalPeriod Monmouth Rebellion
involves cavalry
infantry
locatedOnWatercourse River Avon vicinity
namedAfter Keynsham
natureOfEngagement skirmish
opponentOf James II of England
partOf Monmouth Rebellion
precededBy landing of the Duke of Monmouth in the West Country
region southwest England
surface form: South West England
result royalist tactical advantage
scale minor engagement
significance part of Monmouth’s attempt to seize Bristol
strategicObjective advance toward Bristol
typeOfWarfare early modern warfare
year 1685

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Monmouth Rebellion battle Battle of Keynsham