Battle of Roundway Down

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The Battle of Roundway Down was a decisive 1643 engagement of the First English Civil War in which Royalist cavalry forces routed a larger Parliamentarian army, securing Royalist control of much of southwestern England.

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Battle of Roundway Down canonical 5
Battle of Roundway Chase 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
engagement of the First English Civil War
alternativeName Battle of Roundway Chase
associatedMonarch Charles I of England
belligerent Parliamentarians
Royalists
campaign 1643 campaigning season of the First English Civil War
commander Lord Wilmot
Sir John Byron
Sir Ralph Hopton
linked to: Lord Hopton

Sir William Waller
conflict First English Civil War
linked to: English Civil War
country England
county Wiltshire
date 13 July 1643
followedBy Royalist advance into the West Country
forceType cavalry
geographicalFeature fought on chalk downland
historicalPeriod 17th century
locatedNear Devizes
nearSettlement Bromham
Roundway
notableTactic Royalist downhill cavalry charge
outcome Parliamentarian army routed
ParliamentarianArmyComposition predominantly cavalry with some infantry and dragoons
ParliamentarianCommander Sir William Waller
ParliamentarianLosses heavy casualties and many prisoners
ParliamentarianSide forces loyal to the English Parliament
ParliamentarianStrength larger army including cavalry and infantry
partOf Royalist campaign in the West Country
place Roundway Down
precededBy Siege of Devizes
result Royalist victory
RoyalistArmyComposition cavalry relief force combined with Hopton’s troops
RoyalistCommander Lord Wilmot
Sir John Byron
Sir Ralph Hopton
linked to: Lord Hopton
RoyalistLosses relatively light casualties
RoyalistSide forces loyal to King Charles I
RoyalistStrength approximately 1,800 cavalry
significance considered one of the most decisive Royalist victories of the war
strategicConsequence ended Parliamentarian dominance in the West Country in mid-1643
secured Royalist control of much of southwestern England
theatre English mainland
year 1643

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Prince Maurice of the Rhine notableBattle Battle of Roundway Down
First Battle of Newbury precededBy Battle of Roundway Down
Battle of Roundway Down alternativeName Battle of Roundway Chase
linked to: Battle of Roundway Down
Sir William Waller notableBattle Battle of Roundway Down