Siege of Newark

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Siege_warfare
gptkbp:aftermath Parliamentary control of Newark
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Royalists
Parliamentarians
gptkbp:consequences loss of life
destruction of property
displacement of civilians
gptkbp:cultural_impact gptkb:documentaries
gptkb:films
gptkb:literature
gptkb:artworks
historical reenactments
gptkbp:date 1644
gptkbp:duration approximately 6 months
gptkbp:events gptkb:Battle_of_Newark
gptkbp:fortifications gptkb:Newark_Castle
gptkbp:historical_analysis military historians
gptkbp:historical_documentation gptkb:historical_accounts
gptkb:government_records
newspaper articles
military reports
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:King_Charles_I
gptkb:Oliver_Cromwell
gptkbp:historical_period 17th century
gptkbp:historical_significance impact on English Civil War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Siege of Newark
gptkbp:legacy symbol of Royalist resistance
influence on future sieges
study in military strategy
symbol of Parliamentary victory
gptkbp:location gptkb:Newark-on-Trent
gptkbp:military_leadership gptkb:Sir_Thomas_Fairfax
gptkb:Sir_John_Gell
gptkbp:military_strategy defensive siege warfare
gptkbp:notable_figures gptkb:John_Byron
gptkb:William_Waller
gptkbp:outcome Royalist defeat
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Civil_War
gptkbp:primary_source diaries of soldiers
letters from commanders
gptkbp:related_event gptkb:Second_English_Civil_War
gptkb:First_English_Civil_War
gptkbp:result Royalist surrender
gptkbp:strategic_importance Midlands region of England
gptkbp:tactics mining
cannons
mortars
sapping
battering rams
counter-siege operations
1644 to 1646
gptkbp:tactics_used gptkb:blockade
artillery bombardment
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Siege_of_Falcon_Castle
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5