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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:battle
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gptkbp:aftermath
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Strengthened Yorkist position
Retreat of Lancastrian forces
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gptkbp:casualties
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Approximately 1,000
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gptkbp:combatants
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gptkb:Borough
gptkb:noble_title
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gptkbp:commander
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Sir Walter Blount
Lord Thomas Stanley
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gptkbp:date
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23 September 1459
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gptkbp:fought_in
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Yorkists and Lancastrians
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gptkbp:historical_impact
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Influenced subsequent battles in the Wars of the Roses
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gptkbp:historical_source
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gptkb:The_Croyland_Chronicle
gptkb:Chronicles_of_the_Wars_of_the_Roses
gptkb:The_History_of_the_Kings_of_Britain
gptkb:The_Paston_Letters
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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The Battle of Blore Heath
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Staffordshire,_England
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gptkbp:notable_figures
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gptkb:Richard_Neville,_16th_Earl_of_Warwick
gptkb:Henry_Percy,_2nd_Earl_of_Northumberland
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gptkbp:part_of
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gptkb:Wars_of_the_Roses
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gptkbp:result
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Yorkist victory
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gptkbp:significance
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gptkb:First_major_battle_of_the_Wars_of_the_Roses
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gptkbp:strategic_importance
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Control of the Midlands
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gptkbp:tactics
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Ambush
Flanking maneuvers
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Richard_III
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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3
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