The Siege of Colchester

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical event
gptkbp:aftermath execution_of_Sir_Charles_Lucas
execution_of_Sir_George_Lisle
gptkbp:casualties high
gptkbp:culturalHeritage documentaries
literature
films
historical reenactments
gptkbp:defeated 28 August 1648
gptkbp:duration 11 weeks
gptkbp:historicalImpact influenced future military sieges
gptkbp:historicalPeriod letters
diaries
official reports
memoirs
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Siege of Colchester
gptkbp:keyEvent negotiations for surrender
Parliamentarian blockade
surrender of the garrison
Royalist_attempts_to_break_the_siege
gptkbp:legacy influenced military tactics
commemorated in local history
studied in military history courses
inspired historical novels
gptkbp:location gptkb:Colchester
gptkbp:notable_player fortifications
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:Sir_George_Lisle
gptkb:Sir_Charles_Lucas
gptkbp:occursIn 1648
gptkbp:partOf English Civil War
gptkbp:protectedArea Royalists
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:First_English_Civil_War
gptkb:Siege_of_Oxford
Second English Civil War
Siege of Bristol
Battle of Colchester
gptkbp:resultedIn Parliamentary victory
gptkbp:significance last_major_siege_of_the_English_Civil_War
gptkbp:tactics Parliamentarians
cannons
mortars
battering rams