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Cropredy Bridge


Battle Name : Cropredy Bridge

Date(s) : 29 June 1644

Part of : The Civil Wars of the Three Kingdoms , The 1st English Civil War ,

Outcome : A victory for Royalist Forces over Parliamentarian Forces

Type of battle : Land

The King, after deciding not to assault Waller's troops near Banbury, made for the bridge over the Cherwell at Cropredy. Waller, seeing that the Kings forces had become spread out, attacked and attempted to block the Royalist path across the bridge. Valiant action by the Royalist horse under Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Cleveland permitted King Charles to regroup and repulse Waller's main attack who fell back.