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Dunbar


Battle Name : Dunbar

Date(s) : 04 September 1650

Part of : The Civil Wars of the Three Kingdoms , The 3rd English Civil War ,

Outcome : A victory for Parliamentarian Forces over Covenanters

Type of battle : Land

Summary

Cromwell utterly destroyed the larger but less disciplined Scottish covenanter army, ending the campaign.

Location

South of the town of Dunbar, on the Cockburnspath road. (Scotland)

Casualty figures

Parliamentarian Forces

Number engaged :
11,000

Casualties :
n/a

Covenanters

Number engaged :
22,000

Casualties :
13,000 (59.09%)