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Siege of Colchester

Siege of Colchester was a siege conducted on 12 June 1648 at Colchester, in what is now United Kingdom; it lasted 3 months. It was part of Second English Civil War. The recorded result: Parliamentary victory. Recorded strength: 4,000 against 5,000 (plus reinforcements).

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Fought12 June 1648lasted 3 months
WhereColchester, United Kingdom51.890N, 0.900E
OutcomeParliamentary victory
BelligerentsRoyalistsagainstParliamentarians
Casualties and losses1,000and500–1,000
Part ofSecond English Civil War

Where it sits in Second English Civil War

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6 placed engagements of Second English Civil War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date12 June 1648
to 28 August 1648
PlaceColchester, United Kingdom
51.890N, 0.900E
KindSiege, early modern
Strength4,0005,000 (plus reinforcements)
Casualties and losses1,000500–1,000
Commanders
  • George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich
  • Arthur Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham
  • Charles Lucas
  • George Lisle (Royalist)
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Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between AD 43 and 1648.

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Siege of Colchester is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 695 in present-day United Kingdom.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4924393, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Colchester, revision 1370740308, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.