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Second Battle of Newbury

Second Battle of Newbury was a battle fought on 27 October 1644 at Newbury, in what is now United Kingdom. It was part of First English Civil War, which ran from 1642 to 1646. The recorded result: Indecisive. Recorded strength: 8,500 against 19,000.

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Plan of the Second Battle of Newbury (October 1644)
Plan of the Second Battle of Newbury (October 1644). Walter Money and C.K.K. (1879); Whiteman and Bass Photo-Lithography, High Holborn, London, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought27 October 1644
WhereNewbury, United Kingdom51.414N, 1.335W
OutcomeIndecisive
BelligerentsRoyalistsagainstParliamentarians
Casualties and losses1,500and2,000
Battlefield todayBattle of Newbury battlefieldHistoric England entry 1000026, 242 ha
Part ofFirst English Civil War1642 to 1646

Where it sits in First English Civil War

Siege of Hull, 1642Battle of Babylon Hill, 1642Battle of Powick Bridge, 1642Battle of Edgehill, 1642Battle of Aylesbury, 1642Siege of Reading, 1642Battle of Brentford, 1642Battle of Turnham Green, 1642Siege of Worcester, 1643Battle of Braddock Down, 1643Battle of Leeds, 1643Battle of Hopton Heath, 1643Battle of Seacroft Moor, 1643Battle of Camp Hill, 1643Battle of Stratton, 1643Capture of Wakefield, 1643Siege of Lichfield, 1643Battle of Chalgrove Field, 1643Battle of Adwalton Moor, 1643Battle of Burton Bridge, 1643Battle of Lansdowne, 1643Battle of Gainsborough, 1643Siege of Hull, 1643Siege of Gloucester, 1643Battle of Aldbourne Chase, 1643First Battle of Newbury, 1643Battle of Winceby, 1643Battle of Olney Bridge, 1643Second Battle of Middlewich, 1643Battle of Nantwich, 1644Siege of Newcastle, 1644Battle of Selby, 1644Siege of Lyme Regis, 1644Siege of Oxford, 1644Siege of Lincoln, 1644Battle of Tipton Green, 1644Battle of Lostwithiel, 1644Sieges of Taunton, 1644Relief of Montgomery Castle, 1644Second Battle of Newbury, 1644Siege of Chester, 1645Siege of Lathom House, 1645Battle of Langport, 1645Siege of Lathom House, 1645Siege of Worcester, 1646Battle of Torrington, 164616421646Second Battle of Newbury, 1644
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Record

Date27 October 1644
PlaceNewbury, United Kingdom
51.414N, 1.335W
KindBattle, early modern
Strength8,50019,000
Casualties and losses1,5002,000
Commanders
Second Battle of NewburySecond Battle of NewburyFirst Battle of NewburyFirst Battle of Newbury5 km51.414N, 1.335W
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Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: ENG PARL ARMYDefender: ENG ROY ARMY
Strength22,00010,000
Casualties500 (2.3%)500 (5.0%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1057
Outcomedefender won
Duration1.4 days
Front width2.8 km2 km
Attacker advanced0 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 24), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Historic England registers this as the Battle of Newbury battlefield (entry 1000026), 242 hectares, under the Open Government Licence.

Second Battle of Newbury 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 Q2031282, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Second Battle of Newbury, revision 1370736483, 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. Battlefield boundary and area from Historic England (Open Government Licence). Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.