Second Battle of Newbury

Second Battle of Newbury
Part of English Civil War
Site of the Battle, now Donnington Grove Country Club
Date 27 October 1644 Location Newbury, Berkshire Result Indecisive Parliamentarian tactical success Royalist strategic initiative; Charles withdraws from the field unimpeded Subsequent Parliamentarian political successes, resulting in the formation of the New Model Army
Belligerents
Parliamentarians	Royalists
Commanders and leaders
Earl of Essex Earl of Manchester Sir William Waller	Charles I Prince Maurice
Strength
19,000 7,000 cavalry 12,000 infantry	8,500 3,500 cavalry 5,000 infantry
Casualties and losses
2,000	1,500

Indecisive

Earl of Essex
Earl of Manchester

Charles I

The Second Battle of Newbury was a battle of the English Civil War fought on 27 October 1644, in Speen, adjoining Newbury in Berkshire. The battle was fought close to the site of the First Battle of Newbury, which took place in late September the previous year.

The combined armies of Parliament inflicted a tactical defeat on the Royalists, but failed to gain any strategic advantage.

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