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Siege of Portsmouth 1642

Marker: recorded battle location (no official boundary).

Key facts

Date10 August 1642 – 7 September 1642Wikidata
Date (year)1642Wikidata P580 start time
Century17th centuryderived
PeriodCivil Warsderived
CountryEnglandderived
War / conflictEnglish Civil WarWikidata
ParticipantsGeorge Goring, Lord Goring, William WallerWikidata

About the battle

The siege of Portsmouth was the siege of a Royalist garrison in Portsmouth by a Parliamentarian force conducted in the early part of the First English Civil War. The siege resulted in Portsmouth falling to Parliament after a little under a month of conflict.

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Location

  • Recorded location (Wikidata; may be approximate): 50.8058, -1.0872

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