William Brereton25 January 1644
Joins forces with Fairfax & helps defeat Royalists led by Lord Byron
England · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Joins forces with Fairfax & helps defeat Royalists led by Lord Byron
Forced to retreat to Chester
Defeated by Fairfax. Byrons infantry join the Parliamentarians
Fairfax helps defeat Byron's Royalist army at Nantwich, relieving the town and weakening Royalist control in Cheshire.
Defeats Irish Royalists & local troops who have laid siege to Nantwich
Monck is captured by Parliamentarian forces after the Royalist defeat at Nantwich.
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