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Crossing of the Severn

England · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1651Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1651

Charles Fleetwood29 August 1651

Upton-upon-Severn · Warfare / Civil War

Fleetwood moves about eleven thousand Parliamentarian troops to the west bank of the Severn for the southern approach to Worcester.

Oliver Cromwell3 September 1651

River Severn · Warfare / Civil War

Cromwell personally leads three brigades across the Severn pontoon to reinforce the Parliamentarian attack west of the river.

Names involved

Charles FleetwoodOliver Cromwell

Provenance

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