William Baille17 August 1648
First day of the disastrous Battle of Preston
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First day of the disastrous Battle of Preston
Hamilton commands the Scottish Engager army defeated by Cromwell during the Preston campaign.
The Scots are driven off by a charge of pikemen under Colonels Thomas Pride and Richard Dean. Surrenders at the Battle of Preston after making a final stand at Winwick. A victory by the troops of Oliver Cromwell over the Royalists and Scots commanded by the Duke of Hamilton, the Parliamentarian victory presaged the end of the Second English Civil War
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