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Rowton Heath, battle of
Rowton Heath, battle of, 1645. After Naseby, Charles I's hopes were of reinforcements from Ireland or of a junction with the victorious Montrose in Scotland. Chester, held by a royalist garrison, was the key to both strategies. In September, Charles moved northwards through north Wales to Chester, unaware that Montrose's brilliant run of success had already come to an end at Philiphaugh. On 23 September Charles relieved the garrison but the following day Langdale's cavalry was badly cut up by Poyntz's horsemen at Rowton Heath, just south of the city.
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JOHN CANNON. "Rowton Heath, battle of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Rowton Heath, battle of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-RowtonHeathbattleof.html JOHN CANNON. "Rowton Heath, battle of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-RowtonHeathbattleof.html |
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Rowton Heath, battle of
Rowton Heath, battle of, 1645. After Naseby, Charles I's hopes were of reinforcements from Ireland or of a junction with the victorious Montrose in Scotland. Chester, held by a royalist garrison, was the key to both strategies. In September, Charles moved northwards to Chester, unaware that Montrose's brilliant run of success had already come to an end at Philiphaugh. On 23 September Charles relieved the garrison but the following day his cavalry was badly cut up by Poyntz's horsemen at Rowton Heath, south of the city.
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JOHN CANNON. "Rowton Heath, battle of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Rowton Heath, battle of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-RowtonHeathbattleof.html JOHN CANNON. "Rowton Heath, battle of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-RowtonHeathbattleof.html |
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