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Lansdowne, battle of
Lansdowne, battle of, 1643. This Civil War encounter was part of the early manœuvring for control of the west country, and fought between two old friends, Sir William Waller and Sir Ralph Hopton, who exchanged letters before the fight, lamenting ‘this war without an enemy’. Hopton's royalists attacked Waller on 5 July, trying to drive him from the Lansdowne ridge, 5 miles north of Bath. In hand-to-hand fighting, Hopton's men pushed their way up the wooded slopes and, during the night, Waller made an orderly retreat. A week later his forces were badly beaten at Roundway Down, just outside Devizes. There is a memorial on the field of battle to Sir Bevil Grenville, the Cornish leader killed in the attack.
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JOHN CANNON. "Lansdowne, battle of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Lansdowne, battle of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Lansdownebattleof.html JOHN CANNON. "Lansdowne, battle of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Lansdownebattleof.html |
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Lansdowne, battle of
Lansdowne, battle of, 1643. This Civil War encounter was part of the early manœuvring for control of the west country, and fought between two old friends, Sir William Waller and Sir Ralph Hopton. Hopton's royalists attacked Waller on 5 July, trying to drive him from the Lansdowne ridge, 5 miles north of Bath. In hand‐to‐hand fighting, Hopton's men pushed their way up the wooded slopes and, during the night, Waller made an orderly retreat. There is a memorial on the field of battle to Sir Bevil Grenville, the Cornish leader killed in the attack.
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JOHN CANNON. "Lansdowne, battle of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Lansdowne, battle of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Lansdownebattleof.html JOHN CANNON. "Lansdowne, battle of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Lansdownebattleof.html |
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"Lansdowne." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Lansdowne." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Lansdown.html "Lansdowne." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Lansdown.html |
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