Parliamentary forces operating from Brecon skirmished with Royalist cavalry near Builth Wells in 1645 as both sides contested the upper Wye valley. Builth was a strategic crossing point on the Wye and control of the valley was important for communications between north and south Welsh Royalist garrisons. The skirmish was inconclusive but Parliamentary pressure on Royalist mid-Wales communications was increasing.
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