Royalist cavalry from Oxford raided Abingdon and the Thames crossings south of the city in 1645, attempting to recover this vital Parliamentary bridgehead. The Parliamentary garrison repulsed the Royalist raids, maintaining Abingdon as a forward base from which Parliamentary forces could threaten Oxford and cut its southern communications.
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