BattlefieldsWinchester Castle Bombardment 1645
English Civil War

Winchester Castle Bombardment 1645

1645
England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalist
Forces
Royalist garrison under Lord Ogle
VS
Victor
Parliament
Forces
Parliamentary besiegers under Dalbier
Outcome
Parliamentary capture; castle surrendered October 1645 after intense bombardment breached the walls; subsequently slighted.
The Battle

History & Significance

Parliamentary forces under Colonel John Dalbier besieged Winchester Castle in October 1645, bombarding it with heavy artillery. The castle fell after two days of bombardment, one of the swiftest reductions of a major castle in the war.

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