BattlefieldsSkirmish at Wisbech 1643
English Civil War

Skirmish at Wisbech 1643

1643
Cambridgeshire, England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Cambridgeshire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalist
Forces
local Royalist sympathisers in Cambridgeshire
VS
Victor
Eastern Association
Forces
Eastern Association forces
Outcome
Eastern Association forces secured the town and surrounding fenland routes. The area remained under Parliamentary control for the rest of the war.
The Battle

History & Significance

Wisbech in the Cambridgeshire fenland was a contested point between Eastern Association forces and Royalist sympathisers in the early Civil War. Control of the fens was important for movement through the region.

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