BattlefieldsCarlisle Siege Final Assault 1645
English Civil War

Carlisle Siege Final Assault 1645

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

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalist garrison under Sir Thomas Glemham
Forces
Royalist garrison under Sir Thomas Glemham
VS
Victor
Scottish Covenanting army under David Leslie
Forces
Scottish Covenanting army under David Leslie
Outcome
Parliamentary and Scottish Covenanter victory; Royalist garrison surrendered on honourable terms after extreme privation over eight months.
The Battle

History & Significance

The prolonged Carlisle siege of 1644-45 reached its terminal phase as the garrison under Sir Thomas Glemham was reduced to eating horses, dogs and rats. The city surrendered June 1645 after one of the most severe sieges of the war.

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