The fall of Bristol — England's second city and largest port — was the greatest Royalist success of 1643. Rupert stormed the city walls in a costly assault. Parliament court-martialled Governor Fiennes for surrendering too early. Bristol gave the Royalists a major Atlantic port and manufacturing base.
500 Royalists killed in the storm
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