Parliamentary forces under Colonel Mytton surprised the Royalist garrison at Shrewsbury by scaling the walls at night in February 1645; the loss of this major Marches town was a serious blow to Royalist communications with Wales and is sometimes called the biggest single Royalist loss before Naseby.
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