BattlefieldsBarnstaple Second Siege 1646
English Civil War

Barnstaple Second Siege 1646

1646
England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalists
Forces
Royalist garrison
VS
Victor
Parliament
Forces
Parliament forces
Outcome
Parliament retakes Barnstaple; Royalist north Devon position collapses
The Battle

History & Significance

Parliament forces retook Barnstaple in 1646 as the New Model Army drove through Devon; the recapture of the north Devon port isolated the remaining Royalist positions further west and cut their supply lines from Bristol.

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