BattlefieldsGloucester-Bristol Axis Skirmishes 1140
Medieval

Gloucester-Bristol Axis Skirmishes 1140

1140
England
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalist forces
Forces
royalist garrisons attempting to interdict the western corridor
VS
Victor
Robert of Gloucester
Forces
Robert of Gloucester's Angevin forces
Outcome
Angevin supply corridor maintained; royalist attempts to sever the Bristol-Gloucester link repulsed repeatedly
The Battle

History & Significance

The corridor between Gloucester and Bristol formed the logistical backbone of the Angevin cause throughout the Anarchy. Robert of Gloucester maintained a near-continuous campaign of skirmishing along this axis to protect supply lines and to raid royalist territory in the Cotswolds and southern Midlands. Numerous unnamed engagements occurred between royalist and Angevin foraging parties and garrison forces along this contested zone.

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