BattlefieldsSandwich Royalist Seizure 1648
English Civil War

Sandwich Royalist Seizure 1648

1648
Kent, England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Kent, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalist insurgents and naval mutineers
Forces
Parliamentary county committee forces
VS
Victor
Parliamentary forces
Forces
Kentish Royalist insurgents and naval mutineers
Outcome
Parliamentary forces retook Sandwich after the suppression of the main Kentish rising and the naval mutineers eventual capitulation to Warwick.
The Battle

History & Significance

Sandwich was seized by Royalists during the 1648 Kentish rising and formed part of the coastal arc of Royalist-held territory stretching from Sandwich to Deal and Walmer. The mutinous Parliamentary fleet anchored in the Downs cooperated with these shore-based Royalists.

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