Following the costly Royalist tactical success at Lansdown on 5 July 1643, Hopton was severely wounded by an accidental gunpowder explosion; the incapacitation of the Royalist commander disrupted subsequent operations and contributed to the Royalist army being trapped at Devizes until Roundway Down.
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