BattlefieldsSecond Battle of Middlewich 1643
English Civil War

Second Battle of Middlewich 1643

1643
Cheshire, England
Also known as: Second Middlewich Action
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Cheshire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalists
Forces
Royalists c.600–900.
VS
Victor
Parliamentarians (Brereton)
Forces
Parliamentarians (Brereton) c.1,000–1,500
Outcome
Parliament regained Middlewich; Cheshire contested
The Battle

History & Significance

After the Royalist victory at the First Battle of Middlewich earlier in 1643, Parliament returned and won a second engagement at the same town. Cheshire was one of the most bitterly contested counties in England — Sir William Brereton's Parliamentary forces and the Royalist garrison at Chester fought an almost continuous campaign across the county. Middlewich changed hands as a result of these repeated engagements, typical of the attritional nature of provincial Civil War warfare.

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