Within days of the Naseby victory, Fairfax moved to retake Leicester, which the Royalists had stormed just three weeks earlier. The demoralised Royalist garrison — knowing the king's main army had been destroyed — quickly surrendered. The rapid retaking of Leicester demonstrated how completely the military situation had changed after Naseby. Fairfax then moved to reduce the remaining Royalist garrisons across the Midlands and West Country.
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