BattlefieldsMalpas Engagement Irish Troops 1644
English Civil War

Malpas Engagement Irish Troops 1644

1644
England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalist
Forces
Royalist column including Irish Confederate troops
VS
Victor
Parliamentary
Forces
Parliamentary Cheshire forces under Brereton
Outcome
Parliamentary success at Malpas; Irish troops captured; parliamentary propaganda value of capturing Irish papist soldiers exploited.
The Battle

History & Significance

Parliamentary forces intercepted a column of Royalist forces including Irish Confederate troops transferred from Ireland at Malpas in Cheshire in August 1644. Parliamentary propaganda exploited the capture of Irish soldiers to inflame anti-Catholic sentiment.

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