The first siege of Reading in April 1643 saw Parliamentary forces under the Earl of Essex invest the Royalist garrison town. The garrison under Colonel Richard Fielding bombarded and sorties repeatedly but the town was too exposed and Fielding negotiated a surrender when a relief force failed to break through. Charles I subsequently court-martialled Fielding for surrendering prematurely.
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