BattlefieldsGloucester Siege 1643
English Civil War

Gloucester Siege 1643

1643
England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalist
Forces
Parliamentary garrison of approximately 1,500 under Governor Massey
VS
Victor
Parliamentary
Forces
Royalist army under Charles I approximately 30,000
Outcome
Parliamentary garrison held; Essex relieved Gloucester; strategic momentum shifted; the First Battle of Newbury followed the relief march.
The Battle

History & Significance

The siege of Gloucester by Charles I from August 5 to September 5 1643 was one of the pivotal events of the Civil War. The Parliamentary governor Edward Massey held the city until Essex marched his relief army from London to raise the siege.

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