BattlefieldsPembroke Siege Approach 1648
English Civil War

Pembroke Siege Approach 1648

1648
England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalist garrison
Forces
Welsh Second Civil War Royalists under Colonel Poyer
VS
Victor
Parliamentary New Model Army
Forces
Parliamentary New Model Army under Cromwell
Outcome
Pembroke eventually surrendered July 1648 after Cromwell procured heavy artillery from Bristol; Poyer was later executed by lottery.
The Battle

History & Significance

Parliamentary forces marched from London under Cromwell to besiege Pembroke Castle where the former Parliamentary general Colonel John Poyer had declared for the king. The approach through Wales was itself a military operation.

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