BattlefieldsKent Rising 1648
English Civil War

Kent Rising 1648

1648
Kent, England
Also known as: Maidstone 1648 · Battle of Maidstone
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Kent, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalist Kentish insurgents
Forces
Royalist insurgents c.10,000
VS
Victor
Parliamentarians (Fairfax)
Forces
Parliamentarians c.4,000–5,000
Outcome
Fairfax stormed Maidstone street by street; Kentish rising crushed
The Battle

History & Significance

The largest provincial rising of the Second Civil War began in Kent; 10,000 Royalist insurgents held Maidstone; Fairfax stormed the town in bitter street fighting; survivors fled north to cross the Thames and join the siege of Colchester; the action showed the New Model Army professional superiority over enthusiastic but untrained Royalists.

Casualties & Losses

Several hundred killed in street fighting

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