Prince Rupert launched a cavalry raid through Herefordshire and surprised a Parliamentary force under Colonel Edward Massey in the streets of Ledbury. The fighting took place at close quarters through the narrow streets and churchyard. Rupert's force drove the Parliamentary cavalry through the town and out the other side. The skirmish is typical of the guerrilla warfare that characterised the Herefordshire and Worcestershire campaigns after Naseby, as Royalist forces tried to maintain control of the Marches.
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