A small Parliamentary force escaladed the walls of Shrewsbury in a night attack, capturing the major Royalist base in the Marches at minimal cost. The town's fall was a severe blow to the western Royalist war effort and cut the King's communications between Wales and Oxford.
Parliamentary assault party: c.300
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