After the Parliamentary victory at Maidstone, the Royalist survivors under the Earl of Norwich rode to Colchester and the townspeople opened the gates. Fairfax pursued and the famous eleven-week siege began. The preliminary decision to enter Colchester determined the entire Second Civil War in southern England.
Royalist force entering town: c.4,000
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