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Battle of Turnham Green
51°29′N 0°16′W / 51.49°N 0.26°W
| Battle of Turnham Green | |||||||
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| Part of the First English Civil War | |||||||
 Modern-day reenactment of the battle | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Royalists | Parliamentarians | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Charles I Earl of Forth |
Earl of Essex Philip Skippon | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 13,000[1] | 24,000[2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 50 killed[3] | 50 killed[3] | ||||||
The Battle of Turnham Green took place on 13 November 1642 near the village of Turnham Green, at the end of the first campaigning season of the First English Civil War. The battle resulted in a standoff between the forces of King Charles I and the much larger Parliamentarian army under the command of the Earl of Essex. In blocking the Royalist army's way to London immediately, however, the Parliamentarians gained an important strategic victory as the standoff forced Charles and his army to retreat to Oxford for secure winter quarters.
- ^ Plant (9 December 2008).
- ^ Royle (2004), p. 206.
- ^ a b Marsh (March 2008).
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