Battle of Gunnislake New Bridge | |||||||
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Part of the First English Civil War | |||||||
Gunnislake New Bridge | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Royalists | Parliamentarians | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Sir Richard Grenville Thomas Southcott |
Earl of Essex William Balfour | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
~ 2,000 | ~ 2,500 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
200 | 40 |
The Battle of Gunnislake New Bridge took place on 20 July 1644 on and around Gunnislake New Bridge, a bridge over the River Tamar between Cornwall and Devon, during the First English Civil War.