Relief of Montgomery Castle

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Battle of Montgomery
Part of First English Civil War
View north from Montgomery Castle, towards the battlefield (in the level ground)
Date 18 September 1644 Location Montgomery, Powys Result Parliamentarian victory
Belligerents
Royalists	Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
Lord Byron	Sir John Meldrum Colonel Thomas Mytton
Strength
[1]2,800 infantry 1,400 cavalry 300 dragoons	[1]2,000 infantry 1,500 cavalry
Casualties and losses
[1]500 killed 1,500 captured	40

Montgomery Castle

Oswestry

Liverpool

Newtown

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Wales

The Battle of Montgomery took place during the First English Civil War of 1642–1646. On 17 September 1644, a Parliamentarian force commanded by Sir John Meldrum advanced to engage a Royalist army led by Lord Byron which was besieging Montgomery Castle in mid Wales. The battle was fought the next day. After the Royalists gained an initial advantage, the Parliamentarians counter-attacked and destroyed Byron's army.

The Royalists retained a presence in North and Mid Wales after their defeat, but could not again gather a field army in the region until the end of the civil war.