Second Battle of Newbury

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Second Battle of Newbury
Part of First English Civil War
Site of the battle, now Donnington Grove Country Club
Date 27 October 1644 Location Newbury, Berkshire Result Indecisive Tactically inconclusive Royalist strategic initiative; Charles withdraws unimpeded Subsequent Parliamentarian political initiatives, resulting in the formation of the New Model Army
Belligerents
Royalists	Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
Charles I Prince Maurice	Earl of Essex Earl of Manchester Sir William Waller
Strength
8,500 3,500 cavalry 5,000 infantry	19,000 7,000 cavalry 12,000 infantry
Casualties and losses
1,500	2,000

Newbury

Basingstoke

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Berkshire

The Second Battle of Newbury was a battle of the First English Civil War fought on 27 October 1644, in Speen, adjoining Newbury in Berkshire. The battle was fought close to the site of the First Battle of Newbury, which took place in late September the previous year.

The combined armies of Parliament inflicted a tactical defeat on the Royalists, but failed to gain any strategic advantage.