Battle of Turnham Green
1642 battle during the First English Civil War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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51.49°N 0.26°W / 51.49; -0.26
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Battle of Turnham Green | |||||||
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Part of the First English Civil War | |||||||
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Royalists | Parliamentarians | ||||||
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Charles I Earl of Forth |
Earl of Essex Philip Skippon | ||||||
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13,000[1] | 24,000[2] | ||||||
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50 killed[3] | 50 killed[3] | ||||||
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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.