Naseby, Battle of

Naseby, Battle of
(June 14, 1645) Decisive battle in the English Civil Wars between the Parliamentary New Model Army and the royalist army of Charles I.

The two armies met near Naseby, south of Leicester, and deployed along parallel ridges. The 10,000-man royalist force under Prince Rupert drove back part of the Parliamentary cavalry but then engaged in wild pursuit, leaving the royalist infantry exposed. The more disciplined Parliamentary force under Oliver Cromwell regrouped and counterattacked, routing the royalists and taking 4,000 prisoners. With the loss of his best soldiers, Charles could no longer meet the New Model Army in open battle and effectively lost the war.

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▪ English history
  (June 14, 1645), battle fought about 20 miles (32 km) south of Leicester, Eng., between the Parliamentary New Model Army under Oliver Cromwell (Cromwell, Oliver) and Sir Thomas Fairfax (Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron) and the royalists under Prince Rupert (Rupert, Prince) of the Palatinate; it largely decided the first phase of the English Civil Wars. The New Model Army had been following in pursuit of the royalists, who had left Oxford and stormed Leicester on May 30. The two armies met about a mile north of Naseby and deployed along parallel ridges between which lay a valley known as Broad Moor. The royalists, though outnumbered 14,000 to nearly 10,000, attacked all along the line. Rupert was successful in driving back the left wing of Parliamentary cavalry under General Henry Ireton but made the mistake of engaging in wild pursuit, thus leaving the beleaguered royalist infantry in the centre unsupported. The more disciplined Parliamentary cavalry on the right under Cromwell was then able to regroup and deliver a decisive assault on the centre. As a result the royalist army was completely routed, with the Parliamentarians taking about 4,000 prisoners and the royalists' artillery. With the loss of his best infantry regiments at Naseby, King Charles I could no longer meet the New Model Army in open battle and had effectively lost the war.

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