Battle of Aldbourne Chase
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Battle of Aldbourne Chase | |||||||
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Part of the First English Civil War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Royalists | Parliamentarians | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Prince Rupert | Earl of Essex | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
15,000 [1] |
Prince Rupert at the head of a flying column found Essex's army dangerously extended at Aldbourne Chase. The action that followed was inconclusive, but allowed to Royalists to get to Newbury ahead of the Parliamentarian army.