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TOWTON
Great Battles
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WORDS WILL LAWRENCE
YORKSHIRE,ENGLAND29MARCH,PALMSUNDAY,1461
WHO WHAT WHERE WHY OUTCOME
Lancaster versus Estimates place the The two sides met in The young King The white rose of
York, as the Duke of number of troops battle in between the Edward IV is eager York is triumphant.
Somerset leads the at close to 50,000 villages of Towton and to avenge the death King Edward IV wins Graham Turner/studio88.co.uk
army of King Henry VI men in total on the Saxton, around 12 of his father and the day, routing the
to meet Edward, Duke battlefi eld. Some miles south-west of brother, as well as to Lancastrian army
of March, the new 15,000 lose their York, the Lancastrian put at an end to the and infl icting a truly
King Edward IV. lives in the clashes. force’s base. Lancastrian cause. terrible slaughter.
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