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BATTLE OF NASEBY



                        NASEBYVILLAGE,NORTHAMPTONSHIRE,ENGLAND–SATURDAY14JUNE1645


                  WHO            WHAT             WHERE        WHEN      WHY                OUTCOME
                  Parliament takes   The newly formed New   The armies   Saturday 14   With the civil war dragging on,   Though boasting many superior
                  on King Charles I in   Model Army cuts it teeth   meet near   June 1645.  Parliament is keen to execute   regiments, the Royalists succumb to the
                  the First Civil War’s   in battle with the king’s   Naseby village in   a decisive end to hostilities by   New Model Army’s greater numbers and,
                  pivotal engagement.  experienced Oxford Army.  Northamptonshire.  forcing the king into battle.  most significantly, its superior leadership.


















































































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