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The Battle of Langport

Langport, Somerset

Cromwell's cavalry crossed a narrow ford and broke the king's army in the west.

In July 1645 the New Model Army met the royalists near Langport. Parliament's cavalry charged across a narrow ford and up a lane, breaking the royalist army, which fled through the town, setting it on fire.

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When
10 July 1645
Where
51.0300, -2.8000
Group
Battlefields

Visiting

Langport is a small riverside town on the Somerset Levels.

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