Battle of Roundway Down: Royalists Crush Parliament in the English Civil War
Sir William Waller commanded 1,800 cavalry and 2,500 infantry. Henry Wilmot brought just 1,800 horsemen—no foot soldiers at all. On July 13, 1643, at Roundway Down, Wilmot charged uphill against Waller's entrenched position. The Parliamentarian cavalry broke, stampeding backward into their own infantry, pushing hundreds over a cliff locals called "Bloody Ditch." Waller lost 600 dead and 1,000 captured. The Southwest of England fell to the Royalists within weeks. Sometimes the side with fewer men wins because the other side runs the wrong direction.
July 13, 1643
383 years ago
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