London Saved: Royalists Retreat at Turnham Green
Royalist forces under King Charles I retreated from Turnham Green when they encountered a Parliamentarian army of 24,000 London-trained band militia blocking the road to the capital. The bloodless standoff saved London from capture and proved that civilian volunteers could deter a professional royalist army, sustaining the Parliamentary cause through its most vulnerable period.
November 13, 1642
384 years ago
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