Battle of Preston (1648) - Definition and Overview

See Battle of Preston (1715) for the battle of the Jacobite Rising.

The Battle of Preston (17 August – 19 August 1648), fought largely at Walton-le-Dale near Preston in Lancashire, resulted in a victory by the troops of Oliver Cromwell over the Royalists and Scots commanded by Hamilton. The Parliamentarian victory presaged the end of the Second English Civil War.

External links

• http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/military/1648-preston.htm