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The Battle of Bosworth Field (or Battle of Bosworth) was the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the Houses of Lancaster and York that raged across England in the latter half of the 15th century. Fought on 22 August 1485, the battle was won by the ...
Losses for the Battle of Bosworth Field are not known with any precision though some sources indicate that the Yorkists suffered 1,000 dead, while Henry's army lost 100. The accuracy of these numbers is a subject of debate. After the battle, legend states that Richard's crown was found ...
For many years theBattle of Bosworthwas traditionally regarded as the final encounter of the civil wars purely because some historians found it a convenient place to mark the end of one historical period and denote the beginning of another. This same reasoning also...
Among those identied by Leicester University are relatives whose ancestors include Marmaduke Constable who survived at Bosworth and later fought in the Battle of Flodden, aged 71, but died after swallowing a frog. Bosworth families meet Blood Divide by John Sadler Publisher: Lion Fiction, PS7.99 ...
Battle of Naseby- a battle in 1645 that settled the outcome of the first English Civil War as the Parliamentarians won a major victory over the Royalists Naseby English Civil War- civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists under Charles I; 1644-1648 ...
The first major naval battle of the First World War, fought on 1st November 1914: shocking Britain with the loss of her ships to Admiral Graf Spee’s Pacific Squadron and the death of Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock.
Generals at the Battle of Edgehill:King Charles I was the commander of his Royal forces. His Lord General was the Earl of Lindsey at the outset of the battle. A dispute with Prince Rupert caused Lindsey to give up his appointment and fight at the head of his regiment, where he was mort...
This too was beaten back with the horses having difficulty climbing the steep ridge. As his attack was failing, William's left battle, composed primarily of Bretons, broke and fled back down the ridge. It was pursued by many of the English, who had left the safety of the shield wall to...
I chaired the Battlefields Trust from 2008-2015 and was involved in many projects to preserve, interpret and present many of the Battlefields of Britain, including the re-discovery of the battlefields of Bosworth. Simon Bendry Simon has been interested in military history since he was a child....