August 17, 1648 (June 29, Lunar New Year), Preston Battle explosion.


1648 Preston, 17, Battle of the outbreak. Cromwell king of the party's Army and Scottish Army were deployed in both north and south of the Ribble Henan, inconvenience synergistic weaknesses, commanding parliamentary army attack the king of the party first army, subsequently separately. Preston King of the Party, army and more than 24,000 people in Scotland Army almost completely annihilated. Campaign, Cromwell rate of the parliamentary army up the victory, captured the Scottish army commander Hamilton, the UK's second civil war ended. the Oliver Cromwell
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