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Battle of Turnham Green
The Battle of Turnham Green occurred 13 November 1642 near the village of Turnham Green, at the end of the first campaigning season of the First English Civil War. The battle resulted in a standoff between the forces of King Charles I and the much larger Parliamentarian army under the command of the Earl of Essex. In blocking the Royalist army's way to London, however, the Parliamentarians gained an important strategic victory as the standoff forced Charles and his army to retreat to Oxford for secure winter quarters.
==Prelude==
After the Battle of Edgehill (23 October) King Charles captured Banbury (27 October) and was greeted by cheering crowds as he arrived in Oxford on 29 October.〔.〕 Charles' nephew and cavalry commander, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, swept down the Thames Valley, capturing Abingdon, Aylesbury and Maidenhead, from where he attempted to capture Windsor, although he failed in that attempt because of Parliamentary strength there.〔Wayne Robinson ("THE BATTLE OF TURNHAM GREEN, NOVEMBER 13, 1642" )/ 29 april 2010. — official site of The Pike and Musket Society〕 After this, many officers wanted to open peace negotiations, contrary to Rupert's desire to carry on to London, but the King agreed with the officers, and so the Earl of Essex managed to overtake them and reach London with his Parliamentary army by 8 November.〔
On 12 November, Rupert, with a large cavalry detachment, stormed Brentford and then proceeded to sack the town. This action encouraged those Londoners who feared for their property to side with the Parliamentarians.〔Royle pp. 202–207〕 On 13 November, Essex's army, with the London trainbands and other London citizenry, assembled as an army of about 24,000 on Chelsea Field. They advanced to Turnham Green in the vicinity of the main body of the Royalist army.〔
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