Battle of Gainsborough
53°22′44″N 0°45′11″W / 53.379°N 0.753°W
| Battle of Gainsborough | |||||||
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| Part of the First English Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Royalists | Parliamentarians | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Charles Cavendish † |
Sir John Meldrum Colonel Oliver Cromwell | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | 1,200 | ||||||
The Battle of Gainsborough took place during the First English Civil War on 28 July 1643. The strategically important town of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, was a Royalist base used for harassing the Parliamentarians who were generally dominant in Lincolnshire, but it was taken by Parliamentarians in July 1643. An attempt to recapture Gainsborough by Charles Cavendish and the Royalists was foiled in a battle in which Colonel Oliver Cromwell distinguished himself as a cavalry leader.