Second Battle of Middlewich
| Second Battle of Middlewich | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of First English Civil War | |||||||
Royalist commander Lord Byron | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Royalists | Parliamentarians | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Lord Byron Richard Gibson |
Sir William Brereton Alexander Rigby | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 5,000 | 3,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | 200 killed | ||||||
The Second Battle of Middlewich took place on 26 December 1643 near Middlewich in Cheshire during the First English Civil War. A Royalist force under Lord Byron defeated a Parliamentarian army commanded by Sir William Brereton.