Battle of Boldon Hill
English Civil War, Covenanter, Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven
Herausgegeben: Hermes, Othniel
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Battle of Boldon Hill was a skirmish fought during the English Civil War in March 1644, between a Royalist army attempting to bring the army of the Scottish Covenanters to battle. The Scots having unsuccessfully attacked Newcastle-upon-Tyne crossed the River Tyne higher upstream and attempted an attack against the defences on the southern end of the bridge over the River which led directly into the city. With this attack also repulsed Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Battle of Boldon Hill was a skirmish fought during the English Civil War in March 1644, between a Royalist army attempting to bring the army of the Scottish Covenanters to battle. The Scots having unsuccessfully attacked Newcastle-upon-Tyne crossed the River Tyne higher upstream and attempted an attack against the defences on the southern end of the bridge over the River which led directly into the city. With this attack also repulsed Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, the Scottish commander entered Sunderland, several miles to the south as the town had declared for Parliament.The Marquess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne led his army out of Newcastle in pursuit of the marauding Scots, the two sides met south of Sunderland at Penshaw Hill but bad weather made a battle impossible, The Marquess retreated into the Royalist stronghold of Durham, the Scots returned to Sunderland.
