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Battle of the bridge 20216/25/2023 ![]() The bridge was a mile away from Loughborough town centre and about half a mile in length. After some initial success, the parliamentarians withdrew to the east bank of the river and left the royalists on the opposite bank.īoth parties began to move north towards Barrow upon Soar and on towards Cotes Bridge, the royalists needing to cross it to reach Newark and the parliamentarians wanting to seize the bridge to impede the royalists’ advance. A parliamentarian force from the army besieging Newark came across the royalists at Mountsorrel and charged across the River Soar into the town. They then marched off to Mountsorrel and rested in the local Inns. On March 15 th a small royalist force moved towards parliamentarian-Leicester in order to frighten the garrison there into staying put. He had also fortified Burleigh House near Loughborough as it had a commanding view of the area. Prince Rupert marched from Chester and arrived on the road to Ashby de la Zouch on 16 th March 1644, where a Flying Army of 3000 men had been gathered by Lord Loughborough. The following year parliament besieged Newark (February to March) and the royalist garrison there needed to be relieved. The royalists were under the command of Lieutenant General Henry Hastings, Lord Loughborough. ![]() In 1643 the English Civil War had gone against the parliamentarians, who were commanded in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire by Lord Grey of Groby. The Battle for Cotes Bridge 12 March 2021
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