Site of the battle, now Donnington Grove Country Club
Date
27 October 1644
Location
Newbury, Berkshire
Result
Indecisive
Tactically inconclusive
Royalist strategic initiative; Charles withdraws unimpeded
Subsequent Parliamentarian political initiatives, resulting in the formation of the New Model Army
Belligerents
Royalists
Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
Charles I Prince Maurice
Earl of Essex Earl of Manchester Sir William Waller
Strength
8,500 3,500 cavalry 5,000 infantry
19,000 7,000 cavalry 12,000 infantry
Casualties and losses
1,500
2,000
Newbury
Basingstoke
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The combined armies of Parliament inflicted a tactical defeat on the Royalists, but failed to gain any strategic advantage.
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