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Dunbar
Battle Name : Dunbar
Date(s) : 04 September 1650
Part of : The Civil Wars of the Three Kingdoms , The 3rd English Civil War ,
Outcome : A victory for Parliamentarian Forces over Covenanters
Type of battle : Land
Summary
Cromwell utterly destroyed the larger but less disciplined Scottish covenanter army, ending the campaign.
Location
South of the town of Dunbar, on the Cockburnspath road. (Scotland)
Casualty figures
Parliamentarian Forces
- Number engaged :
- 11,000
- Casualties :
- n/a
Covenanters
- Number engaged :
- 22,000
- Casualties :
- 13,000 (59.09%)
