Siege of Charlemont (Q7509918)

matcher place: Ulster (relation 278664), County Armagh (relation 1119535)
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English Wikipedia categories: 1650 in Ireland, 17th century in County Armagh, Conflicts in 1650, Military history of County Armagh, Sieges involving Ireland, Sieges of the Irish Confederate Wars

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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The siege of Charlemont took place in July – 14 August 1650 during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland when the fortress of Charlemont in County Armagh Ireland was besieged by Charles Coote's Parliamentarian army, which was largely composed of soldiers of the New Model Army. The force led by Coote eventually took the fort from its Irish defenders, but not before they suffered heavy losses, with some 500 Parliamentarian Soldiers being killed during assaults on the formidable stronghold. In terms of the number of soldiers killed in battle, the siege of Charlemont was the second bloodiest engagement fought by the Parliamentarians in Ireland, only surpassed by the siege of Clonmel.

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