Siege of Reading (Q7510338)

matcher place: Berkshire (relation 88070), Reading (relation 115074)
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English Wikipedia categories: 1642 in England, 1643 in England, 17th century in Berkshire, Conflicts in 1642, Conflicts in 1643, Military history of Berkshire, Military history of Reading, Berkshire, Sieges of the English Civil Wars

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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The siege of Reading was an eleven-day blockade of Reading, Berkshire, during the First English Civil War. Reading had been garrisoned by the Royalists in November 1642, and held 3,300 soldiers under the command of Sir Arthur Aston. On 14 April 1643, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex brought a Parliamentarian army of 19,000 men to lay siege to the town, and began bombarding the town two days later.

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