Siege of Carlisle (1644)

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Siege of Carlisle
Part of the First English Civil War

Carlisle Castle
DateOctober 1644 – 25 June 1645
Location
Carlisle, Cumbria, North West England, England
Result Covenanter/Parliamentarian Victory
Belligerents
Covenanters
Parliamentarians		 Royalists
Commanders and leaders
Earl of Leven Sir Thomas Glennam
Sir Henry Shadling
Strength
4,000 700
Casualties and losses
Low Low
Carlisle
Marston Moor
Newcastle
Northern England and Carlisle

The siege of Carlisle occurred during the First English Civil War when the allied forces of the Scottish Covenanters and the English Parliamentarians besieged Carlisle Castle which was held at the time by the English Royalist forces loyal to King Charles I. The siege took place in Carlisle, Cumbria from October 1644 to 25 June 1645.

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