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Preston, Battle of

Battle of 17–19 August 1648 at Preston, Lancashire, in which the English defeated the Scots. The Scots invaded England under the Duke of Hamilton, but were cut off from Scotland by Cromwell and fled in a series of running fights. Hamilton was captured and executed.


From the Hutchinson Encyclopedia of World History. © Research Machines plc [2006] All Rights Reserved, Helicon Publishing is a division of Research Machines.
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