Battle of Cheriton

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Battle of Cheriton
Part of the First English Civil War
A historical reenactment of the battle
Date 29 March 1644 Location Near Cheriton, Hampshire 51°03′35″N 1°08′48″W / 51.059779°N 1.146612°W / 51.059779; -1.146612 Result Parliamentarian victory
Belligerents
Royalists	Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
Earl of Forth Lord Hopton	Sir William Waller Sir Arthur Haselrig
Strength
2,500 cavalry 3,500 infantry	3,500 cavalry 6,500 infantry
Casualties and losses
300 killed or wounded[1]	60 killed or wounded[1]

The Battle of Cheriton of 29 March 1644 was an important Parliamentarian victory during the First English Civil War. Sir William Waller's "Army of the Southern Association" defeated a Royalist force jointly commanded by the Earl of Forth and Sir Ralph Hopton. Defeat ended Royalist hopes of retaking South East England and forced them onto the defensive for the rest of 1644.

Although less well known than the Battle of Marston Moor, in his "History of the Rebellion" senior Royalist advisor Clarendon considered Cheriton an equally disastrous defeat.^[2]