Battle of Preston (1648)

For the battle of the Jacobite rising of 1715, see Battle of Preston (1715).

Battle of Preston
Part of the Second English Civil War

Battle of Preston 1648
Date17–19 August 1648
Location
Preston, Lancashire
Result Parliamentarian victory
Belligerents
Royalists
Scotland		 Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
Duke of Hamilton
Earl of Callendar
Earl of Middleton
William Baillie
Marmaduke Langdale		 Oliver Cromwell
John Lambert
Strength
11,000 (Not all were engaged in the battle.) 8,600–9,000
Casualties and losses
2,000 killed
9,000 captured		 Under 100 killed

The Battle of Preston (17–19 August 1648), fought largely at Walton-le-Dale near Preston in Lancashire, resulted in a victory for the New Model Army under the command of Oliver Cromwell over the Royalists and Scots Engagers commanded by the Duke of Hamilton. The Parliamentarian victory presaged the end of the Second English Civil War.