Battle of Aylesbury | |||||||
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Part of the First English Civil War | |||||||
Plaque commemorating the battle | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Royalists | Parliamentarians | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Prince Rupert | Sir William Balfour | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
2,000[1] | 1,500[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
500 killed[1] | 90 killed[1] | ||||||
The Battle of Aylesbury was an engagement which took place on 1 November 1642, when Royalist forces, under the command of Prince Rupert, fought Aylesbury's Parliamentarian garrison at Holman's Bridge a few miles to the north of Aylesbury. The Parliamentarian forces were victorious, despite being heavily outnumbered.