On this day 377 years ago, on August 17, 1648 (the 29th day of the sixth lunar month), the Battle of Preston broke out.

On August 17, 1648, the Battle of Preston broke out. Cromwell took advantage of the weakness of the royal army and the Scottish army deployed on the north and south sides of the Ribble River, which was inconvenient to coordinate, and commanded the parliamentary army to attack the royal army first, and then break them down. More than 24,000 of the royal army and the Scottish army of Preston were almost wiped out. After this battle, Cromwell led the parliamentary army to pursue the victory and capture Hamilton, the commander of the Scottish army, and the second civil war in England ended.

Comment: This battle laid the foundation for Cromwell to move towards dictatorship