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Battle of Preston (1648)
{{Infobox Military Conflict
|conflict= Battle of Preston
|image=[[Image:Battle of Preston 1648.svg|320px]]

|caption=Battle of Preston 1648
|partof=the [[Second English Civil War]]
|date= [[17 August]] &ndash; [[19 August]] [[1648]]
|place= [[Preston]] south to [[Warrington]], [[Lancashire]]
|result= Decisive Parliamentarian victory
|combatant1= [[Parliament of England|Parliamentarians]]
|combatant2= Scottish "[[Engagers]]" and English [[Cavaliers (royalists)|Royalist]]s 
|commander1= [[Oliver Cromwell]]
|commander2= [[James Hamilton, 3rd Marquess and 1st Duke of Hamilton|Duke of Hamilton]]|strength1= 14,000
|strength2= 18,000
|casualties1=low
|casualties2=4000 killed, 5000 taken prisoner
}}
{{Campaignbox Second English Civil War}}
{{Campaignbox Scottish Civil War}}
:''See [[Battle of Preston (1715)]] for the battle of the [[Jacobite Rising]].''

The '''Battle of Preston''' ([[17 August]] &ndash; [[19 August]] [[1648]] resulted in a victory by the troops of [[Oliver Cromwell]] over the [[Cavaliers (royalists)|Royalist]]s and Scots commanded by the [[James Hamilton, 3rd Marquess and 1st Duke of Hamilton|Duke of Hamilton]]. The [[Parliament of England|Parliamentarian]] victory presaged the end of the [[Second English Civil War]].

==The Engagement== Preston Neumann KILLED EVERYONE IN THIS SINGLE HANDIDLY WITH A RUSTED NAIL HARD!!!!!!!111

In the weeks and months that followed the surrender by the Scots army of [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] to the commissioners of Parliament at [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]] in January 1647, many in Scotland grew increasingly alarmed at the steady radicalisation of politics in England.  There was particular concern for the fate of the king, especially after he was all but kidnapped by George Joyce acting on behalf of the [[New Model Army]].  In [[London]] the [[Presbyterians]] in Parliament were inc(contracted; show full)[[Category:Battles involving Scotland|Preston (1648)]]
[[Category:History of Lancashire]]
[[Category:History of Preston]]

[[de:Schlacht von Preston (1648)]]
[[fr:Bataille de Preston (1648)]]
[[pl:Bitwa pod Preston]]
[[ru:Битва при Престоне]]