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The Battle of Dunbar was fought between the English New Model Army, under Oliver Cromwell, and a Scottish army, commanded by David Leslie, on 3 September 1650 near Dunbar, Scotland. The first major battle of the Third English Civil War, it was decisively won by the English. The English crossed into Scotland in July, and Cromwell attempted to draw the Scots into a set piece battle, but they resisted. At the end of August Cromwell withdrew to the port of Dunbar. The Scottish army followed, and before dawn the English launched a surprise attack on the Scots, who were poorly prepared. The fighting was restricted to the north-eastern flank and Lesley was unable to reinforce the fighting, while Cromwell used his last reserve to outflank the Scots. The Scottish cavalry broke and routed; the Scottish infantry made a fighting retreat but suffered heavy casualties. Between 300 and 500 Scots were killed, with approximately 1,000 wounded and at least 6,000 taken prisoner from an army of 12,500 or fewer. (Full article...)
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Hi Girth Summit and Gog the Mild and congratulations. A draft blurb for this article is above. Thoughts, comments and edits from you or from anyone else interested are welcome. Gog the Mild (talk) 16:04, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
- Gog the Mild, looks good. Perhaps we should lobby for this to be TFA on 3 September next year? GirthSummit (blether) 16:06, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
- Girth Summit, good idea. Would you care to put it on Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/pending? Or I would be happy to. Gog the Mild (talk) 16:29, 6 September 2020 (UTC)