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The Battle of Marshall's Elm was a skirmish that took place near Street, in the county of Somerset, South West England, on 4 August 1642, during the build-up to the First English Civil War. The engagement occurred while the Royalists and Parliamentarians were recruiting men in the county. The Royalist commander sent out a mounted patrol consisting of 60 to 80 cavalry and dragoons, which came across a force of between 500 and 600 Parliamentarian recruits led by Sir John Pyne. The Royalists set an ambush at Marshall's Elm (battle site pictured) and the Parliamentarians fell into it. Facing musket fire from the hidden dragoons, and being charged at by the Royalist cavalry, they were routed. The Royalists killed around 27, and took 60 prisoners, including two of the Parliamentarian officers. Despite the Royalists' victory, they were forced to withdraw from Wells, and later from Somerset altogether, due to their inferior numbers. (Full article...)
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Hi Harrias 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) 11:41, 15 March 2020 (UTC)