Battle of Turnham Green

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Battle of Turnham Green
Part of the First English Civil War
Modern-day reenactment of the battle
Date 13 November 1642 Location Turnham Green, Middlesex Result Strategic Parliamentarian victory Tactically indecisive
Belligerents
Royalists	Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
Charles I Earl of Forth	Earl of Essex Philip Skippon
Strength
13,000[1]	24,000[2]
Casualties and losses
50 killed[3]	50 killed[3]

The Battle of Turnham Green took place on 13 November 1642 near the village of Turnham Green, at the end of the first campaigning season of the First English Civil War. The battle resulted in a standoff between the forces of King Charles I and the much larger Parliamentarian army under the command of the Earl of Essex. In blocking the Royalist army's way to London immediately, however, the Parliamentarians gained an important strategic victory as the standoff forced Charles and his army to retreat to Oxford for secure winter quarters.