Relief of Newark

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Relief of Newark
Part of the First English Civil War
Date 21 March 1644 Location Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire Result Royalist victory
Belligerents
Parliamentarians	Royalists
Commanders and leaders
Sir John Meldrum Colonel Edward Rossiter	Prince Rupert
Strength
2,000 horse 5,000 foot 13 siege guns	3,500 horse 3,000 foot 3 field guns

Newark

Lincoln

Nottingham

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Nottinghamshire and Newark

The Relief of Newark (21 March 1644) was a Royalist victory during the First English Civil War. It was a personal victory for Prince Rupert and it resulted in the Royalists holding Newark-on-Trent until very near the end of the war.