Storming of Bolton

Storming of Bolton
Part of First English Civil War
Date 28 May 1644 Location Bolton, Lancashire, England 53°34′42″N 2°25′48″W / 53.57833°N 2.43000°W / 53.57833; -2.43000 Result Royalist victory
Belligerents
Royalists	Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
Prince Rupert	Alexander Rigby
Strength
2,000 cavalry 6,000 infantry	c. 4,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	78 – 2,000[a]

Bolton

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Lancashire and Bolton

The Storming of Bolton, sometimes referred to as the "Bolton massacre", was an event in the First English Civil War which happened on 28 May 1644. The strongly Parliamentarian town was stormed and captured by Royalist forces under Prince Rupert. It was alleged that up to 1,600 of Bolton's defenders and inhabitants were slaughtered during and after the fighting. The "massacre at Bolton" became a staple of Parliamentarian propaganda.^[2]

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