Which of the following battles was a defeat for Charles I's forces?

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Which of the following battles was a defeat for Charles I's forces?

Marston Moor is the battle that fits. In the First English Civil War, Charles I’s royalist army faced Parliamentarian forces backed by Scottish Covenanters. At Marston Moor, near York in 1644, the Parliamentarian-Covenanter coalition under Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell decisively defeated the Royalists led by the Earl of Newcastle and Prince Rupert. This defeat halted Royalist northern momentum and helped swing the war in favor of Parliament. The other battles happened in different eras and contexts: Bosworth Field ended the reign of Richard III, Hastings saw William the Conqueror prevail, and Agincourt was an English victory during the Hundred Years’ War. None of these involve Charles I, so they’re not defeats for his forces.

Marston Moor is the battle that fits. In the First English Civil War, Charles I’s royalist army faced Parliamentarian forces backed by Scottish Covenanters. At Marston Moor, near York in 1644, the Parliamentarian-Covenanter coalition under Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell decisively defeated the Royalists led by the Earl of Newcastle and Prince Rupert. This defeat halted Royalist northern momentum and helped swing the war in favor of Parliament. The other battles happened in different eras and contexts: Bosworth Field ended the reign of Richard III, Hastings saw William the Conqueror prevail, and Agincourt was an English victory during the Hundred Years’ War. None of these involve Charles I, so they’re not defeats for his forces.

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