Battle of Dunbar (1650)

1650 · 17th century · Part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms

The Battle of Dunbar was fought on 3 September 1650 near Dunbar in East Lothian, where Oliver Cromwell's English army defeated a larger Covenanter army under David Leslie, which had supported Charles II. Thousands of Scots were killed or captured, and Cromwell took Edinburgh. After a further defeat at Worcester in 1651, Scotland was occupied and incorporated into the Commonwealth.

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