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In which battle the Royalist and Scottish forces were defeated in 1648?
In which battle the Royalist and Scottish forces were defeated in 1648?
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The correct option is C Battle of Preston
Option A is INCORRECT because the Battle of Worcester took place on 3 September 1651 at Worcester, England, and was the final battle of the English Civil War. Oliver Cromwell's Parliamentarian New Model Army, 28,000 strong, defeated King Charles II's 16,000 Royalists, of whom the vast majority were Scottish.
Option B is INCORRECT because theBattle of Waterloo was fought in June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium then part of the United Kingdom of Netherlands. A French Army under Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: a British-led Allied army and a Prussian army.
Option C is CORRECT because the Battle of Preston (August 1648), fought largely near Preston inLancashire, resulted in a victory for the New Model Army under the command ofOliver Cromwell over the Royalists and Scots commanded by the Duke of Hamilton.
Option D is INCORRECT because the Battle of Hastings was fought in 1066 between the Norman-French army of William, the Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
Option A is INCORRECT because the Battle of Worcester took place on 3 September 1651 at Worcester, England, and was the final battle of the English Civil War. Oliver Cromwell's Parliamentarian New Model Army, 28,000 strong, defeated King Charles II's 16,000 Royalists, of whom the vast majority were Scottish.
Option B is INCORRECT because theBattle of Waterloo was fought in June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium then part of the United Kingdom of Netherlands. A French Army under Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: a British-led Allied army and a Prussian army.
Option C is CORRECT because the Battle of Preston (August 1648), fought largely near Preston inLancashire, resulted in a victory for the New Model Army under the command ofOliver Cromwell over the Royalists and Scots commanded by the Duke of Hamilton.
Option D is INCORRECT because the Battle of Hastings was fought in 1066 between the Norman-French army of William, the Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
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