The Battle of Inverkeithing [1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Inverkeithing#endnote_Pitreavie) (20 July1651) was a battle in the Third English Civil War. Regiments of the English Parliamentary New Model Army under the command of Major-General John Lambert decisivly defeated a Scotish Royalists army under the command of Sir John Browne. Inverkeithing is a burgh in Fife, Scotland, located on the Firth of Forth. ... July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... Events January 1 - Charles II crowned King of Scotland in Scone. ... The English Civil War (or Wars) refers to the series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians and Royalists from 1642 until 1651, specifically to the first (1642–1645) and second (1648–1649) civil wars between the supporters of King Charles I and the supporters of... This article deals with the English Civil War army. ... John Lambert (1619 - 1684) served as an English Parliamentary general in the English Civil War. ...
In July 1651, Oliver Cromwell sent Lambert across the Firth of Forth into Fife with a force of 4,500 troops to threaten David Leslie's supply lines. Leslie sent Sir John Browne with 4,000 troops to drive Lambert back over the Firth of Forth. The engagement began with skirmishes at Inverkeithing. As Lamber army pressed on northward, a general battle took place on the level ground south of Pitreavie House. In the battle the Scottish Royalists suffered a decisive defeat with up to 2,000 killed, many wounded and 500 taken prisoner. One of the prisoners was the Royalist commander Sir John Browne. Another notable casualty was Sir Hector Maclean of Duart of the Clan Maclean who was killed at the battle along with some 760 of his men. Unfinished portrait miniature of Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper, 1657. ... The Forth Bridges cross the Firth The Firth of Forth is the estuary or firth of the River Forth, where it flows into the North Sea between Fife to the north, and West Lothian, the City of Edinburgh, and East Lothian to the south. ... Fife is a pure unitary council region of Scotland situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, ken. ... See also David Leslie the Scottish rugby player. ...
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^ The Battle is also known as the Battle of Pitreavie.
1651: the battle of Worcester (http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/military/1651-worcester.htm) This page mentions the Battle of Inverkeithing in passing
After the battle Lambert's cavalry headed the chase, pursuing the defeated army outrance, and finally surrounded it at Uttoxeter, where Hamilton surrendered to Lambert on the 25th of August.
In July 1651 he was sent into Fife to get in the rear and flank of the Scottish army near Falkirk, and force them to decisive action by cutting off their supplies.
This mission, in the course of which Lambert won an important victory at Inverkeithing, was executed with entire success, whereupon Charles II., as Lambert had foreseen, made for England.
The battle of Lansdown was a second Stratton for the Cornishmen, but this time the enemy was of different quality and far differently led, and they had to mourn the loss of Sir Bevil Grenville and the greater part of their whole force.
But for once the council of war on the other side was for fighting a battle, and the Parliamentary armies, their spirits revived by the prospect of action and by the news of the fall of Newcastle and the defeat of a sally from Newark, marched briskly.
The two armies met in battle near Alford on the Don; little can be said of the engagement save that Montrose had to fight cautiously and tentatively as at Aberdeen, not in the decision-forcing spirit of Auldearn, and that in the end Baillie's cavalry gave way and his infantry was cut down as it stood.
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