...Essex now marches northwestwards towards Worcester. In…

September 1642 CE

...Essex now marches northwestwards towards Worcester.

In the first clash between the main Royalist and Parliamentarian armies, Royalist cavalry under Prince Rupert of the Rhine rout the cavalry of Essex's vanguard at the Battle of Powick Bridge on September 23.

The Royalists, lacking infantry, nevertheless abandon Worcester.

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