page_title: Battle of Lostwithiel
hierarchical_section_title: Battle of Lostwithiel
caption_attribution_description: Relief map of Cornwall, UK. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 150% Geographic limits: West: 6.47W East: 4.00W North: 51.04N South: 49.83N
context_page_description: The Battle of Lostwithiel took place over a 13 day period spanning 21 August – 2 September near Lostwithiel and along the River Fowey valley in Cornwall during the First English Civil War in 1644. In the battle King Charles led the Royalists to a decisive victory over the Parliamentarians commanded by the Earl of Essex.
  The battle was the worse defeat suffered by the Parliamentarians in the First English Civil War and secured South-West England for the Royalists until the end of the civil war.
context_section_description: The Battle of Lostwithiel took place over a 13 day period spanning 21 August – 2 September near Lostwithiel and along the River Fowey valley in Cornwall during the First English Civil War in 1644. In the battle King Charles led the Royalists to a decisive victory over the Parliamentarians commanded by the Earl of Essex.
  The battle was the worse defeat suffered by the Parliamentarians in the First English Civil War and secured South-West England for the Royalists until the end of the civil war.
caption: Cornwall and Lostwithiel
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