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Battle of Cropredy Bridge

King Charles I’s personal victory over Sir William Waller’s Parliamentary army in Northern Oxfordshire, fought on 29th June 1644

Horse attacking a bridge: Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War: picture by Palamedes Palamedesz

Horse attacking a bridge: Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War: picture by Palamedes Palamedesz

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Battle:  Cropredy Bridge 

War:   English Civil War

Date of the Battle of Cropredy Bridge: 29th June 1644

Place of the Battle of Cropredy Bridge:   to the north of Banbury in Oxfordshire.

King Charles I, the victor at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War

King Charles I, the victor at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War

Combatants at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge:

The forces of King Charles I against the forces of Parliament.

Commanders at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge:  King Charles I commanded the Royalist forces.

Sir William Waller commanded the Parliamentary army.

Size of the armies at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge: 

King Charles I’s Royalist army comprised 5,000 Horse and Dragoons and 3,500 Foot.  The number of Royalist guns is unknown.

Sir William Waller commanded a force of 5,000 Horse and Dragoons, the same number as the Royalist army, but his Foot numbered 4,000.  The number of Parliamentary guns is unknown.

Sir William Waller, Parliamentary commander at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War: engraving by Cornelius Jansen

Sir William Waller, Parliamentary commander at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War: engraving by Cornelius Jansen

Winner of the Battle of Cropredy Bridge:  Cropredy Bridge was a Royalist victory.

Uniforms, arms and equipment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge:

See this section in the Battle of Edgehill.

Background to the Battle of Cropredy Bridge:

The origins of the English Civil War are dealt with under this section in the Battle of Edgehill.

A feature of the English Civil War was the diversity of operations across England with Royalist and Parliamentary forces facing each other in most parts of the country.

In April 1644 Prince Maurice was laying siege to the Dorset port of Lyme, at that time of major importance.  Sir William Waller, after his success at Cheriton, had been forced to allow his London troops to return to the capital.  He awaited reinforcements and an opportunity to march west from Hampshire and relieve Lyme.

Prince Rupert lay at Shrewsbury preparing to march to the relief of York where a Royalist garrison commanded by the Duke of Newcastle was besieged by a joint Parliamentary-Scots army commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax and Alexander Leslie, the Earl of Leven.

Market Cross in Banbury: Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War

Market Cross in Banbury: Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War

Parliament ordered the Earl of Essex and the Earl of Manchester to rendezvous at Aylesbury and with their joint forces to move against King Charles I’s Oxford army, a combination that did not come about.

Inevitably Parliament’s main stronghold and source of support both financially and in terms of men and equipment was London, making the capital city a priority for each side, King Charles I to capture it and Parliament to defend it.

On 10th April 1644 King Charles I assembled his Oxford army at Aldbourne Close near Marlborough in Wiltshire.  The number of troops present was around 4,000 horse and dragoons and 5,000 foot.

From Marlborough King Charles I marched to Reading where the fortifications were dismantled and the garrison of 3,000 foot added to the Royalist army.

From Reading the Royalist army marched north to Wantage and then to Abingdon which was also abandoned adding Sir Lewis Dyve’s regiment of Foot to the Royalist field army.

Southam Road on Bourton Hill: Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War

Southam Road on Bourton Hill: Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War

On the Parliamentary side the Earl of Essex’s army followed up the Royalist progress, re-occupying Reading and moving on to Henley, while Sir William Waller left Farnham and moved to Bagshot.

There then followed a chase across the western part of the southern Midlands, the end of which saw King Charles I and his army in Worcester and Essex and Waller parting company, Essex to relieve the Dorset port of Lyme on the south coast and Waller to continue in pursuit of the King and his Royalist army.

In mid-June 1644 the King marched his army to Witney where he met the Oxford garrison, absorbed it into his field army and moved on across Oxfordshire.

On 28th June 1644 Sir William Waller was near Banbury with his Parliamentary army while the King was at Brackley in Northamptonshire. Hearing of Waller’s approach, the King marched back to Banbury to seek battle with Waller.

Each side took up a strong position on either side of Banbury and skirmishing began in an attempt to bring the other to action on favourable ground.

Map of the Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War: map by John Fawkes

Map of the Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War: map by John Fawkes

Account of the Battle of Cropredy Bridge:

After a day in position, at around 8am on 29th June 1644 King Charles I set his army marching away from Banbury on the road towards Daventry to the north, his purpose being, according to Clarendon, to draw Waller away from the favourable position he was occupying .

As the King’s stated intention was to bring Waller to battle it is far from clear what he proposed to achieve by marching away from him.

Soon afterwards Sir William Waller’s army set off following the Royalists by marching north along the road to the west of the Cherwell river which led to Southam.  The two armies were marching north on parallel roads.

The Royalist advance guard was commanded by the Earl of Brentford (newly elevated from the title of Lord Forth).  The King led the main army.  The cavalry brigades of Lord Cleveland and Lord Northampton with 1,000 Foot commanded by Colonel Anthony Thelwall formed the rearguard.

Waller reached Bourton Hill, on which are Little and Great Bourton villages, three miles to the north of Banbury.  From this vantage point Waller could see the Royalist army on the far side of the River Cherwell approaching a point level with Cropredy.

Cropredy Bridge: Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War: drawing by C.R.B. Barrett

Cropredy Bridge: Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War: drawing by C.R.B. Barrett

The Cherwell could be crossed in the area at three points; a ford at Slat Mill immediately to the east of the Bourton villages beyond Peewit Farm; Cropredy Bridge and ford to the east of Cropredy carrying the road joining the two main roads to Southam and Daventry; and Hay’s Bridge to the north east of Cropredy on the Daventry road.

In order to secure his flank King Charles I detached a party of Royalist Dragoons to hold the Cropredy Bridge and Ford until his army had passed.

At about the same time the Royalist advance guard was ordered to press on and cross Hay’s Bridge to intercept a force of Parliamentary Horse that was reported to be approaching from the north with the intention of joining Waller’s army.

King's Trumpeter: Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War: picture by Sir John Gilbert

King’s Trumpeter: Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War: picture by Sir John Gilbert

The effect of the King’s order was to speed up the rate of march of the advance guard and the main body.  The rearguard was unaware of the change and continued at the previous pace so that a gap opened between it and the main body.

From his vantage point on Bourton Hill Sir William Waller observed the gap opening between the rear and main bodies of the King’s army and resolved to cut off the Royalist rearguard.

At around 11am Waller moved with 1,000 musketeers to Slat Mill ford and dispatched Lieutenant General John Middleton with Sir Arthur Heselrige’s Regiment of Cuirassiers, Colonel John Vandruske’s Regiment of Horse and nine companies of Foot to Cropredy.



Middleton’s Horse dispersed the Royalist Dragoons holding Cropredy Bridge crossed the Cherwell and attacked the rear of the Royalist main body pursuing it up the Daventry road as far as Hay’s Bridge where they were finally checked by musketeers positioned in the road behind an upturned cart.

At the rear of the Royalist army Waller was across Slat Mill Ford when he was fiercely attacked by Lord Northampton’s four regiments of Horse and the Parliamentary musketeers driven back across the Cherwell River.

The other brigade of the Royalist rearguard, Lord Cleveland’s, did not wait for orders but charged the Parliamentary Foot that had crossed at Cropredy as part of Middleton’s force and threw them into disorder.

Old Ford at Cropredy Bridge: Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War: drawing by C.R.B. Barrett

Old Ford at Cropredy Bridge: Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War: drawing by C.R.B. Barrett

Cleveland rallied his Horse and made a stand near an ash tree where the King had earlier dined.

The advance guard and the main body of the Royalist army had halted on the north side of the Hay’s Bridge crossing point.

Lord Bernard Stuart with the King’s Life Guard re-crossed the river and attacked Middleton’s regiments of Horse, which had returned to counter-attack Lord Cleveland in flank, driving them back to Cropredy Bridge.

Cavalry Action at the time of the English Civil War: Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War: picture by Palamedes Palamedesz

Cavalry Action at the time of the English Civil War: Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War: picture by Palamedes Palamedesz

Lord Cleveland resumed the attack on the Parliamentary troops gathered at the bridge while Lord Wilmot attacked them in flank.

The remnants of General Middleton’s Horse and Foot was driven back across the Cherwell into Cropredy, while a force of Parliamentary artillery comprising fourteen guns and the commander Colonel Wemyss was overrun and captured on the east side of the river by the triumphant Royalist Horse.

The main Royalist army had re-crossed the Cherwell at Hay’s Bridge and now assembled in the village of Williamscot on the Cropredy road.

Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War

Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War

Waller withdrew his troops to Bourton Hill leaving the crossings manned by Dragoons and Foot where they were subjected to a full attack by the Royalist army.

The Tower Hamlets Regiment of the London Trained Bands and the Kentish Regiment supported by two small drake canon held Cropredy and repelled the attack.

At Slat Mill Ford the Royalists crossed the Cherwell pushing back the Parliamentary Dragoons.

Bourton Hill: Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War

Bourton Hill: Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War

During these two attacks the Royalist guns fired a barrage at the Parliamentary positions on Bourton Hill.

The Royalist guns now moved across Slat Mill Ford and opened a further fire on the Parliamentary positions.

Towards the end of the day’s fighting King Charles I sent a message to Sir William Waller inviting him and his army to submit and return to their allegiance to the Crown.  Waller replied that he had no authority to negotiate on behalf of Parliament.

The Royalist army remained in position during the next day, but on the following day receiving a report that Major General Browne had arrived in Buckingham with 4,500 Parliamentary troops and was marching to join Sir William Waller, the Royalist army left the severely mauled Parliamentary army on the battlefield and marched westwards towards Evesham.

Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War

Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War

Casualties at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge:

Royalist casualties in the battle were slight.  Colonels Sir William Boteler and Sir William Clarke of Lord Cleveland’s brigade were killed in his second charge.  Probably 30 to 40 Royalist soldiers were killed.  Some 70 Royalist soldiers were captured.  A proportionate number were wounded.

Burial ground after the battle: Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War: drawing by C.R.B. Barrett

Burial ground after the battle: Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War: drawing by C.R.B. Barrett

Sir William Waller’s Parliamentary army lost around 700 men, many of them deserting and going home.  Most of the Parliamentary gunners were killed or captured.  Colonel Wemyss, commanding Waller’s artillery was captured.  Several lieutenant colonels were killed including James Baker of Sir William Waller’s own regiment.

Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Cleveland, Royalist cavalry commander at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War

Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Cleveland, Royalist cavalry commander at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War

Follow-up to the Battle of Cropredy Bridge:

Waller’s army was wrecked by the defeat.  Most of the London Trained Bands left and made their way home.  Major-General Browne’s army was equally mutinous.  Waller left the army at Abingdon and travelled to London where he made the recommendation that a dedicated army must be formed, free of the idiosyncrasies inherent in the terms of service of the Trained Bands.  This recommendation led finally to the formation of the New Model Army.

King Charles I marched west with his Royalist army.  On 12th July 1644 King Charles I received the dispatch from Prince Rupert reporting his overwhelming defeat at Marston Moor outside York.

The Wardington Ash: Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War

The Wardington Ash: Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War

Anecdotes and traditions from the Battle of Cropredy Bridge:

  • The Earl of Cleveland rallied his brigade of Horse after his first successful charge at Cropredy Bridge around an ash tree, where King Charles I had eaten dinner as his army marched up the Daventry road, passing the turning to Cropredy.  This tree became known as the ‘Wardington Ash’ and has been replanted several times over the intervening centuries.  Local tradition claims that the King climbed the tree to check on the Parliamentary Army marching on the far side of the River Cherwell.
  • Clarendon describes the Earl of Cleveland in these terms:  ‘a man of signal courage, and an excellent officer upon any bold enterprise’.
  • The Parliamentary artillery commander captured at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge was Colonel James Wemyss, a Scotsman.  Wemyss had been King Charles I’s master gunner before the Civil War.  He was brought before the king, who confronted him over his treachery.  Wemyss said ‘my heart was always with your Majesty’.  The King attempted to persuade Wemyss to accept the post of master gunner in his army but without success.  On the intervention of the Earl of Essex, Sir William Waller and other senior Parliamentary officers Wemyss was exchanged after some months in Royalist captivity.

    Cuirassiers attacking unarmoured Horse: Sir Arthur Heselrige’s Regiment of Cuirassiers was known as the ‘London Lobsters’; Battle of Cropredy Bridge 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War

    Cuirassiers attacking unarmoured Horse: Sir Arthur Heselrige’s Regiment of Cuirassiers was known as the ‘London Lobsters’; Battle of Cropredy Bridge 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War

  • Sir Arthur Heselrige’s Regiment of Cuirassiers were known as the ‘London Lobsters’ due to their extensive protective armour.  The Lobsters had already fought for Parliament at the Battle of Lansdown Hill, the Battle of Roundway Down and the Battle of Cheriton.
Wardington Church: Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War

Wardington Church: Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War

Cropredy Cross: Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War: drawing by C.R.B. Barrett

Cropredy Cross: Battle of Cropredy Bridge on 29th June 1644 in the English Civil War: drawing by C.R.B. Barrett

References for the Battle of Cropredy Bridge:

The Battle of Cropredy Bridge by Robert Morris

The English Civil War by Peter Young and Richard Holmes

History of the Great Rebellion by Clarendon

Cromwell’s Army by CH Firth

British Battles by Grant Volume I

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    • English Civil War
      • Battle of Edgehill
      • Battle of Seacroft Moor
      • Battle of Stratton
      • Battle of Wakefield 1643
      • Battle of Chalgrove
      • Battle of Adwalton Moor
      • Battle of Lansdown Hill
      • Battle of Roundway Down
      • Storming of Bristol
      • First Battle of Newbury
      • Battle of Cheriton
      • Battle of Cropredy Bridge
      • Battle of Marston Moor
      • Battle of Lostwithiel
      • Second Battle of Newbury
      • Battle of Naseby
      • Siege of Basing House
  • Wars of 1700
    • War of the Spanish Succession
      • Battle of Blenheim
      • Battle of Ramillies
      • Battle of Oudenarde
      • Battle of Malplaquet
    • King George’s War (Austrian Succession)
      • Battle of Dettingen
      • Battle of Fontenoy
      • Battle of Rocoux
      • Battle of Lauffeldt
    • Jacobite Rebellion
      • Battle of Prestonpans
      • Battle of Falkirk
      • Battle of Culloden
    • Frederick the Great Wars
    • First Silesian War
      • Battle of Mollwitz
      • Battle of Chotusitz
    • Second Silesian War
      • Battle of Hohenfriedberg
      • Battle of Soor
      • Battle of Kesselsdorf
    • Seven Years War
      • Battle of Lobositz
      • Battle of Prague
      • Battle of Kolin
      • Battle of Rossbach
      • Battle of Leuthen
      • Battle of Zorndorf
      • Battle of Hochkirch
      • Battle of Kunersdorf
      • Battle of Liegnitz
      • Battle of Torgau
      • Battle of Burkersdorf
      • Battle of Minden
      • Battle of Emsdorf
      • Battle of Warburg
      • Battle of Kloster Kamp
      • Battle of Vellinghausen
      • Battle of Wilhelmstahl
      • Capture of Manila
      • Capture of Havana
    • Anglo-French Wars in India
      • Siege of Arcot
      • Battle of Arni
      • Battle of Kaveripauk
      • Battle of Plassey
    • French and Indian War
      • Battle of Monongahela 1755 – Braddock’s Defeat
      • General Braddock’s Defeat on the Monongahela in 1755 I
      • Braddock’s Defeat: Part 2
      • Braddock’s Defeat: Part 3
      • Braddock’s Defeat: Part 4
      • Braddock’s Defeat: Part 5
      • Braddock’s Defeat: Part 6
      • Braddock’s Defeat: Part 7
      • Braddock’s Defeat: Part 8
      • Braddock’s Defeat: Part 9
      • Braddock’s Defeat: Part 10
      • Battle of Ticonderoga 1758
      • Capture of Louisburg 1758
      • Battle of Quebec 1759
    • American Revolutionary War
      • Battle of Lexington and Concord
      • Battle of Bunker Hill
      • Battle of Quebec 1775
      • Battle of Sullivan’s Island
      • Battle of Long Island
      • Battle of Harlem Heights
      • Battle of White Plains
      • Battle of Fort Washington
      • Battle of Trenton
      • Battle of Princeton
      • Battle of Ticonderoga 1777
      • Battle of Hubbardton
      • Battle of Bennington
      • Battle of Brandywine Creek
      • Battle of Freeman’s Farm
      • Battle of Paoli
      • Battle of Germantown
      • Battle of Saratoga
      • Battle of Monmouth
      • Siege of Savannah
      • Siege of Charleston
      • Battle of Camden
      • Battle of King’s Mountain
      • Battle of Cowpens
      • Battle of Guilford Courthouse
      • Battle of Yorktown
      • Siege of Gibraltar
      • Battle of Cape St Vincent 1780
    • Anglo-Mysore Wars
      • Storming of Seringapatam
  • Wars of 1800
    • Second Mahratta War
      • Battle of Assaye
      • Battle of Laswaree
    • Peninsular War
      • Battle of Roliça
      • Battle of Vimeiro
      • Battle of Sahagun
      • Battle of Benavente
      • Battle of Cacabelos
      • Battle of Corunna
      • Battle of the Douro
      • Battle of Talavera
      • Battle of the River Coa
      • Battle of Busaco
      • Battle of Barrosa
      • Battle of Campo Maior
      • Battle of Redinha or Pombal
      • Battle of Sabugal
      • Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro
      • Battle of Albuera
      • Battle of Usagre
      • Battle of El Bodon
      • Battle of Arroyo Molinos
      • Storming of Ciudad Rodrigo
      • Storming of Badajoz
      • Battle of Villagarcia
      • Battle of Almaraz
      • Battle of Salamanca
      • Battle of Garcia Hernandez
      • Battle of Majadahonda
      • Attack on Burgos
      • Retreat from Burgos
      • Battle of Morales de Toro
      • Battle of San Millan and Osma
      • Battle of Vitoria
      • Storming of San Sebastian
      • Battle of the Pyrenees
      • Battle of San Marcial
      • Battle of the Bidassoa
      • Battle of the Nivelle
      • Battle of the Nive
      • Battle of St Pierre
      • Battle of Orthez
      • Battle of Tarbes
      • Battle of Toulouse
      • Sortie from Bayonne
    • Napoleonic Wars
      • Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797
      • Battle of the Nile
      • Battle of Alexandria
      • Battle of Copenhagen
      • Battle of Trafalgar
      • Battle of Maida
      • Battle of Quatre Bras
      • Battle of Waterloo
    • First Afghan War
      • Battle of Ghuznee
      • Battle of Kabul and the retreat to Gandamak
      • Siege of Jellalabad
      • Battle of Kabul 1842
    • First Sikh War
      • Battle of Moodkee
      • Battle of Ferozeshah
      • Battle of Aliwal
      • Battle of Sobraon
    • Second Sikh War
      • Battle of Ramnagar
      • Battle of Chillianwallah
      • Battle of Goojerat
    • Crimean War
      • Battle of The Alma
      • Battle of Balaclava
      • Battle of Inkerman
      • Siege of Sevastopol
    • American Civil War
      • First Battle of Bull Run
      • Battle of Shiloh
      • Battle of Antietam
      • Battle of Fredericksburg
      • Battle of Chancellorsville
    • Abyssinian War
      • Battle of Magdala
    • Second Afghan War
      • Battle of Ali Masjid
      • Battle of Peiwar Kotal
      • Battle of Futtehabad
      • Battle of Charasiab
      • Battle of Kabul 1879
      • Battle of Ahmed Khel
      • Battle of Maiwand
      • Battle of Kandahar
    • Zulu War
      • Battle of Isandlwana
      • Battle of Rorke’s Drift
      • Battle of Khambula
      • Battle of Gingindlovu
      • Battle of Ulundi
    • War in Egypt and Sudan
      • Battle of Tel-el-Kebir
      • Battle of El Teb
      • Battle of Tamai
      • Battle of Abu Klea
      • Battle of Atbara
      • Battle of Omdurman
    • First Boer War
      • Battle of Laing’s Nek
      • Battle of Majuba Hill
    • Great Boer War
      • Battle of Talana Hill
      • Battle of Elandslaagte
      • Battle of Ladysmith
      • Battle of Belmont
      • Battle of Graspan
      • Battle of Modder River
      • Battle of Stormberg
      • Battle of Magersfontein
      • Battle of Colenso
      • Battle of Spion Kop
      • Battle of Val Krantz
      • Battle of Pieters
      • Battle of Paardeberg
      • Siege of Mafeking
      • Siege of Kimberley
      • Siege of Ladysmith
    • North-West Frontier of India
      • Black Mountain Expedition 1888
      • Black Mountain Expedition 1891
      • Waziristan 1894
      • Siege and Relief of Chitral
      • Malakand Rising 1897
      • Malakand Field Force 1897
      • Mohmand Field Force 1897
      • Tirah 1897
  • Wars of 1900
    • First World War
      • British Expeditionary Force (BEF)
      • Battle of Mons
      • Battle of Mons (2nd Day): Elouges
      • Battle of Landrecies
      • Battle of Le Cateau
      • Battle of Le Grand Fayt
      • Battle of Étreux
      • Battle of Heligoland Bight
      • Battle of Néry
      • Battle of Villers Cottérêts
      • Battle of the Marne
      • Battle of the Aisne
      • Texel Action
      • Battle of Coronel
      • Battle of the Falkland Islands
      • Battle of the Dogger Bank
      • Gallipoli Part I: Naval Attack on the Dardanelles
      • Gallipoli Part II: Genesis of the land attack on the Gallipoli Peninsula
      • Gallipoli Part III: ANZAC landing on 25th April 1915
      • Gallipoli Part IV: First landings at Cape Helles and Y Beach on 25th April 1915
      • Battle of Jutland Part I: Opposing fleets
      • Battle of Jutland Part II: Opening Battle Cruiser action on 31st May 1916
      • Battle of Jutland Part III: Clash between British and German Battle Fleets during the evening 31st May 1916
      • Battle of Jutland Part IV: Night Action 31st May to 1st June 1916
      • Battle of Jutland Part V: Casualties and Aftermath
  • British Battles