The losing side at this battle outnumbered the eventual victors but had an artillery disadvantage and was exhausted after making a long march from Sodbury.
The losing side at this battle outnumbered the eventual victors but had an artillery disadvantage and was exhausted after making a long march from Sodbury. The losing side had wanted to cross the Severn to meet up with their allies in Wales, which had become necessary after another ally's defeat and death at the Battle of Barnet. The Duke of Somerset blamed his failure to flank the victor's left at this battle on Lord Wenlock, and apocryphally killed Wenlock in a fit of rage. That act, the failure to join the forces of Jasper Tudor, and the flanking of the loser's right by cavalry under Richard, Duke of Gloucester, led to the collapse of the loser's lines and the death of Somerset, the Prince of Wales, and many other of Queen Margaret's forces, who took refuge in the nearby abbey. For 10 points, name this 1471 battle which saw the final defeat of the Lancastrian supporters of King Henry VI.
The losing side at this battle outnumbered the eventual victors but had an artillery disadvantage and was exhausted after making a long march from Sodbury.
Battle of Tewkesbury