The Battle of Winwick was fought on 19 August 1648 between a Scottish Royalist army and a Parliamentarian army during the Second English Civil War. The Scottish army invaded north-west England and was attacked and defeated at Preston on 17 August. The surviving Royalists fled south, closely pursued. Two days later, hungry, cold, soaking wet, exhausted and short of dry powder, they turned to fight at Winwick. Parliamentarian infantry launched a full-scale assault which resulted in more than three hours of furious but indecisive close-quarters fighting. The Parliamentarians fell back, pinned the Scots in place with their cavalry and sent their infantry on a circuitous flank march. When the Scots saw this force appear on their right flank they broke and fled. Parliamentarian cavalry pursued, killing many. The surviving Scottish infantry surrendered either at Winwick church (pictured) or in nearby Warrington; their cavalry on 24 August at Uttoxeter. Winwick was the last battle of the war.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1934:

A referendum supported the recent merging of the posts of chancellor and president of Germany, consolidating Adolf Hitler's assumption of supreme power. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934_German_head_of_state_referendum

2002:

Second Chechen War: A Russian Mil Mi-26 was brought down by Chechen separatists with a man-portable air-defense system near Khankala, killing 127 people in the deadliest helicopter crash in history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Khankala_Mi-26_crash

2017:

Around 250,000 farmed non-native Atlantic salmon were accidentally released into the wild near Cypress Island, Washington. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypress_Island_Atlantic_salmon_pen_break

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internally displaced person: Someone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country's borders. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/internally_displaced_person

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