Battle of Brentford (1642)

Battle of Brentford
Part of the First English Civil War
Date 12 November 1642 Location Brentford, Middlesex (present day Greater London) 51°28′42″N 0°18′34″W / 51.47833°N 0.30944°W / 51.47833; -0.30944 Result Royalist victory
Belligerents
Royalists	Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
Prince Rupert	Lord Holles Lord Brooke John Lilburne
Strength
4,600[1]	1,300[1]
Casualties and losses
Unknown	170 killed or wounded 400 captured[1] 15 guns captured 11 colours captured
Brentford class=notpageimage| London and Brentford

The Battle of Brentford was a small pitched battle which took place on 12 November 1642 in Brentford, Middlesex, between a detachment of the Royalist army (predominantly horse with one regiment of Welsh foot) under the command of Prince Rupert, and two infantry regiments of Parliamentarians with some horse in support. The result was a victory for the Royalists.^[2]