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Timeline

Introduction

Danish Invasion of 870

Danish Invasion of 1006

St Mary's Butts

Civil War

Civil War defences

Siege of Reading

Battle of Caversham Bridge

After the Siege

Battle of Reading

Napoleon

World War 1

World War 2

After the Siege

Lord Essex’s army now went into the town. There they soon started to catch diseases, and more died from illness after the siege than had been killed during the siege itself. The army stayed in Reading for about a month before moving off, leaving a Parliamentary garrison in the town.

After the First Battle of Newbury in September 1643, the Parliamentary garrison withdrew and the King’s forces again came into the town.