Royalists regain Pembrokeshire

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In the early part of 1645, the Parliamentarian forces of Colonel Laugharne had advanced from the west coast of Wales to take more territory. On 23rd April, the Royalist commander Charles Gerard pushed them back from Newcastle Emlyn, in Carmarthenshire, and over the following week, he forced the Parliamentarians to retreat into their strongholds of Pembroke and Tenby.

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2290 Royalists regain Pembrokeshire 2 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

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