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| | 1644: The siege of Lyme, Copredy Bridge, Lostwithiel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | After the fall of Bristol in July 1643, Prince Maurice led a successful campaign in the south-west, capturing Dorchester, Weymouth and Portland in August 1643, Exeter in September and Dartmouth in October. |
 | | On 6 August, the King called upon Essex to surrender but he refused, hoping that the Earl of Warwick's fleet would be able to re-supply or evacuate his 10,000 strong army. |
 | | The Royalists, numbering around 16,000, gradually hemmed Essex in at the port of Fowey south of Lostwithiel on the western side of the Fowey estuary. |
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