The
English Civil War battle of
Lansdowne (or
Lansdown) was fought on
July 5,
1643, near
Bath. The Royalists under Lord
Ralph Hopton charged the
Roundheads under Sir
William Waller, routing them, but at such a cost in casualties that Hopton retired to
Devizes[?] in
Wiltshire, and only decided the issue at
Roundway Down a few days later.