Английская Википедия:Fort Royal Hill

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox military installation Fort Royal Hill is a park in Worcester, England, and the site of the remains of an English Civil War fort.

History

Fort Royal was a Civil War sconce (or redoubt) on a small hill to the south-east of Worcester overlooking the Sidbury Gate.Шаблон:Sfn It was built by the Royalists in 1651 to defend the hill, because during the siege in 1646 Parliamentary forces had positioned their artillery on the hill and had been able to severely damage the city's walls.Шаблон:Sfn

During the final stages of the Battle of Worcester, fought on 3 September 1651, the last battle of the war and a Parliamentary victory, the Royalists' retreat turned into a rout in which Parliamentarian and Royalist forces intermingled and skirmished up to and into the city. The Royalist position became untenable when the Essex militia stormed and captured Fort Royal, turning the Royalist guns to fire on Worcester.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

In early April 1786, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson visited Fort Royal Hill at the battlefield at Worcester. Adams wrote Шаблон:Blockquote

Файл:The Liberty Oak Plaque, Fort Royal Park, Worcester, England - DSCF0665.JPG
The plaque at the foot of the Virginian oak tree

On 23 October 2009 a Virginian oak tree was planted in Fort Royal Park by Rear Admiral Ronald H. Henderson, Defence Attaché to the Embassy of the United States, to commemorate this occasion.Шаблон:Sfn

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