| Siege of Bristol | |||||||
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| Part of English Civil War | |||||||
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:329_of_%27History_of_the_Great_Civil_War._1642-1649._(Sixth_series.)%27_-_cropped.jpg) Map of the Siege of Bristol at 3 September 1645 by Edward Weller | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Royalists |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Flag_of_England.svg){kind=small} Parliamentarians | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Prince Rupert | Lord Fairfax | ||||||
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Bristol_UK_location_map.svg)  Bristol Location within Bristol | |||||||
The Second Siege of Bristol of the First English Civil War lasted from 23 August 1645 until 10 September 1645, when the Royalist commander Prince Rupert surrendered the city that he had captured from the Parliamentarians on 26 July 1643. The commander of the Parliamentarian New Model Army forces besieging Bristol was Lord Fairfax.