The Battle of Towton 1459

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  • Battle of TOWTON
    • This was fought during a snow storm
    • LARGEST ARMIES ever assembled in the Kingdom, with more than 50,000 men INVOLVED
    • The slaughter was GREAT
    • The LANCASTRIANS were ROUTED
    • This Battle was the DECISIVE engagement  that BOTH SIDES had been SEEKING since the RENEWAL of war in 1459
    • HENRY VI, MARGARET & their son EDWARD FLED to Scotland
    • EDWARD IV returned to London to be CROWNED
    • Yorkists had TRIUMPHED

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