The Gear Rout - On Saturday 20th May 1648, the Sheriff of Cornwall reached Helston with reinforcements and went on to Breage with 400 cavalrymen and 120 infantry soldiers. By 22nd May he had taken Penzance, killing 70 Cornish but taking only light casualties. Ref - West Britons: Cornish identities and the early modern British state - Prof Mark Stoyle

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