Cika wannan jumla: Ko da yake a halin yanzu a
Yaƙin farko na Newbury a watan Satumba, abin da ya fi muhimmanci shi ne sake gina kariya ta Wallingford, wani tsari da aka kammala a ƙarshen shekara. A lokacin farmakin Royalist na 1644 a Kudu maso Yammacin Ingila, ya umurci brigade a Cropredy Bridge, Lostwithiel da Newbury na biyu. Ko da yake Lostwithiel babban nasara ne, Charles ya yi watsi da dan uwansa Prince Rupert, wanda ya yi gargadin cewa yana da nisa sosai ya bar garuruwan da ke kusa da Oxford da haɗari (duba Taswira). An tabbatar da shi daidai lokacin da 'yan majalisa suka kama Abingdon a watan Yuli na 1644, suna barazanar dukan matsayin Royalist a Thames Valley. Tare da asarar Reading a 1643, riƙe da Wallingford ya zama da muhimmanci.