"200 captured" . "English Parliamentarians take the town and massacre the garrison." . . "~2800 soldiers killed," . . . . . "The Siege of Drogheda took place on 3\u201311 September 1649 at the outset of the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. The town of Drogheda in eastern Ireland was held by the Irish Catholic Confederation and English Royalists when it was besieged and stormed by English Parliamentarian forces under Oliver Cromwell. In the aftermath of the assault, much of the garrison and an unknown but \"significant number\" of civilians were killed by the Parliamentarian troops."@en . "English Royalists" . "12,000" . . "Siege of Drogheda (1649)"@en . "1649-09-11Z"^^ . "Irish Catholic Confederation," . "English ParliamentarianNew Model Army" . . "~3,100" .