the Battle of Sedgemoor
/ðə ˌbætl əv ˈsedʒmɔː(r)/
/ðə ˌbætl əv ˈsedʒmɔːr/
- a battle (1685) at Sedgemoor in Somerset, England, in which a Protestant army led by the Duke of Monmouth was defeated by an army led by the Roman Catholic King James II. see also Bloody Assizes