The Battle of Blore Heath was the first major Yorkist victory after the First Battle of St Albans.
Fought on 23 September 1459 in Staffordshire, Blore Heath was an important clash in the renewed Wars of the Roses. A Yorkist force commanded by Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, was moving south to join Richard, Duke of York. A larger Lancastrian army under James Tuchet, Baron Audley, attempted to intercept it.
Salisbury discovered the Lancastrian position behind a hedge and formed his smaller army defensively. Yorkist troops used wagons as a protective laager, resisted repeated attacks and eventually defeated the Lancastrians. Audley was killed, and his successor, Lord Dudley, failed to break the Yorkist line.
The victory did not end the crisis. The Yorkists soon suffered the Rout of Ludford Bridge, when their army collapsed after defections. Hedgeley Moor was a later Yorkist victory in 1464, Wakefield was a Lancastrian victory in 1460, and Towton was the decisive Yorkist victory of 1461.