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A85599 A great fight in VVales between Collonell Horton and Collonell Powel: and the number of those that are slaine and taken prisoners : with the names of the chief. Also the manner of that, and other fights, between both armies. With the taking of Brecknock. And 10 considerable officers and divers prisoners May 3. 1648. Imprimatur Gil. Mabbot. 1648 (1648) Wing G1701; Thomason E438_2; ESTC R204747 1,741 8

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A GREAT FIGHT IN VVALES Between Collonell Horton and Collonell Powel AND The number of those that are slaine and taken Prisoners With the names of the Chief ALSO The manner of that and other Fights between both ARMIES WITH The taking of Brecknock And 10 considerable Officers and divers Prisoners May 3. 1648. Imprimatur Gil. Mabbot Printed at London by Robert Ibbitson in Smithfield neere the Queens-head Tavern 1648. The Copy of a LETTER FROM VVALES Concerning The fight between Collonel Hortons Forces and the WELCH And severall passages of both Armies Right Honourable I Am sorry I have occasion to write such red Letters wee looked for peace but behold fresh Alarmes Collonell Horton since his first comming hither hath deported himself well according to his strength for he is very ill There were divers Gentlemen of the county Mr. Games and others had drawn in some to Garrison this Towne for the King who do daily increase their strength it is reported that they are above five thousand and most armed And the Malignant Gentlemen weare Blew Ribbands in their hats with this Motto CR Collonell Horton sent a party hither who tooke this place and ten Gentlemen of the County who should have been cheife Officers here prisoners with divers others From hence he marched towards Carm●rthen where Colonell Powel then was drawing up his Army consisting of English Scots Irish but most Welch and many are come from London to them They declare For GOD and King CHARLES There was a Messenger taken with letters to Colonell Horton by the Welch and being tryed by a Councell of Warre many would have had him hanged But one of them stepped up and said that it would bee a bad example and so he was onely kept prisoner untill hee purchased his liberty Colonel Powel upon the advance of Colonel Horton tooke an a Alarme and placed severall parties to keep some passes whilst he retreated with his whole Army And divers Bridges were broken downe in severall places to stop the English from comming upon them Colonel Horton beate up some quarters and took some straglers and faced the whole Army divers dayes But the Welch were gotten upon the top of a large Hill to which they came The English would have drawn them downe but they would not but stood to their ground though they were faced in severall places Colonel Horton advised with his Officers whether he should march up the Hil to force them to ingage but it was not thought fit to doe so because it would give too much advantage Then the English wheeld off supposing that that might allure them to fall upon the reare and so get them to ingage But still the Welch kept the Hill and would not come downe Then Colonell Horton sent Colonel Fleming with a party of Horse and Dragoones to gaine a passe on the other side of the Army some seaven miles from his owne Quarters The party that marched with him on his designe were two Companies of Dragoones and one Troope of Horse As soone as ere the English approached the Welch quit the passe and retreated to their Army and gave them an Alarme on that side Then Collonell Powell sent out a forlorne hope commanded by Major Roach to oppose Collonell Fleming both parties met and ingaged and the fight was but short but very sharp and divers of the Welch was wounded and some slaine And the whole Forlorne Hope totally routed which was pursued very farre into the welch quarters And no reserve or releife heere Collonell Fleming who had then taken many prisoners Then Collonell Butler was sent up from Colonell Powell with a reserve to the Welch who Ambuscado'd the way and whilst the English were in pursuit rise upon them and so over-powred them that they were al forced to fly and shift for themselves leaving most of their Horses behind them Yet divers of the Welch were slaine and many wounded And of the English there were four killed And Captain Molineux shot through the thigh Collonel Fleming with 119 more got into a Church which they kept against them a while but after a parly agreed to surrender upon quarter of their lives But gallant valiant Collonell Fleming is slaine by an unhappy accident with a Pistoll in his owne hand Collonell Horton hath sent a Drummer to Collonell Powell for exchange of prisoners for he hath about 50 prisoners and some very considerable ones besides those that were taken before he came into these parts and he endevours daily to give them battle They give out in the Welch quarters that the King is to come to London That Bishops are established and the Book of Common Prayer set up againe in all parts about London And that the City of London have cut off thousands of the Army and other such like fictions they spread abroad to animate the people to comply with them Here is a great desire that some eminent Commander would come with additionall strength because Collonell Horton hath his health very ill Brecknock Aprill 29. 1648 FINIS