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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	foot_n	horse_n	lieutenant_n	1,268	5	9.4061	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95207	A true relation of the fight between Maior Gen. Lambert, and the Scots army neer Appleby, Iuly 24. 1648. With a letter written from Colonell Charles Fairfax, touching the surrender of Thornhill House in Yorkshire, with all the armes and ammunition therein, for the service of the Parliament. Written to a member of the House of Commons. With the summons, answers, and replies from the said Colonel, and Governor thereof.	Paulden, Thomas, 1626-ca. 1710.; Fairfax, Charles, 1597-1673.	1648 (1648)	Wing T2954; Thomason E454_14; ESTC R204992	4,409	8

A True Relation OF THE FIGHT Between Maior Gen. Lambert and the Scots Army neer Appleby Iuly 24. 1648. WITH A Letter written from Colonell Charles Fairfax touching the Surrender of Thornhill House in Yorkshire with all the Armes and Ammunition therein for the service of the PARLIAMENT Written to a Member of the House of COMMONS WITH The Summons Answers and Replies from the said Colonel and Governor thereof July .27 LONDON Printed for Robert White 1648. Sir Conceiving you may have many false reports concerning our retrent I thought fit to give you this true action following VPon the approach of the enemie with their whole body within two miles of Fenrith on Friday night July 15. it was thought fit upon advice of a Counsell of War to draw off our forces from thence and to retreat to Appleby and further if occasion should be The reasons moving were First The paucity of our forces compared with the Enemies conjoyned bodies Secondly We had some additionall forces coming up to us out of severall Counties as Yorkshire County of Durham and Northumberland and it was not held wisdom to hazard a fight with our small number considering the consequences to these parts and to the whole Kingdom if it had not proved well when we might easily retreat to such advantages Thirdly We were tender in being too forward to engage in regard we had not understood the pleasure of Parl. upon the coming of the Scots Army into this Kingdom Accordingly that evening we retreated from Penrith to Appleby very safe the Enemy neverappearing in our Reer at all where we lay from Saturday till Monday morning without disturb ance some illnesse of weather though the enemy marched after-and pitched with their foot between the two Bridges neer Brougham Castle seven miles from Appleby and their horse about them but on Monday morning they marched again with their whole body towards us it being a very dark rainy morning were within a mile of our horse guards before they were discovered all our horse having been that night drawn together in expectation of their approach and continued together till the morning and then not hearing of the enemies march and through the great rain and cold in which they had been all night and not in quarters a fortnight before they were dismist to some Towns near about Appleby for refreshment Before they had well gotten to their quarters came this Alarm the enemy presently appeared in three great bodies upon three hils very advantagious for them within half a mile of Appleby so that our horse guards were forced to retreat towards the Town and the enemy followed our foot were presently in readinesse and were drawn down and placed at the severall Passes and Baracadoes to prevent the enemies horse from careering into the Town which they attempted to do but were gallantly repulsed and one of them taken prisoner and wounded hereupon most of our foot were drawn out of Town towards the Enemy to line the hedges and stop the Enemies approach till our horse could be imbodied being placed neer the Enemies body and much to their annoyance the enemy drew out severall parties both of horse and foot and attempted divers times to force our men from their Stations and break into the Town upon us before our horse could come together fresh parties relieving the other every quarter of an houre but were repulsed and forced to retreat as fast as they came on by our brave foot seconded with some horse so that our men did get and not lose ground of them nay a small party of our foot advanced up to one of the hils where a great bodie of the enemies horse were viz. the Gallows hill where the Gallows is and gave them such a charge that they forced their body to retreat and came off with Freedom Safety and Honour during this time our horse were advancing up from their severall quarters the enemies bodies standing as before and not attempting any thing upon our particular horse quarters dividedly and at last came all safe together rejoycing much by great shouting c to see their Enemy in the field the foot continually crying out for a Field a Field This skirmish continued from 12 at noon till 9 at night that they could see no longer and upon Consultation at a Counsell of War what was fit to be done it was resolved for the reasons before mentioned though our men both horse and foot would gladly have engaged in the field to draw off and go to Kirly Stephen which was pursued and our foot drawn off accordingly from their hedges guards c. into the Town and so we marched off In this service viz. upon the first charge of our guard with the Enemies first party Col. Harrison who ventured very far in his own person and farther then his men would follow for he had hold of one of the Enemies Colours received three wounds viz. a cut on the wrist a prick in the back and thigh but we hope not mortall Captain Cromwels Lieutenant and one foot souldier of ours were slain upon the place and two or three of our men wounded and Lieutenant Sh●●rs taken prisoner which is all the losse we know of the enemy had many slain many wounded and some taken prisoners particularly one of Duke Hamiltons Chirurgions and some others the enemies foot both Scots and English were very unwilling to come upon service and would go on no farther then they had horse on back to force them The Scots when any charge was given by our men presently threw down their Arms Poles and Meal-bags and ran away divers of their Armes were brought off by our men and some left behinde It must not be forgotten that the Lancashire foot did play their parts very well in this service our horse were drawn off on the South side of the Town and the Enemie and the Northside the River being between which was so high with the rain that neither party could ford over and the bridge which we maintained against them so narrow and barrocadoed and the Enemies bodie so neer drawn up that they could not well be drawm over to do service After we came to Kirly Stephen it was not thought fit to stay there conceiving the Enemy might interpost between the Passe and Yorkshire and so we came on to Bowes without any trouble of the Enemy who never appeared in our Reer and came no further then Appleby after us which if they had done and sought to have engaged us we should have adventured and left the successe to God but this night at Bowes we meet with Major Sanderson and Capt. Bradfords Troops out of Northumberland Colonel Wrens five Troops and Captain Harleys and Captain Persons company who are grown very thin by their lying at York Sir Being ordered with about 500 of my Regiment of foot accompanyed with 200 of Col. Sir Henry Chalmleys horse to march to Thornhill gasrifort I intended to have been there last Saturday night but