Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	horse_n	order_n	wing_n	1,014	5	9.4048	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80881	The copy of a letter written by Colonel Cromvvel, to the committee at Cambridge. Dated on Monday last being the 31 of Iuly. Concerning the raising of the siege at Gainsborough, with the names of those that were slayne, and the number of the prisoners taken. This is licensed according to order.	Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.	1643 (1643)	Wing C7051; Thomason E2_39; ESTC R1484	2,060	8

The Copy of a LETTER Written by COLONEL CROMVVEL To the Committee at Cambridge Dated on Monday last being the 31 of Iuly Concerning the raising of the Siege at Gainsborough with the Names of those that were Slayne and the Number of the Prisoners taken This is licensed according to Order LONDON Printed for Edward Blackmore at the Angell in Pauls Church-Yard August the 3. 1643. The Coppy of a Letter written by Colonel Cromwel to the Committee at Camebridge the 31 of July 1643. GENTLEMEN IT hath pleased the Lord to give your Servant and Souldiers a notable Victory now at Gainsborow I marched after the taking of Burl●y house upon Wednesday to Gratham where I met about 300. Horse and Dragoneers of Nottingham with these by agreement with the L●ncolneers we met at North-Scarle which is about ten miles from Gainsborow upon Thursday in the evening where we tarried untill two of the clocke in the morning and then with our whole body advanced towards Gainsborow about a mile and a halfe from the Towne We met a forlorne hope of the Enemy of neere a 100. Horse our Dragoneers laboured to beat them back but not a lighting of their Horses the Enemy charged them and beat some foure or five of th● moff th●ir Horse our Horse charged them and made them retire unto their maine body Wee advanced and came to the bottome of a stéepe hill upon which the Enemy stood we cou●d not well get up but by some tracts which our men assaying to doe the body of the Enemy endeavoured to hinder wherein we prevailed and got the top of the hill this was done by the Lincolneérs who had the Vanguard when we all recovered the top of the hill we saw a great body of the Enemies Horse facing of us at about a Muskets shot or lesse distance and a good reserve of a full Regiment of Horse behind it we end●avoured to put our men into as good order as we could the Enemy in the meane time advanced towards us to tak● us at dis-advantage but in such order as we were we charged their great body I having the right wing we came up Horse to Horse where we disputed it with our Swords and Pistols a pretty time all keéping close order so that one could not breake the other at last they a little shrinking our men perceiving it pressed in upon them and immediately routed this whole body some flying on one side others on the other of the Enemies reserve and our men persuing them had chase and execution about five or six miles I perceiving this body which was the reserve standing still unbroken kept backe my Major Whaley from the chace and with mine owne Troope and the other of my Regiment in all being three Troopes we got into a body in this reserve stood G●nerall Cavendish who one while faced me and h●r while faced foure of the Lincolne T●oopes which was all of ours stood upon the place the rest being ingaged in the chace at last the G●nerall charged the Lincolneérs and routed them I immediately fell on his reare with my threé Troopes which did so astonish him that he gave over the chace and would faine have delivered himselfe from me but I pressing on forced them done a a hill having good execution of them and below the hill drove the General with some of his Souldiers into a Quagmire where my Captaine Lieutenant slew him with a thrust under his short ribs the rest of the body was wholly routed not one man staying upon the place Weé after the defeate which was so totall releived the Towne with such powder and provision as we brought which done we had notice that there were 6. Troops of Horse and 300 foote on the other side of the Towne about a mile of us we desired some foote of my Lord Willoughbyes about 400. And with our Horse and their Foote marched towards them when we came towards the place where their Horse stood wee beat back with my Tropes about 2 or 3 Troops of the Enemies who retired into a small village at the bottome of the hill when wee recovered the hill we sawin the bottome about a quarter of a mile from us a Regiment of Foote after that another after that New-Castles owne Regiment consisting in all of about fifty Foote Colours and a great body of Horse which indeéd was New-Castles army which coming so unexpectedly put us to new consultations My Lord VVilloughby and I being in the Towne agreed to call of our Foote I went to bring them off but before I returned divers of the Foote were engaged the Enemy advancing with his whole body our Foote retreated in some disorder and with some losse got the Towne where now they are our Horse also came off with some trouble being wearied with the long fight and their Horses tired yet faced the Enemies fresh Horse and by severall removes got off without the losse of one man the Enemy following the Reare with a great body the honour of this retreat is due to God as also all the rest Major Whalley did in this carry himselfe withall gallantly becomming a G●ntleman and a Christian Thus have you this true Relation as short as I could what you are to do upon it is n xt to be considered the Lord direct you what to doe Huntington Iuly 31. 1643. Gentlemen I am Your faithfull seruant Oliver Cromwell A List of those that were slaine and taken at the raysing of the Seidge at Gainsborow on Friday last by Colonell Cromwell General King slaine as is supposed General C vendish certainly slaine Colonel Beton slaine A Lieutenant Colonel slaine A Serjeant Major slaine Captaine Hussey slaine 100 Dead upon the place 150. Prisoners taken A total defeate not ten men being seene stand in a body 200. slaine in the persute of them FINIS