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A96460	A true and exact relation of the great victories obtained by the Earl of Manchester, and the Lord Fairfax; against the Earl of Newcastles army in the north. As it appears by a letter of Sir William Widdrington, sent to the Earl of Newcastle; which letter was intercepted by the Parliaments Army, and sent to the House of Commons. Together with two letters concerning the said victories: the one from the Right Honourable, the Lo: Fairfax; the other from Sir John Meldrum, to the Honourable, Sir William Lenthall Esquire, speaker of the House of Commons. Ordered by the Commons in Parliament, that this relation and letters forthwith printed and published: H: Elsynge, Cler. Parl.D.Com.	Widdrington, William Widdrington, Baron, 1610-1651.; Fairfax, Ferdinando Fairfax, Baron, 1584-1648.; Meldrum, John, Sir, d. 1645.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. aut	1643 (1643)	Wing W2089; Thomason E71_22; ESTC R15558	4,803	7

A True and Exact RELATION OF The great Victories obtained by the Earl of Manchester and the Lord Fairfax AGAINST The Earl of Newcastles Army in the North. As it appears by a Letter of Sir William Widdrington sent to the Earl of Newcastle which Letter was Intercepted by the Parliaments Army and sent to the House of Commons Together with two Letters concerning the said VICTORIES The one from the Right Honorable the Lo Fairfax The other from Sir John Meldrum to the Honorable Sir William Lenthall Esquire Speaker of the House of Commons ORdered by the Commons in Parliament That this Relation and Letters forthwith printed and published H Elsynge Cler. Parl. D. Com. Printed for Edward Husbands October 19. 1643. To his Excellency The Lord Marquesse of Newcastle most humbly present these May it please your Excellency I Thought fit to give your Lordship an accompt of our business yesterday how bad soever as speedily as I could We had but three divisions charged two divisions being of Sir William Savills the third of my Lords Ethings and sir John Henderson joyned being Eight Troops the third division being of the left wing put the Enemy to disorder but Savills Regiment totally running disordered and so put to rout our whole Army we have in a manner totally lost our Foot and Dragoons that were there being neer 800 horse extremely disperced but no great number cut off sir John Henderson intends to assigne them quarters betwixt Gainsborough and Newark some on Lincolnshire side and some on Nottingham side for the better calling of the Troops together but of the strength of which we cannot yet give your Lordship any certain accompt but you shall not fail to hear daily of our strength All Officers having order to return a daily accompt of their numbers I have written to Hastings for his and the Belvoier Troops which he hath now called to him but with little expectation of any assistance from him sir John Hinderson hath written to sir Edward Nicolas and Generall Reven and I have written to my Lord Jermine to let them know that without the King be pleased to send a considerable number of Horse in Huntingtonshire to divert their staying in those parts or otherwise to come in the Reare of them in case they continue in these parts that your Lordship will be very much straitned for the preservation of the county and Yorkshire if your Lordship shall quit the siege at Hull upon this unfortunate action I presume your Lordship will think if fit to fortifie the Church and some part of Beverley that so a considerable Garrison may be left as neer them as may be Their Horse are very good and extraordinarily armed and may be reported to be betwixt fifty and sixty Troops being very strong I do not know the number of their Foot but we beleeve them to be about Fifteen hundred or betwixt that and Two thousand Their Foot was not come up to their Horse and the ground they had chosen would not admit of above three divisions of Horse to charge at once they are for the present at liberty to dispose of their Forces what way they please either to Hull or Derby I can but submit it to your Lordships consideration and remain Pon Cotne Octob. 12. 1643. Your Lordships most humble servant W WITHRINTON POSTSCRIPT SInce I writ this there are divers Foot and Dragoons come in so that I hope the losse is not so great as I expected and I hope not many of the Horse lost though not many of them come together as yet if you be straitned for Arms sir Iohn Fitzherbert hath six or seven hundred Musquets at Bozover castle Sir Ingram Hopton certainly is slain and Captain Abraham Marcham and sir George Bowes and Lieutenant Godfrey Lieutenant Colonell Ares Colonell Saint George Captain Vernat and divers other Captains and Officers either taken or slain He that commanded that division that routed Savills first division being conceived to be Cromwell is certainly slain and one or two Officers more Master Portington is shot through the Arm and Master Wheeler through the thigh For my Honorable friend William Lenthall Esq Speaker of the Commons House of Parliament SIR THough it were long ere we received any assistance at Hull yet when any came I hope it shall appear we neglected little time in making use of it an Accompt whereof I now desire by your meanes to present unto the House October 5 we had a a supply from the Earl of Manchester 400. and from Sir William Constable though himselfe be not yet here about 250 men the ninth of October the Enemy assaulted one of our workes but was repulst with the losse of eleven or twelve men and six or seven Officers some taken by my men some carried off by their own men as some of theirs confess and some few Prisoners taken Yesterday being the eleventh of this instant I drew my Auxilliary Forces and my other men with some seamen into two Bodies commanded in cheife by sir Iohn Meldrum and made a sallie upon the Enemy in his Trenches on the west side of the Towne two severall wayes at once having placed three Troops of Horse to keep off the Enemies Horse which were quickly drawn into a Body from annoying my Foot The service begun about Nine in the morning it was not long ere my men had beaten them out of one of their workes and assaulted them in another nor long after that ere my men falling into some disorder were forced to a retreat and the Enemy got possession of their workes againe which fil'd our men with much discouragement and all of us with feare of the success of the day But it pleased God by the gallant courage and activity of sir Iohn Meldrum and the spirit and vallors of my Commanders and Officers my men were quickly rallied and in a short time recovered all their workes on that side and put the enemy to flight there we purchased one of their forraigne brazen staves one of their great Demy Cannons which now through Gods mercy hath proved a staffe of Reed to them that peece we speedily made a shift to draw away out of danger of their recovery till we had more leisure towards night what time we fetcht her within the walls We tooke besides one demy culvering one sacre three drakes and one case of small shortpeeces all brasse one carriage with great buller and about an hundered Armes After some two houres intermission the enemy had drawne together a considerable Body of fresh reserves both horse and foot and with those assaulted our weary men with great fury but it pleased God infinitely to manifest strength in weaknesse to supply us with new spirits and after a skirmish of some two houres hot service to drive the enemy cleer of the field the last night they gave some of my outguards a strong alarme but what we then imagined is come to passe we finde this morning they then drew off the