A true relation of the late fight betweene Sr. VVilliam VVallers forces and those sent from Oxford with the manner of Sir William Wallers retreat to Bristoll, and the condition of his army at this present / sent from a Colonell in that army now in Bristoll to a friend of his in London. Colonell in the Army. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A63701 of text R1826 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T2981). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. 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A63701) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 53602) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 239:E61, no 6) A true relation of the late fight betweene Sr. VVilliam VVallers forces and those sent from Oxford with the manner of Sir William Wallers retreat to Bristoll, and the condition of his army at this present / sent from a Colonell in that army now in Bristoll to a friend of his in London. Colonell in the Army. [2], 5 p. Printed by G. Dexter for R. Dunscum, London : 1643. Reproduction of original in Thomason Collection, British Library. eng Waller, William, -- Sir, 1597?-1668. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649. A63701 R1826 (Wing T2981). civilwar no A true relation of the late fight betweene Sr VVilliam VVallers forces, and those sent from Oxford. VVith the manner of Sir VVilliam Wallers Colonell in the Army 1643 832 7 0 0 0 0 0 84 D The rate of 84 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2006-08 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2006-09 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2006-10 Emma (Leeson) Huber Sampled and proofread 2006-10 Emma (Leeson) Huber Text and markup reviewed and edited 2007-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A True RELATION OF THE LATE FIGHT BETWEENE Sr William Wallers FORCES , and those sent from OXFORD . With the manner of Sir WILLIAM WALLERS Retreat to Bristoll , and the Condition of His Army at this present . Sent from a Colonell in that Army now in Bristoll , to a Friend of his in LONDON . Published according to Order . LONDON , Printed by G. Dexter , for R. Dunscum . 1643. A True RELATION OF The late Fight , between Sir VVILLIAM VVALLERS Forces , and those sent from OXFORD . SIR , I received yours of the 11. instant , to which I gave present answere . For Newes with us , it hath the face of bad : but for my owne part , I see a very great Deliverance in it , and Gods immediate hand in saving this Army . I shall give you a briefe accompt of the progresse and successe therof since the last defeat given Sr. Ralph Hopton on La●sdowne , which is thus : Friday the Enemy lay in Marshfield , we lay that night in the Field , within two miles of him . Saturday he marched to Chipenham , we followed and kept the Field . Sunday he retreated to the Devises , we pursued and fought with him , and kill'd many of his Horse , and especially Foot : but it being late we durst not enter the Towne , but still kept the Field in a green neere Roode . The next morning , being Monday , wee drew up to Bagnall hill with our whole Body : That night wee sent out many ●ar●●es , and ●rew down to Runway we brought in many Prisoners , beat the Lord of Craford , took 8. Colours , and some Officers Next night we had intelligence of a great Party comming with Amunition , which we tooke , being sixe Cart loads : but the Enemy running away in due time , we had but few Prisoners That night Prince Maurice , and the Marquesse , with most of their Horse , stole away for Oxford ▪ we did light on their Reare with a small party , and took 17 or 18 Prisoners . Tuesday morning we fell upon the Town , which they well defended : In the afternoone desired a Parle , and two houres cessation which on good reason was granted them : but they not conforming to our Demands , we fell on again that night , though coldly . The next day Wednesday , we continued our assault , beat them from all their Out works and Guards : but that day and night being extreame wet , hindred us much . Thursday night we had resolued on a generall assault : but this resolution was scarse taken , but newes came that the Enemy from Oxford was within two miles , with two thousand horse , which made us draw up to Bagnall hill , without Drum or Trumpet , where we found the Enemy in sight , marching towards us ; we long'd to Charge them with our horse which we did with some disadvantage , and were put to a retreat disorderly : But rallied againe with the helpe of our Reserve . The Enemy came on , and we charged them the second time , and then all our Horse were Routed , their Reserve standing firme . Wee fled ; they followed , yet our Foot being scarce considerable , stood one houre and an halfe , and forced their Horse to retreat divers times : but their Foot comming up from the Devises , made ours leave their Armes and flye . We have lost only ●0 . horse , and at the most 200. Common Souldiers slaine , and taken prisoners ; about 500 armes . No man of note killed or hurt , only Sir Arthur Haslerigge who received a wound in his arme , and an hurt in his eare , but not dangerous : he fought very bravely . We know we killed many of their best Men , but not known to us by name , because we l●st the Field : We retreated all to this City , and hope to make good Bath also . As this was a great losse to us , so likely to all the West unlesse the Lord Generall sodenly help ; however , we acknowledge Gods over ruling power in our great deliverance : the Enemy having six Regiments of horse , and 700. Dragoons , that never presented themselves in our view , but lay in ambush ▪ as divers report , who saw them and haue since broke through their army , and are returned to us . The same also is confest by Maior Byron , whom we took prisoner . Finis .