A true and particular relation of the late victory obtained by Colonel Horton & Colonel Okey, against the VVelsh forces under Major Generall Langhorn expressed in a letter from Colonel Okey to a friend of his in London.
         Okey, John, d. 1662.
      
       
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             A true and particular relation of the late victory obtained by Colonel Horton & Colonel Okey, against the VVelsh forces under Major Generall Langhorn expressed in a letter from Colonel Okey to a friend of his in London.
             Okey, John, d. 1662.
          
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             Printed by Matthew Simmons, for Henry Overton ...,
             London :
             1648.
          
           
             Dated and signed at end: "From the field by St. Fagons this 8. of May, 1648. John Okey."
             Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Laugharne, Rowland, d. 1676.
           Horton, Thomas, d. 1649.
           Wales -- History.
        
      
    
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           A
           true
           and
           particular
           RELATION
           OF
           THE
           LATE
           VICTORY
           OBTAINED
        
         
           By
           Colonel
           Horton
           &
           Colonel
           Okey
           ,
        
         
           Against
           the
           VVelsh
           Forces
           UNDER
           
             Major
             Generall
             Langhorn
             .
          
        
         
           Expressed
           in
           a
           Letter
           from
           Colonel
           
             Okey
          
           to
           a
           Friend
           of
           his
           in
           LONDON
           .
        
         
           
             London
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             Matthew
             Simmons
             ,
          
           for
           
             Henry
             Overton
             ,
          
           in
           Popes-head-Alley
           .
           1648.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           A
           True
           and
           particular
           relation
           of
           the
           late
           victory
           obtained
           by
           Colonel
           
             Horton
          
           and
           Col
           :
           
             Okey
          
           against
           the
           
             Welch
          
           Forces
           under
           Major
           Generall
           
             LANGHORN
             .
          
        
         
           SIR
           ,
        
         
           HITHRTO
           ,
           till
           this
           day
           I
           could
           not
           give
           you
           a
           good
           accompt
           of
           our
           VVelch
           Expedition
           ,
           wee
           have
           had
           so
           many
           obstructions
           through
           unseasonable
           weather
           ,
           rugged
           wayes
           ,
           want
           of
           necessaries
           ,
           and
           other
           inconveniencies
           ,
           that
           wee
           may
           well
           say
           these
           things
           ;
           
             Except
             the
             Lord
             had
             beene
             with
             us
             ,
             they
             had
             swallowed
             us
             up
             quick
             .
          
           But
           besides
           this
           wee
           had
           attending
           on
           us
           a
           numerous
           Armie
           before
           us
           ,
           and
           behind
           us
           a
           great
           party
           .
           VVee
           divers
           wayes
           sought
           an
           opportunity
           to
           fight
           with
           them
           ,
           which
           till
           this
           instant
           wee
           could
           never
           doe
           ,
           they
           before
           taking
           alwayes
           the
           advantage
           of
           their
           VVelch
           wayes
           ,
           hills
           ,
           and
           Rivers
           .
        
         
         
           This
           posture
           they
           continued
           in
           ,
           till
           divers
           of
           our
           Souldiers
           were
           wearied
           out
           ,
           and
           both
           Foot
           and
           Horse
           so
           far
           spent
           ,
           as
           the
           Enemie
           himself
           knew
           his
           great
           advantage
           over
           us
           :
           and
           out
           of
           that
           consideration
           ,
           having
           mightily
           encreased
           his
           Armie
           ,
           and
           wee
           through
           all
           these
           inconveniences
           some-what
           decreased
           ours
           ,
           hee
           upon
           the
           eighth
           of
           this
           instant
           about
           8.
           of
           the
           clocke
           in
           the
           forenoone
           proffered
           us
           the
           Battle
           .
           VVee
           seeing
           his
           number
           ,
           &
           he
           being
           upon
           us
           before
           we
           were
           well
           aware
           of
           him
           ,
           quitted
           our
           present
           station
           ,
           which
           was
           at
           Saint
           
             Fagons
             ,
          
           the
           Enemie
           drew
           into
           the
           place
           of
           our
           Guards
           :
           but
           wee
           being
           very
           loth
           to
           retreat
           ,
           upon
           a
           little
           hill
           neere
           Saint
           
             Fagons
             ,
          
           made
           good
           our
           ground
           ,
           drew
           up
           our
           Armie
           ,
           faced
           the
           Enemie
           ,
           a
           for-lorne
           Hope
           of
           Horse
           and
           Dragoons
           were
           drawne
           up
           under
           the
           command
           of
           Lieutenant
           
             Godfrey
             :
          
           And
           another
           forlorne
           Hope
           of
           Foot
           under
           the
           command
           of
           a
           Lieutenant
           of
           Foote
           .
           Next
           them
           marched
           160.
           fire-lockes
           under
           the
           command
           of
           Captaine
           
             Garland
             .
          
           In
           the
           right
           wing
           marched
           Colonel
           
             Okey
          
           with
           three
           troops
           of
           horse
           and
           three
           troopes
           of
           Dragoones
           .
           In
           the
           Body
           marched
           Colonell
           
             Horton
          
           Commander
           in
           chiefe
           .
           In
           the
           left
           Flanke
           marched
           the
           Horse
           under
           the
           command
           of
           Major
           
             Barton
             ,
          
           with
           some
           Dragoones
           .
           The
           body
           being
           thus
           drawne
           up
           ,
           our
           forlorne
           hope
           of
           Horse
           advanced
           and
           fell
           immediately
           into
           a
           ground
           where
           ●oo
           .
           of
           the
           Enemies
           Foote
           with
           some
           Horse
           lined
           the
           hedges
           ,
           Lieutenant
           
             Godfrey
          
           with
           a
           forlorne
           hope
           of
           Horse
           immediately
           charged
           them
           ,
           routed
           them
           ,
           and
           killed
           some
           of
           them
           .
           Colonell
           
             Okey
          
           upon
           this
           taking
           the
           advantage
           of
           the
           Enemies
           running
           ,
           commanded
           presently
           Captaine
           
             Garland
          
           with
           the
           fire-locks
           ,
           Captain
           
             Mercer
          
           
           with
           a
           commanded
           party
           of
           Dragoones
           and
           some
           Horse
           to
           second
           the
           forlorne
           Hope
           .
           These
           falling
           on
           into
           another
           ground
           where
           the
           Enemie
           was
           a
           lining
           the
           hedges
           ,
           drave
           them
           from
           hedge
           to
           hedge
           and
           pursued
           them
           .
           The
           Enemie
           in
           this
           retreat
           having
           so
           many
           reserves
           of
           Foote
           at
           every
           hedge
           ,
           hee
           makes
           a
           stay
           with
           a
           new
           party
           :
           Still
           Colonell
           
             Okey
          
           commanded
           the
           party
           both
           of
           Fire-locks
           ,
           Dragoons
           and
           Horse
           to
           advance
           ;
           The
           Enemie
           having
           a
           numerous
           Armie
           of
           Foote
           ,
           still
           ever
           and
           anon
           sends
           fresh
           reserves
           :
           but
           at
           the
           end
           hee
           was
           beate
           by
           this
           party
           of
           Foote
           and
           Horse
           to
           a
           water
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           over
           a
           River
           ,
           where
           againe
           hee
           made
           good
           his
           ground
           .
           There
           the
           dispute
           lasted
           a
           long
           while
           ,
           till
           our
           body
           of
           Horse
           and
           Foote
           advanced
           ,
           where
           the
           Horse
           with
           the
           Foote
           making
           way
           ,
           and
           charging
           with
           the
           Foot
           upon
           their
           Musqueteers
           ,
           through
           the
           goodnesse
           of
           God
           after
           an
           hours
           dispute
           they
           were
           put
           to
           the
           rout
           .
           Wee
           pursued
           ,
           tooke
           divers
           prisoners
           ,
           the
           number
           as
           yet
           unknowne
           ,
           and
           the
           quality
           ;
           we
           heare
           of
           some
           men
           of
           quality
           both
           killed
           and
           taken
           ;
           this
           for
           present
           in
           briefe
           .
           Wee
           can
           give
           you
           an
           accompt
           that
           there
           were
           farre
           more
           prisoners
           taken
           than
           the
           number
           of
           our
           Armie
           was
           :
           so
           that
           wee
           can
           well
           say
           ,
           
             God
             hath
             done
             great
             things
             for
             us
          
           in
           mightily
           stirring
           up
           the
           spirits
           of
           Officers
           and
           Souldiers
           so
           as
           couragiously
           each
           one
           in
           his
           place
           in
           this
           businesse
           doing
           his
           part
           .
           Wee
           can
           truly
           say
           that
           this
           was
           the
           hand
           of
           God
           ,
           wee
           being
           but
           a
           handfull
           in
           comparison
           to
           their
           great
           Armie
           which
           might
           have
           been
           a
           sufficient
           motive
           to
           have
           caused
           us
           to
           have
           refused
           to
           fight
           ;
           Yet
           the
           confidegatiō
           of
           the
           great
           disadvantage
           the
           Retreat
           
           would
           have
           beene
           to
           us
           in
           our
           future
           proceedings
           .
           These
           were
           motives
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           former
           difficulties
           ,
           to
           induce
           us
           to
           fight
           ,
           where
           through
           the
           Lord
           we
           had
           an
           answerable
           success
           ;
           in
           which
           let
           the
           glory
           be
           given
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           man
           .
           Our
           victory
           being
           an
           absolute
           rout
           of
           them
           ,
           with
           very
           little
           losse
           to
           our selves
           ,
           some
           few
           by-men
           we
           had
           killed
           ;
           the
           smalnesse
           of
           the
           number
           causing
           great
           admiration
           both
           to
           us
           and
           the
           Enemie
           ;
           divers
           of
           the
           Enemie
           were
           killed
           ,
           forty
           to
           one
           ,
           and
           about
           2500.
           taken
           .
           The
           chiefe
           of
           them
           that
           we
           can
           heare
           of
           was
           Major-Generall
           
             Stradling
             ,
          
           but
           none
           of
           our
           party
           either
           killed
           or
           wounded
           .
           Captaine
           
             Nicholets
          
           and
           Cornet
           
             Okey
          
           were
           both
           shot
           through
           their
           hats
           ,
           but
           free
           from
           any
           other
           hurt
           ;
           there
           have
           been
           a
           few
           men
           of
           my
           troope
           killed
           ,
           and
           some
           hurt
           ,
           but
           not
           many
           .
           For
           which
           and
           all
           other
           mercies
           I
           desire
           God
           may
           have
           the
           glory
           :
           by
           the
           next
           Post
           you
           shall
           hear
           more
           .
           This
           being
           done
           in
           haft
           in
           the
           field
           ;
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           I
           referre
           you
           to
           Captaine
           
             Mercer
             ,
          
           who
           can
           fully
           resolve
           you
           .
           No
           more
           for
           present
           ;
           I
           take
           my
           leave
           ,
           and
           remain
        
         
           Your
           servant
           to
           command
           ,
           
             John
             Okey
             .
          
           
             From
             the
             field
             by
             St.
             
             
               Fagons
            
             this
             8.
             of
             
               May
               ,
            
             1648.
             
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .