A LETTER FROM General Leven, the Lord Fairfax, and the Earl of Manchester; To the Committee of both Kingdoms: And by them communicated to the Parliament; Concerning the great VICTORY It hath pleased GOD to give them, over the Forces under the command of Prince RUPERT and the marquis of Newcastle, at Marston-Moor, near York, July the Second, 1644. Signed thus: Leven. Lindsey. Tho: Hatcher. F. Fairfax. Manchester. Expressing also what number of the Enemy are slain, what number taken prisoners, and what Ordnance, Arms, and Ammunition the Enemy lost. Also an Order of the Commons assembled in Parliament, for Thursday the 18. of this present July, for a day of public Thanksgiving throughout the whole Kingdom. Die Mercurii. 10. Julii▪ 1644. ORdered by the Commons in Parliament, That this Letter be forthwith printed and published. H: Elsing, Cl. P. D. Com. Published by especial Command▪ AND reprinted at Edinburgh by EVAN TYLER, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, 1644. the issue was the total Routing of the Enemy's Army, the loss of all their Ordnance, to the number of 20. their Ammunition and Baggage, about 100 Colours, and ten thousand Arms: There were killed upon the place about 3000. of them, whereof many are chief Officers, and 1500. prisoners taken, amongst whom there are above 100 Officers, in which number is Sir Charles Lucas, lieutenant-general to the marquis of Newcastles Horse, Porter major-general, and major-general Tillier, besides divers Colonels, Lieutenant-Colonells, and Majors. Our loss, God be praised, is not very great, being only of one Lieutenant Colonel, some few Captains, and about two or three hundred common Soldiers. The Prince in a great distraction, with a few Horsemen, and almost no Foot, marched the next morning from York Northwards. We are now lying down again in our old Leaguer before York, which we are in hopes in a few days to gain, and are resolved to send a great part of our Cavalry after Prince Rupert: We having nothing to add, but as the glory of all the success belongeth unto God, and the benefit we hope, shall redound to the whole Kingdom. We have appointed this next Sabbath for a day of public Thanksgiving throughout the Armies: So your Lordships would appoint a day for the same to be kept throughout the Kingdom, and notice sent to us thereof, that we may altogether join in it, and we shall continue, Your Lordship's affectionate friends and servants, Leven. Lindsey. Tho. Hatcher. F. Fairfax. Manchester. From the Leaguer before York, 5. July, 1644. A FULL RELATION Of the late VICTORY OBTAINED (Through GOD'S Providence) By the Forces under the command of General Lesly, the Lord Fairfax, and the Earl of Manchester: Being about twenty seven thousand Horse and Foot. Against his Majesty's Forces under the command of Prince RUPERT and the Earl of NEWCASTLE: Being much about the same number. Fought on MARSTON-MOOR, within 5. miles of YORK, on the second of July, 1644. With a Relation of Prince rupert's march towards Lancashire, and of the Forces sent in pursuit after him: as also of the Earl of Newcastles and General Kings taking, Ship for Holland. With the weak condition that YORK is now in having quit their great Fort, there not being 500 Soldiers in the Town beside Citizens. Together with a LIST of the Cornets and Ensigns taken, with their several Mottoes. Sent by the three GENERALS to the Parliament, by Captain STEWART. Published by Authority. SIR, MY earnest desire to satisfy your expectation, and the fear which I have, lest our affairs here should not be truly represented unto you, hath moved me to give you this short account of the late Fight. Upon Monday last, understanding that Prince Rupert, with about Twenty thousand Foot and Horse, did march towards us, our whole Army arose from the Siege, and marched toward Longmarston Moor, about 4 or 5 mile from York, where we quartered that night: But the Prince having notice of our march, passed with his Army by the way of Burroughbridge, so that by reason of the interposing River, we could not hinder his passage into York: Whereupon we marched to Todcaster, to prevent his going southward; but before our Van was advanced, within a mile of Todcaster, we were advertised that the Prince was upon our Rear, and was come the length of Longmarston, where he drew up his Army in a place of great advantage, having the addition of the Earl of Newcastles Forces, reported to be about 6000. With as great expedition as could be, our Army was called back. In the mean while, the Enemy perceiving that our Cavalry had possessed themselves of a Corn Hill, and having discovered near unto that Hill a place of great advantage, where they might have both Sun and Wind of us, advanced thither with a Regiment of Red Coats, and a party of Horse: but we understanding well their intentions, and how prejudicial it would be unto us, if they should keep that ground, we sent out a party which beat them off, and planted there our Left Wing of Horse: having gained this place, General Lesley gave order for drawing up of the Battle: The Right Wing of Horse was entrusted to Sir Thomas Fairfax, a man of known Valour and Resolution, it did consist of his whole Cavalry, and three Regiments of the Scottish Horse, commanded by the Earl of Dalhousie, Earl of Eglinton, and Lord Balgony: Next unto them was drawn up the Right Wing of the Foot, consisting of the Lord Fairfax his Foot, and two Brigades of the Scottish Foot for a Reserve. In the main Battle was the Regiments of the Earl of Lindsey, Lord Maitland, Earl of Cassils', and Kelheads, and two Brigades of the Earl of manchester's: In the Reserve was the Earl of Balcleugh his Regiment, the Earl of Lowdons, Earl of Dumfermlings, Lord Coupers, General Hammiltouns General of the Artillery, Edinburgh Regiment, and a Brigade of manchester's. Upon the Left Wing of Horse, was the Earl of Manchesters' whole Cavalry, under command of Lieutenant General Cromwell, and three Regiments of the Scottish Horse, commanded by General Major Lesly: and upon their Left hand, near a cross Ditch, where the Enemy had a Regiment of Foot, was placed the Scottish Dragoones, under the command of Colonel Frizel. Orders being given to advance, the Battle was led on by General Hammiltoun, Lieutenant General Bailiff, and Major General Crawford: The Reserve being committed to the trust of General Major Lumsden. There was a great Ditch between the Enemy and us, which ran along the Front of the Battle, only between the Earl of Manchesters' Foot and the Enemy there was a Plain: in this Ditch the Enemy had placed four Brigads of their best foot, which upon the advance of our Battle were forced to give ground, being gallantly assaulted by the E. of Lindsayes' Regiment, the Lord Maitlands, Cassils', & Kelheads, Gen: Major Crawford having overwinged the enemy, set upon their flank, & did very good execution upon the enemy, which gave occasion to the Scottish Foot to advance & pass the Ditch. The right wing of our Horse had several misfortunes, for betwixt them & the enemy there was no passage but at a narrow Lane, where they could not march above 3. or 4. in front: upon the one side of the Lane was a Ditch, and on the other an Hedge, both whereof were lined with Musketeers, notwithstanding sir Thomas Fairfax charged gallantly, but the enemy keeping themselves in a body, and receiving them by three and fours as they marched out of the lane, & (by what mistake I know not) sir Tho. Fairfax his new levied Regiments being in the Van, they wheeled about, & being hotly pursued by the enemy, came back upon the L. Fairfax foot, and the reserve of the Scottish Foot, broke them wholly, & trod the most part of them under foot. Sir Tho. Fairfax, Col. Lambert & sir Tho. his brother with 5. or 6. troops, charged through the enemy & went to the left-wing of horse, the two Squadrons of Balgonies Regiment being divided by the Enemy each from the other, one of them being Lanciers, charged a Regiment of the Enemy's foot, & put them wholly to the rout, & after joined with the left-wing of Horse, the other by another way went also to the left-wing; The Earl of Eglintons' Regiment maintained their ground (most of the Enemies going on in the pursuit of the Horse & Foot that fled) but with the loss of 4. Lieuts: The Lieut. Col. the Major, and Eglintons' son being deadly wounded, Sir Charles Lucas, and Gen. Major Porter having thus divided all our Horse on that wing, assaulted the Scottish Foot upon their Flanks, so that they have the Foot upon their front, and the whole Cavalry of the enemies lest wing to fight with, whom they encountered with so much courage & resolution, that having interlined their Musketeers with Pike-men, they made the enemy's Horse, notwithstanding for all the assistance they had of their Foot, at two several assaults to give ground; and in this hot dispute with both, they continued almost an hour, still maintaining their ground; Lieutenant General Bailie, and General Major Lumsden, (who both gave good evidence of their courage and skill) perceiving the greatest weight of the battle to lie sore upon the Earl of Lindsayes, and Lord Maitlands' Regiment, sent up a Reserve for their assistance, after which the enemy's Horse having made a third assault upon them, had almost put them in some disorder; but that the Earl of Lindsay, & Lieutenant Colonel Pitscotti, Lieutenant Colonel to the Lord Maitlands' Regiment behaved themselves so gallantly, that they quickly made the enemy's Horse to retreat, killed sir Charles Lucas his Horse, took him Prisoner, and gained ground upon the Foot. The Scottish Dragoons that were placed upon the left wing, by the good managing of Colonel Frizell, acted their part so well, that at the first assault they beat the Enemy from the ditch, and shortly after killed a great many, and put the rest to the rout. Lord General Cromwell charged Prince rupert's horse with exceeding great resolution, and maintained his charge with no less valour. Generall-Major Lesly charged the Earl of Newcastles Brigade of White-coats, and cut them wholly off, some few excepted, who were taken prisoners, and after them charged a Brigade of Green-coats, whereof they cut off a great number, and put the rest to the rout: which service being performed, he charged the Enemy's Horse, (with whom Lord General Cromwell was engaged) upon the flank, and in a very short space the Enemies whole Cavalry was routed, on whom our fore-troops did execution to the very walls of York; but our Body of Horse kept their ground. Lieutenant General Cromwell, and major-general Lesly being joined, and receiving advertisement, that our Foot were engaged with the Enemy's Horse and Foot, marched to their assistance, and met with the Enemy's Horse (being retreated upon the repulse they had from the Scottish Foot) at the same place of dis-advantage where they had routed our Horse formerly; and indeed their success was answerable, if not much worse, for we routed them wholly, killed and took their chief Officers, and most part of their Standards. After which we set upon the Rear of their Foot, and with the assistance of our main Battle, which all this time stood firm, we put them wholly to the rout, killed many, and took their Officers and Colours, and by this time we had no Enemy in the Field. We took all their Ordnance being in number 25. near 130. barrels of Powder, besides what was blown up by the common soldiers, above an hundred Colours, & ten thousand Arms, besides two Wagons of Carbines and Pistols of spare Arms. There were killed upon the place 3000. whereof, upon a judicious view of the dead bodies, two parts appeared to be Gentlemen and Officers. There were 1500, prisoners taken, whereof Sir Charles Lucas Lieut. Gen. of the Earl of Newcastles Horse, Major-Gen. Porter, & Major-Gen. Tillier, besides divers Colonels, Lieut. Col. and Majors. The loss upon our part, blessed be God, is not great, being only of one Lieutenant-Col. some few Captains, and not 300. common Soldiers. Upon Wednesday, the day after the fight, Prince rupert's Sumpter-horse was found in the Wood, with some of their provisions: Upon Thursday morning the Soldiers being drawn to their Arms upon a false Alarm, occasion was taken to march towards York to our old Leaguer: about seven of the clock the Town was summoned to render upon mercy, whereunto answer was returned under Sir Thomas Gl●nhams, and the Major of the Towns hands, that they could not give it up upon such terms: And if they shall continue in their obstinate refusals, we are resolved by God's assistance to storm it once this week following, for our Scaling-ladders and all other necessaries for a storm are in readiness, there not being 500 fight men in the Town, besides the Citizens; especially, the Enemy having quitted their great Fort for want of men to maintain it. We hear that there have been some differences between the Prince and the Earl of Newcastle, which appear to be more real, that they have parted since: the Earl of Newcastle, General King, and the Lord Widrington, are gone to Scaresborough, and as we understand since, are shipped for Holland, and Prince Rupert toward the North; his Rendezvous was twelve miles on the North side of York, where appeared about fifteen or sixteen hundred horse, and eight hundred foot. Upon Thursday at night he was at Richmond, so that it is yet doubtful whether he intends for the Bishopric of Durham, or Lancashire: if he shall go to Durham and those parts, we hope Calender (who for certain is before Newcastle) will entertain him: however, we have sent after him all the Scottish Cavalry, all the Lord manchester's, one thousand of the Lord Fairfaxes, and one thousand Dragoons, in all seven thousand. While I was about to close my Letter, we received information, that the Lord Clavering with about 2000 Foot and Horse, are joined with the Prince, and that he is gone to Lancashire: whereupon Sir John Meldrum, with the Lancashire and Scottish Foot that were there formerly, and Sir William Brereton with 1500. Horse, are returned the nearest way to Lancashire, to stop the Prince his passage into the South, till our Horse be able to overtake him. The three Generals have sent the bearer hereof Captain William Stuart (a Scottish Officer that did good service in the late Fight) to the Parliament with the Earl of Newcastles Commission for being General, and his Commission for making of Knights, which were taken at the Fight, together with some Letters of Sir John hotham's, whereby it is clearly made known that he intended to betray Hull to the Enemy. There are likewise sent by him all the Coronets, and Colours, which could be got from the Soldiers, who esteem it a great glory to divide them in pieces and wear them: And before Proclamation was made for delivery of them, they had disposed of the most part of them. I have sent you here enclosed, a List of such as were preserved, and now sent, with their several Mottoes: and so for the present I take my leave, and rest, At the Leaguer near York, July 6. at ten at night. Yours, etc. A List of the enemy's Coronets and Colours, sent by Cap. William Stuart. 1. A White Coronet of Dragoones with a blue and white fringe, in the midst whereof is painted a Roundheads face, and on its top the letter P. (which is conceived to signify a Puritan) with a Sword in a hand reached from a Cloud, with this Motto, Fiat Justitia. 2. And Black Coronet with a black and yellow fringe, and a Sword reached from a Cloud, with this Motto, Terribilis ut acies ordinata. 3. A Blue, and on it a Crown toward the top, with a Mitre beneath the Crown, with the Parliament painted on the side, and this Motto, Nolite tangere Christos meos, to wit, the Crown and the Mitre. 4. A Black with a black fringe, and in the middle three Crowns gilded, with this Motto, Quarta perennis erit. 5. A Blue with a silver fringe. 6. A Willow Green, with the portraiture of a man, holding in one hand a Sword, and in the other a Knot, with this Motto, This shall untie it. 7. A Yellow, and in the middle a stooping Lion, at whose breech lieth snatching a Mastiff Dog, with this word, as it were proceeding from his mouth, Kimbolton, and at his feet little Beagles, and before their mouths, Pym, Pym, Pym, with these words proceeding from his mouth, Quousque tandem abutere patientia nostra? that is, How long will you abuse our patience? 8. A Blue, with a Motto that cannot be read. 9 Another coloured, with a Face, and this Motto, Aut mors, aut vita decora. 10. A White, with a Blue and White Fringe, and a Red Cross in the middle. 11. A Red, with a White Cross, and this Motto, Pro Rege & Regno. 12. A Black, with a Black and Yellow Fringe, and a Red and White Cross in the middle, and a Yellow Streamer sloping down from the Cross. 13. A Red, with a Red Fringe. 14. A Red, with a Silver Fringe. 15. A Blue, with a Blue Fringe. 16. Another of the same. 17. A Red, with a Red and Gold Fringe. 18. A White, with a Red and White Fringe. 19 A Red, with a Black Fringe. 20. A Black, with a Black and White Fringe. 21. A Flesh-coloured Coronet. Some torn. Ensigns. PRince rupert's Standard, with the Ensigns of the Palatine, near five yards long and broad, with a Red Cross in the middle. Three Green Ensigns, whereof two with a Red Cross upon White, and four or five little White Crosses sloping downward. Six Yellow Ensigns with Red Crosses, and one with a Red Cross, and three Black Roses: The rest only Yellow. Four White, with Red Crosses, whereof one with five Black Streamers. Eleven Red, with White Crosses. A Blue, with a Red and White Cross. Besides above 60. Cornets seized on by the common Soldiers, who (notwithstanding his Excellency's Proclamation for bringing in all such Cornets and Colours, promising for each one Forty shillings) refused, saying, They had ventured their lives for them, and they would wear them about their necks. FINIS.