A true and particular RELATION OF THE LATE VICTORY OBTAINED  
By Colonel Horton & Colonel Okey,  
Against the Welsh Forces UNDER Major general 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 Welsh Forces under Major general LANGHORN.  
SIR,  
HITHRTO, till this day I could not give you a good account of our Welsh Expedition, we have had so many obstructions through unseasonable weather, rugged ways, want of necessaries, and other inconveniencies, that we may well say these things; Except the Lord had been with us, they had swallowed us up quick. But besides this we had attending on us a numerous army before us, and behind us a great party. We divers ways sought an opportunity to fight with them, which till this instant we could never do, they before taking always the advantage of their Welsh ways, hills, and Rivers.  
This posture they continued in, till divers of our soldiers were wearied out, and both Foot and Horse so far spent, as the enemy himself knew his great advantage over us: and out of that consideration, having mightily increased his army, and we through all these inconveniences somewhat decreased ours, he upon the eighth of this instant about 8. of the clock in the forenoon proffered us the Battle. We seeing his number, & he being upon us before we were well aware of him, quitted our present station, which was at Saint Fagons, the enemy drew into the place of our Guards: but we being very loath to retreat, upon a little hill near Saint Fagons, made good our ground, drew up our army, faced the enemy, a forlorn Hope of Horse and Dragoons were drawn up under the command of Lieutenant Godfrey: And another forlorn Hope of Foot under the command of a Lieutenant of foot. Next them marched 160. firelocks under the command of captain Garland. In the right wing marched Colonel Okey with three troops of horse and three troops of dragoons. In the Body marched colonel Horton Commander in chief. In the left flank marched the Horse under the command of Major Barton, with some dragoons. The body being thus drawn up, our forlorn hope of Horse advanced and fell immediately into a ground where ●oo. of the enemy's foot with some Horse lined the hedges, Lieutenant Godfrey with a forlorn hope of Horse immediately charged them, routed them, and killed some of them. Colonel Okey upon this taking the advantage of the Enemies running, commanded presently captain Garland with the firelocks, Captain Mercer with a commanded party of dragoons and some Horse to second the forlorn Hope. These falling on into another ground where the enemy was a lining the hedges, drove them from hedge to hedge and pursued them. The enemy in this retreat having so many reserves of foot at every hedge, he makes a stay with a new party: Still colonel Okey commanded the party both of firelocks, Dragoons and Horse to advance; The enemy having a numerous army of foot, still ever and anon sends fresh reserves: but at the end he was beat by this party of foot and Horse to a water, and from thence over a River, where again he made good his ground. There the dispute lasted a long while, till our body of Horse and foot advanced, where the Horse with the foot making way, and charging with the Foot upon their Musqueteers, through the goodness of God after an hours dispute they were put to the rout. We pursued, took divers prisoners, the number as yet unknown, and the quality; we hear of some men of quality both killed and taken; this for present in brief. We can give you an account that there were far more prisoners taken than the number of our army was: so that we can well say, God hath done great things for us in mightily stirring up the spirits of Officers and soldiers so as courageously each one in his place in this business doing his part. We can truly say that this was the hand of God, we being but a handful in comparison to their great army which might have been a sufficient motive to have caused us to have refused to fight; Yet the confidegation of the great disadvantage the Retreat would have been 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 loss to ourselves, some few by-men we had killed; the smallness of the number causing great admiration both to us and the enemy; divers of the enemy were killed, forty to one, and about 2500. taken. The chief of them that we can hear of was major-general Stradling, but none of our party either killed or wounded. Captain Nicholets and Cornet Okey were both shot through their hats, but free from any other hurt; there have been a few men of my troop 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 refer you to captain 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.