The Copy of a LETTER Written by COLONEL CROMWELL, To the Committee at Cambridge. Dated on Monday last being the 31 of july. Concerning the raising of the Siege at Gainsborough, with the Names of those that were Slain, and the Number of the Prisoners taken. This is licenced according to Order. LONDON: Printed for Edward Blackmore, at the Angel in Paul's Churchyard. August the 3. 1643. The Copy of a Letter written by Colonel Cromwell, to the Committee at Camebridge, the 31 of July, 1643. GENTLEMEN, IT hath pleased the Lord, to give your Servant and Soldiers a notable Victory now at Gainsborow; I marched after the taking of Burl●y house upon Wednesday to Gratham, where I met about 300. Horse and Dragoneers of Nottingham, with these by agreement with the L●ncolneers, we met at North-Scarle, which is about ten miles from Gainsborow upon Thursday in the evening, where we tarried until two of the clock in the morning, and then with our whole body, advanced towards Gainsborow, about a mile and a half from the Town. We met a forlorn hope of the Enemy, of near a 100 Horse, our Dragoneers laboured to beat them back, but not a lighting of their Horses, the Enemy charged them, and beat some four or five of th● moff th●ir Horse, our Horse charged them, and made them retire unto their main body: We advanced, and came to the bottom of a steep hill, upon which the Enemy stood, we cou●d not well get up but by some tracts, which our men assaying to do, the body of the Enemy endeavoured to hinder, wherein we prevailed, and got the top of the hill, this was done by the Lincolneérs, who had the Vanguard when we all recovered the top of the hill, we saw a great body of the Enemy's Horse, facing of us at about a Musket's shot or less distance, and a good reserve of a full Regiment of Horse behind it, we endeavoured to put our men into as good order as we could, the Enemy in the mean time advanced towards us, to tak● us at dis-advantage, but in such order as we were, we charged their great body. I having the right wing, we came up Horse to Horse, where we disputed it with our Swords and Pistols a pretty time, all keéping close order, so that one could not break the other: at last they a little shrinking our men, perceiving it, pressed in upon them, and immediately routed this whole body, some flying on one side, others on the other of the Enemies reserve, and our men pursuing them, had chase and execution about five or six miles. I perceiving this body which was the reserve, standing still unbroken, kept bacl my Major Whaley from the chase, and with mine own Troop and the other of my Regiment, in all being three Troops, we got into a body, in this reserve stood General Cavendish, who one while faced me, and h●r while faced four of the Lincoln Troops, which was all of ours stood upon the place, the rest being engaged in the chase, at last the General charged the Lincolneérs and routed them, I immediately fell on his rear with my threé Troops, which did so astonish him that he gave over the chase, and would feign have delivered himself from me, but I pressing on, forced them done a a hill, having good execution of them, and below the hill drove the General with some of his Soldiers into a Quagmire, where my Captain Lieutenant slew him, with a thrust under his short ribs, the rest of the body was wholly routed, not one man staying upon the place. Weé after the defeat which was so total releived the Town, with such powder and provision as we brought, which done we had notice that there were 6. Troops of Horse and 300 foot on the other side of the Town, about a mile of us, we desired some foot of my Lord Willoughbyes, about 400. And with our Horse and their Foot marched towards them, when we came towards the place where their Horse stood, we beat back with my Tropes about 2 or 3 Troops of the Enemies, who retired into a small village, at the bottom of the hill, when we recovered the hill, we sawin the bottom about a quarter of a mile from us, a Regiment of Foot, after that another, after that Newcastles own Regiment, consisting in all, of about fifty Foot Colours, and a great body of Horse which indeéd was, Newcastles army: which coming so unexpectedly, put us to new consultations: My Lord Willoughby and I being in the Town, agreed to call of our Foot, I went to bring them off, but before I returned, divers of the Foot were engaged, the Enemy advancing with his whole body, our Foot retreated in some disorder, and with some loss got the Town, where now they are, our Horse also came off, with some trouble being wearied with the long fight and their Horses tired yet faced the Enemies fresh Horse and by several removes got off, without the loss of one man, the Enemy following the Rear with a great body, the honour of this retreat is due to God, as also all the rest, Major whaley, did in this carry himself withal gallantly becoming a Gentleman and a Christian. Thus have you this true Relation as short as I could, what you are to do upon it is n xt to be considered, the Lord direct you what to do. Huntingdon. july, 31. 1643. Gentlemen I am Your faithful servant Oliver Cromwell. A List of those that were slain and taken at the raising of the Siege at Gainsborow, on Friday last, by Colonel Cromwell. General King slain, as is supposed. General C vendish certainly slain. Colonel Beton, slain. A Lieutenant Colonel, slain: A Sergeant Major. slain, Captain Hussey, slain. 100 Dead upon the place. 150. Prisoners taken. A total defeat not ten men being seen stand in a body. 200. slain in the pursuit of them. FINIS.