Die Mercurii, 17 Maii, 1648.  
A TRUE CONFIRMATION Of the Great Victory in Wales: SENT In a LETTER to the Speaker of the Honourable House of Commons, From Colonel Thomas Horton From Bridge-end, May 13. 1648.  
With a LIST of the Officers and others taken Prisoners at the Fight, and brought up by Captain Nicholets, who was engaged in the whole Service;  
Which Letter and List were read in the said House, and Ordered to be forthwith printed and published.  
H: Elsing, Cler. Parl. D. Com.  
London, Printed for Edward Husband, Printer to the Honourable House of Commons. May 18. 1648.   

For the Honourable William Lenthal Esquire, Speaker of the Honourable House of Commons.  
SIR,  
I Shall give you a Narration (according to my own observation, and the help of some of the Officers with me) both of the manner and success of our late engagement with the enemy near Saint Fagons. The enemy having drawn off from Saint Nicholas to Lankarven, Penmark and Fulmun Castle, Friday the fifth of May. On the Lord's day at night they advanced towards us again to Saint Nicholas; by which, we did presently apprehend, That they intended to fight with us, and were induced to such a belief the rather, because they knew two days before, that Lieutenant General Cromwell was coming towards us. This made us draw in all our horse close that night, as we had done divers nights before, and prepare for the work in the morning; and about seven in the morning our Scouts discovered their Body about a mile and half from our quarters, upon which, we drew out, and took the best ground we could; Major Bethel commanded the horse on the right Wing, Major Barton on the left, and Colonel Okey and his Major with the Dragoons on both Wings with the horse; the enemy advanced fast with a strong forlorn of foot, and about six Pickering horse; Lieutenant Godfrey with a forlorn of thirty Horse and twenty Dragoons, charged and routed them, doing good execution, which gave us the advantage of a new ground; so we advanced with horse and foot upon them, Captain Garland with two hundred firelocks on foot, and Captain Nicholets (this Bearer) with Colonel Okeys own Troop of Dragoons mounted, with some horse on the right Wing, disputed the first encounter very hotly, where he shown much resolution, and beat the enemy out of two Closes, and over a little Brook, and there maintained their ground under command of the enemies shot, until the forlorn of foot, commanded by Captain Lieutenant Fan, and some horse from the left Wing, came to their relief, and then they beat the enemy from hedge to hedge before them, until they came to a Bridge, where the enemy's greatest body of foot were placed: The horse all this while and Dragoons following this first success with much vigour, were constrained to stand the enemies shot for sometime, before the foot (though they made great haste) could come up to them; and presently the first Division of foot commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Read fell close up to the enemy's Front, Major Wade with the second Division got over the little Brook on the left Flank of the enemy, Major Barton likewise with the left Wing of horse, with much celerity, passed over a Boggy place and the little Brook, to second those foot; and some of the enemy's horse coming on to charge the foot, were gallantly resisted and beaten back by Captain hugh's: By this time the horse and Dragoons on the right Wing were gotten over likewise, the enemy's foot standing very stoutly to it, until our horse began to surround them, and then they presently all ran, and we cleared the field, our horse and Dragoons pursuing them for eight or ten miles. The enemy's horse, which they say were five hundred, were employed in their Rear, to keep up their foot, and we never saw after we were engaged, above sixty horse in a Body, all the fight: Their whole number of horse and foot is confirmed to be about eight thousand; they had about two thousand and five hundred Musketeers, by their own confession, besides Bills, Pikes and Clubs; we took up the day we fought above two thousand fire Arms, with Pikes, Welsh Bills, and other weapons great store; ten Barrels of Powder, and all the rest of their Ammunition in the field, and most, if not all their Colours. The number of prisoners that are taken are about three thousand, I have here enclosed a List of the Officers as they gave in themselves to the Marshal; some hundreds of them were disarmed four or eight miles from the place we fought, which were let go. Captain Wogan a Member of the House of Commons, sent down by them into these parts, carried himself from the first to the last, with great resolution, encouraging the soldiers, and engaging himself in the heat of the service: Captain Jones who came off from the enemy to me long since, with a Troop of sixty horse, behaved himself likewise very well; as also all other Officers and Soldiers, I can truly say, kept their order in the performance of this service, to the admiration of the enemy, as some of them confessed.  
And that God's mercy may be the more magnified in this late happy suecess over our enemies, I think it now seasonable to make known unto you the straits we were in, and difficulties which compassed us about, we having a potent enemy, lying within two miles upon much advantage of ground, before us the high Mountains close to us, on the right-hand the Sea near unto us, on the left Chepstow taken and Monmouthshire beginning to rise in our Rear, besides our great want of provisions and long and hard duty; all which seemed to threaten our sudden ruin, That God should please in this condition, so to own us, as to make a way for us through the midst of our enemies, and to scatter them every way, is a mercy not to be forgotten, especially by those who have more immediately tasted of it, witnessing the truth of these things as they are herein expressed by  
Your faithful and most humble Servant Tho. Horton. Bridge-end, May 13. 1648.   

A List of the Names of the Officers taken by Col: Horton, May 8. 1648.  

Mayor General straddling.  
Colonel Harris.  
Lieut. Col: Matthews.  
Major Hopkins.  
Major Philip's.  
Major Stedman.  
Major Gwyn.  
Major Adis.  
Major Hopkin Daukins.  
Quartermaster Gen. Harris.  
Field-Officers 10.   

Captains,  
Rowland Lewis.  
Edmond Price.  
William Cradock.  
William Matthews.  
Jo: Floyd.  
William Williams.  
Hugh Floyd.  
Charles Abway.  
Richard Hopkins.  
Richard Hopkins.  
Robert Matthews.  
Jo: Owins.  
Rowland Matthews.  
Richard Jones.  
James Matthews.  
William Purve.  
Tho: Bowin.  
Jo: Thomas.  
Jo: Rice.  
James Lewis.  
Richard Esmond.  
Griffin Bowin.  
Captain Lieut: Bartlet. 
24   
Captain Lieut: Hewit.   

Lieutenants,  
Button.  
Valentine Small.  
Jeremy Wise.  
William Richard.  
Owen Prichard.  
Prother.  
John Thomas.  
Tho: Talbot.  
Pew.  
Jo: Jenkins.  
Jo: Morgan.  
David Loyd.  
Jo: Griffith.  
Williams.  
Tho: Powel.  
William Griffith.  
Lewcas.  
Will: Suttleworth.  
Walter Floyd.  
Griffen Thomas.  
Jo: Graver.  
Jo: Griffith.  
Walter Jones.  
Hugh Taylor.  
Tho: Molson.  
Lewis Jones.  
Tho: Morgan.  
William Peregrine.  
Tho: Jenkens.  
Tho: Jones. 
30    

Ensigns,  
Jo: Harris.  
Tho: Hopkins.  
David Walter.  
Rowland Predrow.  
Jo: Williams.  
Morris Vprichard.  
Jo: Keyes.  
Nat: Gee.  
Tho: Richard.  
Gabriel Harbert.  
William Fluellen Griffeth.  
Ariam Morfew.  
Walter Williams.  
John Barrison.  
Griffen Thomas.  
Barthol: Rutter.  
Rice John.  
Owen Bowin.  
Morgan Roberts.  
Rice Howel.  
James Annis.  
Tho: Williams.  
James Harman.  
Lewis Christopher.  
Matt: Stace.  
Hewin Richard.  
John Backster.  
Ed: Thomas. 
28.    

Reforma. Gent.  
Samuel Howel.  
Harbert Jefferies  
Parson Owen.  
Hump. Matthews.  
David Perre.  
Rich: Floyd.  
Robert David.  
Rob: nicol.  
William Button.  
Geo: Davis.  
Rol: Filips.  
Mr. Ryley.  
Morgan Priest.  
Bar. Davey.  
Jos: Hance.  
Edw. Thomas.  
Hugh Conyer.  
Jo: Thomas.  
Mr. Thomas.  
Hugh Sawyer. 
20    

Chirurgeons.  
Robert Williams.  
Richard Maren.   

Peter Niccoles'  
Drum-major.   
With 2900 Common Soldiers, and non-Commissioned Officers.  
FINIS