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<HEAD>AN ACCOUNT OF THE Defeat of the Rebels <HI>At</HI> WISBICH <HI>in the I&s;le of</HI> Ely.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">By His Majesties Forces yesterday Morning, with the number of the Captains, Lieutenants, En&s;igns, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> taken Pri&s;oners, with their Cannon and Ammuni|tion, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></HEAD>
<P>SUch was the Villany of a great part of this Rebellious Regiment (late the Lord <HI>Dunbarton</HI>'s) that notwith&s;tanding his Maje&s;ties Princely Care, in &s;ending them 1300 Guineas for Advance-money, and to pay off their Arrears, and the great Civility &s;hew'd them by their Collonel and other Officers, nothing could take them off from their intended Re|volt and Rebellion, the manner of which an Account has been already given, and &s;ince our la&s;t they continued in a Body, taking their way to|wards <HI>Cambridge-&s;hire,</HI> to endeavour to get into the Northern Road; but as they began their March, one of the Ammunition Waggons with Powder blew up, killed one, and hurt &s;ome others. The fir&s;t Night they reach|ed <HI>Stow-Market,</HI> and lay in the Church: But his Maje&s;ty having an im|mediate Account of this their rebellious Proceedings, forthwith di&s;patch|ed Three Regiments of Hor&s;e, and one of Dragoons, with In&s;tructions, if they refu&s;ed to &s;urrender at Di&s;cretion, to fall on and reduce them by Force, who were &s;o expeditious in that Undertaking, that on <HI>Tue&s;day</HI> Evening they arrived at St. <HI>Ives,</HI> and there under&s;tanding, that they were marched from <HI>Mildenhall</HI> and retired to <HI>Wisbich,</HI> in the I&s;le of <HI>Ely;</HI> Count <HI>Solmes,</HI> Com|mander in Chief of His Maje&s;ty's Forces, &s;ent Mar&s;hal <HI>Schomberg</HI> an Expre&s;s, That he was advanced within &s;ome few Miles of the Rebels; which, tho they had got them&s;elves into a Fa&s;tne&s;s almo&s;t impa&s;&s;ible for Hor&s;e, being a Fenny Countrey; and had planted their Cannon upon a Cau&s;e-way, where they mu&s;t be approached, yet he was re&s;olved the next Morning to attack them in their Po&s;t: And briskly advancing upon them, &s;ome of their Hearts began to fail, and were de&s;irous to Surrender; upon whom they held a Council of War, and hang'd, as it's &s;aid, about Fourteen or Fifteen of their Companions: And being pre&s;&s;ed by the King's Forces, and not Judging that Place of &s;ufficient Security, they retreated to the Village of <HI>Sleeford,</HI> where being &s;urrounded, and Fire being ready to be given up|on them, they &s;ent forth their Commander, with his Cravat about his Neck, Halter-wi&s;e, who &s;ubmitted intirely to the Mercy of the King, forth|with laying down their Arms, and &s;urrendering them&s;elves into their Cu&s;to|dy; which Account Collonel <HI>Lang&s;tone</HI> &s;ent Expre&s;s this Morning to <HI>White|hall.</HI> Six Captains, Eight Lieutenants, and Seven En&s;igns, who are all in Pri&s;on, and His Maje&s;ties plea&s;ure de&s;ired to know how they &s;hould be proceeded again&s;t: And we hear that &s;ome among them offers to Di&s;co|ver, who were Advi&s;ers of this Mi&s;chievous Project, to Ebarras the King's Affairs.</P>
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<P>Reprinted in the Year, 1689.</P>
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