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<P><HI>J&V;LY</HI> 8. 1648.</P>
<P>A TRUE RELATION Sent to the Honorable Committee AT <HI>DERBY-HO&V;SE</HI> OF THE GREAT VICTORY OF The Parliaments Forces again&s;t tho&s;e of SURREY: Where was about Twenty &s;lain, among&s;t whom the Lord <HI>Francis</HI> is one, and two or three eminent Per&s;ons, One hundred taken Pri&s;oners, and Two hundred Hor&s;e, and their Carriages.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Die Saturni,</HI> 8 <HI>Julii,</HI> 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>At a Committee of Lords and Commons at <HI>Derby-Hou&s;e.</HI></P>
<P><HI>ORdered, That this Relation be forthwith Printed and Pub|li&s;hed.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>GUALTHER FROST Secr'</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>Edward Hu&s;band,</HI> Printer to the Honorable Hou&s;e of Commons, <HI>July</HI> 8. 1648.</P>
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<HEAD>A true Relation of the great Vi|ctory of the Parliaments Forces again&s;t tho&s;e of <HI>Surrey.</HI></HEAD>
<P>_IT plea&s;ed the Right Hono|rable Committee of Derby Hou&s;e to employ me in the bu&s;ines concerning the pro|ceedings of their Enemies in Surrey, and Sir <HI>Michael Leve&s;ey</HI> hath &s;ent me to make this Relation.</P>
<P>Upon Thur&s;day la&s;t by one of the clock he &s;ent Three Troops of his own Regiment with me from Houn&s;loe to Rigat, to po&s;&s;e&s;s my Lord <HI>Mon&s;ons</HI> Ca|&s;tle, and al&s;o to prevent the Enemies in|tentions at their pretended Hor&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">-race upon Ban&s;tead Downs; but notwith|&s;tanding our ha&s;te, the Enemy got in be|fore us, to the number of Six hundred, as we made them when they drew forth o'th Town; and we beat off their Guard
<PB N="4" REF="3">from Red-hill, and faced them upon the &s;ame: The Enemy was afraid of us, and we of them, doubting them too &s;trong for us to handle: So that I &s;ent to Sir <HI>Michael Leve&s;ey</HI> and Major <HI>Gibbons,</HI> to &s;peed up with all the force which might be, who accordingly with much chear|ful readine&s;s performed it Major <HI>Gib|bons</HI> the &s;ame night marcht to Rigat, thinking to meet with the former &s;aid Three Troops, but he found the Town neglected by us, and al&s;o quitted by the Enemy.</P>
<P>Upon Friday morning the Enemy having Intelligence, That none of the Parliaments Forces had entred the town, very early marched from Darking with their whole Forces, thinking to po&s;&s;e&s;s Riga<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> again, and had &s;o done, had not Major <HI>Gibbons</HI> with his own Troop, and two of Col: <HI>Riches</HI> entred the place be|tween the Intelligence and their march, but finding them&s;elves deceived, they marcht the ready road for King&s;ton:
<PB N="5" REF="3">About Two hours after this, the whole Forces for the Parliament: <HI>(viz.)</HI> Five Troops of Hor&s;e and Three Foot com|panies of &s;ir <HI>Michael Leve&s;eys</HI> regiments, two Troops of Col: <HI>Riches</HI> with Major <HI>Gibbons</HI> his own Troop, marcht from their Rendezvous at Red-hill within half a mile of Rigat, and made &s;uch ha&s;te that our Forlorn of Hor&s;e were ready to tread upon their heels before they got to Ewel, and had &s;ome &s;mall skirmi&s;h with the Enemy in the Town, took &s;ome &s;ix Hor&s;es, and as many pri&s;oners, and &s;o urged the Enemy upon the march, that they took many others near Non&s;uch park. Sir <HI>Mich: Leve&s;ey</HI> &s;eeing the Enemy make more ha&s;te then good &s;peed, pro&s;e|cuted them the more &s;harply with his Van Divi&s;ion of Hor&s;e: The Enemy drew up their Hor&s;e upon a Hill in the midway between <HI>Non&s;uch</HI> and <HI>King|&s;ton,</HI> and faced us; our Van Divi&s;ion of Hor&s;e drew near them in good order, both Parties &s;ending out &s;ingle men,
<PB N="6" REF="4">who plaid valiantly, while&s;t the Bodies on either &s;ide &s;eemed to &s;tand in &s;u|&s;pence; our Commander in chief had rea&s;on to &s;u&s;pend the Fight till his Foot and his Rear-divi&s;ion of Hor&s;e vvere come up, be&s;ides we were to clamber a pretty Hill: Yet at la&s;t Providence guiding us, our Forlorn advanced, con|&s;i&s;ting of Fifty Hor&s;e, commanded by a Cornet in Colonel <HI>Riches</HI> Regiment, who charging the enemy with much re|&s;olution, was as gallantly received, Ma|jor <HI>Gibbons</HI> &s;econded him with his own Troop, and by it &s;poiled the Enemies hopes, the re&s;t of the Forces followed of that fir&s;t divi&s;ion, and wholly rout|ted the Enemy; it was as &s;harp a charge (while&s;t it endured) as ever I &s;aw &s;ince the&s;e unhappy Wars in <HI>England;</HI> the pur|&s;uit was violently maintained, and had not the Enemy ordered their flight bet|ter then their march, our Hor&s;e had fell into <HI>King&s;ton</HI> with them, but they &s;ent their Foot beforehand into <HI>King&s;ton,</HI>
<PB N="7" REF="4">who at our entrance into the Town repul&s;ed us at the Turnpike, and our Foot not being yet come up, Sir <HI>Michael Leve&s;ey</HI> drew up &s;everal Divi&s;ions of Hor&s;e in the lane before <HI>King&s;ton,</HI> think|ing to fall upon them that night, but the Foot came not up &s;ea&s;onably: we &s;uppo&s;ed the Enemy had prepared too well for us, &s;o that we drew off all, &s;ave one Guard of Hor&s;e into a Clo&s;e within half a mile of the Market-place, think|ing to make &s;ome further attempt this morning, but the Enemy an&s;wering not our Alarum, the Guard of Hor&s;e advan|ced into the Town, and found it quit of the Enemy; they left near one hun|dred Hor&s;e in the Town, with their Carriages, and placed a cart full of &s;eage and other combu&s;tible matter upon the Bridge, for favoring their flight, over which they are march'd.</P>
<P>There were about Twenty &s;lain, among&s;t whom the Lord <HI>Francis</HI>
<PB N="8" REF="5">is one, and two or three other eminent per&s;ons.</P>
<P>There was taken of pri&s;oners about One hundred.</P>
<P>Of Hor&s;e Two hundred.</P>
<P>The Enemies &s;trength left him I conceive Three or Four hun|dred.</P>
<P>This Account is witne&s;&s;ed by <HI>Lewes Awdeley</HI> Major.</P>
<P><HI>Sir</HI> Michael Leve&s;ey <HI>an&s;wered my de&s;ire, in leaving twenty Foot Soldiers for a guard at</HI> Rigat Ca&s;tle, <HI>Mr.</HI> Fenneck <HI>a Countrey Gentleman hath the ordering them, until the Honorable Committee &s;hall otherwi&s;e appoint.</HI></P>
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