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<P>A Large RELATION OF THE FIGHT at LEITH NEERE EDENBURGH.</P>
<P>Wherein Major Generall <HI>Montgomery,</HI> Co|lonell <HI>Straughan,</HI> with many more of quality of the Scotti&s;h party were &s;laine and wounded.</P>
<P>The Particulars on both &s;ides fully related, With a Li&s;t of the Pri&s;oners Taken, and Number kild.</P>
<P>Al&s;o a perfect Account of every Dayes Tran&s;-Actions and Engagements between the Armies, &s;ince our Armies fir&s;t entring <HI>Scotland.</HI></P>
<P>Publi&s;hed by Authority.</P>
<P>LONDON, Printed by <HI>Ed. Griffin</HI> in the old Baily, 1650.</P>
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<P>ON Thur&s;day <HI>Iuly</HI> 25. the Generall and Army marched from <HI>Mordington</HI> to <HI>Copper&s;mith,</HI> Col. <HI>Hackers</HI> Regiment being drawn up in the way; His Excellency made a &s;peech to &s;atisfie them concerning Cap <HI>Ogles</HI> Troope, being &s;ent back into <HI>Northumberland,</HI> in regard of his intere&s;t in that County; and that Cap. <HI>Greenwoods</HI> Troop appointed for <HI>Barwick</HI> &s;hould march with the Regiment in the &s;tead thereof, which gave great &s;atisfaction. Col. <HI>Brights</HI> Regiment being drawn up, Major Gen. <HI>Lambert</HI> appointed Colonel thereof, comming to the head of the Regiment was received with great acclamations.</P>
<P>By the way we had intelligence from <HI>Edinburgh</HI> that on Munday la&s;t mo&s;t part of the inhabitants of the City &s;hut up their &s;hops, and carried away mo&s;t part of their Goods towards <HI>Sterling.</HI> That the Army was mu&s;tered neere <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> their hor&s;e were 2500, old hor&s;e of <HI>David Le&s;leys,</HI> the new rai&s;ed made them up 5000. the Foot not certainly known, in regard that orders were given for leavies, but the men not come in; tho&s;e that appeared were about 10000. That the Prince remo|ved from <HI>Falklend</HI> to St. <HI>Iohn&s;tons</HI> on Saturday la&s;t, and intended not to &s;tay there, but to goe to <HI>Sterling.</HI> That Major Gen. <HI>Ma&s;&s;ey</HI> was in <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> but not in command.</P>
<P>His Excellency quartered this night at Sir <HI>Iames Nichol&s;ons</HI> at <HI>Copper&s;mith,</HI> being a Port Town about 14 miles from <HI>Barwick;</HI> when our Scouts came fir&s;t to the Town they were met withall by three Scots, which our men di&s;armed, and took pri&s;oners, but at night (they alledging they were only Countreymen, and that their Mini&s;ters &amp; Grandees had given out that the Army would kill man, woman, and child) whereupon their Swords and other things taken from them were ordered by his Excellency to be re|&s;tored,
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and the men di&s;mi&s;t, which we hope will work well upon the Country. One of our Scouts met with one of the Enemy, who ran at him with a Lance, and broke it again&s;t his Armor, but &s;eeing our Scout had the better he quitted his hor&s;e and fell headlong down a &s;teep hill where our Trooper could not fol|low him, but &s;eized the hor&s;e.</P>
<P>In the march between <HI>Mordington</HI> and <HI>Copper&s;mith</HI> we &s;aw not any Scotchman, in <HI>Eyton</HI> and other places that we pa&s;&s;ed tho|row, but the &s;treets were full of Scotch women, pitifull &s;orry creatures, clothed in white Flannell in a very homely manner, very many of them much bemoaned their husbands, who they &s;aid were enforced by the Lairds of the Towns to gange to the mu&s;ter.</P>
<P>Friday, <HI>Iuly</HI> 26. his Excellency marched from <HI>Copper&s;mith</HI> to <HI>Dunbarre,</HI> a port Town of Trade, and populous, where &s;ome Scotch foot had been the night before, but upon the comming in of &s;ome of our Scouts ran away, &s;o that one man might cha&s;e ten or twenty of them, not daring one of them to look back. We under&s;tand the Enemy were not farre from the Town, but ran away &s;o &s;oon as our hor&s;e drew towards them. All the men in this Town as in other places of this daies march were fled, and not any to be &s;een above &s;even or under 70 yeeres old, but onely &s;ome few decrepid ones.</P>
<P>Our Souldiers had not been long in the Town, but there was an alarm that the enemy were comming on, whereupon the Souldiers were drawn out into the field, though much &s;treightned for provi&s;ions; but &s;ince the <HI>Amity</HI> and other &s;hips are come from <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> with provi&s;ions. This day we marcht to <HI>Haddington.</HI> A party of the Scots who live about <HI>Hume</HI> ca&s;tle fell upon &s;ome Countreymen who were bringing provi&s;ions to the Army out of <HI>Northumberland,</HI> and cut the men, but the Gover|nour of <HI>Barwick</HI> hath &s;ent a Troop of hor&s;e which will &s;coure the coa&s;ts. Thus far from <HI>Dunbarre</HI> July 27.</P>
<P>On Sunday <HI>July</HI> 28 our Army went forth betimes in the morning from <HI>Haddington</HI> and Rendezvouzd upon <HI>Gladmore,</HI> the Enemy appeared in &s;mall bodies, divers of them were taken.</P>
<P>Tho&s;e that quartered in <HI>Mu&s;lebrough</HI> the night before quitted it, &s;ome of Col. <HI>Fleetwoods</HI> Regiment comming upon them took
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&s;everall pri&s;oners. A party of three of ours charged 12 of theirs and took three.</P>
<P>A Trooper in Col. <HI>Whaleys</HI> Regiment was &s;entenc't at a Court Mar&s;hall to have his hor&s;e and Armes taken from him, and to work as a pioneere for three weeks for taking away &s;ome Curtaines and other things out of a Scotti&s;h Gentlemans hou&s;e.</P>
<P>Major <HI>Haines</HI> being &s;ent with a commanded party towards the Enemy, followed them within halfe a Mile of <HI>Edenburgh.</HI> This day we under&s;tood that one Mr. <HI>Iohn Lowe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"></HI> a Scotch Mi|ni&s;ter preached upon this Text in <HI>Edenburgh, Exod</HI> 14.8. the words and his comment upon them are very ob&s;ervable but too long to be related.</P>
<P>Munday <HI>July</HI> 29. the Army drew out of <HI>Mu&s;lebrough</HI> within two Miles of <HI>Edenburgh,</HI> our hor&s;e and theirs puckeerd all the forenoone, about foure in the afternoone his Excellency com|manded a forlorne of hor&s;e neere <HI>Arthurs</HI> Hill, who faced the Enemy and &s;till continued puckering, but perceiving the Enemy had lyned the Parke wall with Muskateers, &amp; had the command of the hill, whereby they vewed our Army, A forlorne of Mus|kateers were &s;ent to beate them off which they did without lo&s;s.</P>
<P>While this was doing a piece of Ordinance was drawing up neere the Hill which playd upon a great part of the Enemies bo|dy, who then faced us, but quickly quit their ground and retrea|ted to their maine body who had intrenched them&s;elves be|tween <HI>Leith</HI> and <HI>Edenburgh.</HI> By this time the whole Army were drawn up in Battalia in &s;ight of <HI>Edenburgh.</HI> A party &s;ent to po&s;&s;e&s;&s;e &s;ome hou&s;es neer the Town, which they did, and the Train drawn up there.</P>
<P>This day Captaine <HI>Hall</HI> Reere Admirall, being come up with the <HI>Liberty,</HI> the <HI>Heart Frigot,</HI> the <HI>Garland,</HI> &amp; the <HI>Dolphin</HI> plaid hard with their Ordnance into <HI>Leith,</HI> while the Army plaid with theirs by land til eleven at night, and &s;o again after three in the morning; all this while the Army &s;tood drawne up in the field; and from the fir&s;t appearing till the next day at eight or nine a Clock, there fell an exceeding great deale of Raine, which hindred the attempting of any thing, and the enemy not &s;tirring out of their intrenchment and fortifications, which latter did more trouble our Souldiers, who were exceeding cheerfull, and de&s;irous of nothing &s;o much as to fight then all the un&s;ea&s;ona|blene&s;&s;e
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of the weather; while our Army was thus drawne out of <HI>Mu&s;&s;elborough,</HI> many of the wretched Country people, who had hid them&s;elves in Coalepits, at the comming of our men came to the Towne, and fell to Barocadoing of it, and 500 of them got together with an intent to have cut the throats of the Army in ca&s;e they had beene beaten, which they expected; and had Orders as they &s;aid from Lieutenant Gen. <HI>Le&s;ley</HI> &s;o to doe, Major <HI>Haines</HI> with a party of Col. <HI>Fleetwoods</HI> Regiment fell upon them; killed 30 of them, wounded others, and tooke a|bout 40 Pri&s;oners.</P>
<P><HI>Tue&s;day</HI> July 30. It being not held advi&s;able to fall upon the Enemy, who were more in number then our &s;elves; and had the two Garri&s;ons of <HI>Leith</HI> and <HI>Edenburgh,</HI> be&s;ides the advantage of a high and &s;trong Hill, where they had intrencht them&s;elves. The Army drew off towards <HI>Mu&s;&s;elborough</HI> for refre&s;hment, both of hor&s;e and man, which the enemy perceiving with great bo|dies of hor&s;e, the one from <HI>Leith</HI> on the right, and the other from <HI>Cannygate</HI> on the left, marcht furiou&s;ly on, and fell upon the Reere Guard, being but 200 hor&s;e commanded by Captaine <HI>Evan&s;on</HI> who received the charge, but being over|powred by the enemy retreated, then the Generalls Regiment being neere advanc't towards the enemy gave them a hot charge and routed them; after this the enemy came up againe with another fre&s;h body, and put the Generals Regiment to a re|treat; hereupon four Troops of Col. <HI>Whaleyes</HI> Regiment, and Major Gen. <HI>Lamberts</HI> charged them, routed them, and pur&s;ued them to the Line, in doing of which our men were di&s;ordered; and the enemy perceiving it came up againe with another fre&s;h body of hor&s;e, thinking thereby to have put us to the long run, but upon the comming up of one Troop more of Col. <HI>Whalyes</HI> Regiment, commanded by Captaine <HI>Chillinden,</HI> being in good order charged them, and put them to the run, pur&s;uing and killing them, even to and within their Line, &s;o that after this the enemy at that Port had no mind to engage, while&s;t the&s;e Regiments were thus employed; Col. <HI>Hacker</HI> with his Regi|ment charged the enemy on the right towards <HI>Leith,</HI> routing them and pur&s;uing them within their works, we took two Colours at both places, there were divers killed of the enemy, and many dangerou&s;ly wounded, &amp; but three of ours &s;lain, and
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&s;ome &s;mall number wounded, whereof the Major Gen. received two wounds in the thigh and &s;houlder with a Lance in the la&s;t charge; he having twice before charged in the head of our parties, and in this bu&s;ine&s;&s;e the Major Gen. Col. <HI>Whaley</HI> and Co. <HI>Hacker</HI> with the re&s;t of the Officers &amp; Souldiers that engaged de&s;erve much honour, for their gallantry and re&s;olution there|in, Capt. <HI>Gladman,</HI> of the Generals own Troop, and the Cornet thereof were wounded; al&s;o Cornet <HI>Ru&s;&s;ell,</HI> Cornet to Captain <HI>Chillendin</HI> were al&s;o wounded with &s;ome few Troopers: The Scotch King being upon the Ca&s;tle hill, to &s;ee his men which he called his Green Hornes beaten on both &s;ides to <HI>Leith</HI> and <HI>Eden|burgh</HI> to &s;ome purpo&s;e: Therefore that night they took a re&s;o|lution at a Councell of warre to redeeme their credit, and re|&s;olved that a party of their be&s;t hor&s;e of old Souldiers con&s;i|&s;ting of 1500 cho&s;en men commanded by Major Gen. <HI>Mount|gomery</HI> &amp; Col. <HI>Straughan</HI> &s;hould on <HI>Wedne&s;day</HI> morning 31 <HI>Iuly,</HI> fall upon our quarters to beat them up, and as their own men now pri&s;oners confe&s;&s;e that <HI>Straughan</HI> did engage to bring his Excellency our Generall alive or dead to the Prince, which re|&s;olution was followed accordingly; and on <HI>Wedne&s;day</HI> July 31. they came out by a by way, and came neer our guards, then kept by Col. <HI>Fleetwoods</HI> Regiment, about three in the morning our Scouts di&s;covered them, demanding who they were for, they &s;aid friends friends, but our men beleeving them not, fired upon them, and gave the Alarme to the guard, who were in a good po&s;ture to receive them, but being over power'd were put to di&s;|order; then Col. <HI>Lilburnes</HI> Regiment received them, and gave them a hot charge, &s;o that many of them fell, broake their bo|dies, put them to the runne, forty or thereabouts &s;laine, and about 100 taken pri&s;oners; among the &s;laine was Major Generall <HI>Montgomery</HI> their commander in chiefe, al&s;o Col. <HI>Straughan</HI> wounded if not &s;laine. Pri&s;oners taken were as fol|loweth.</P>
<P>Sir <HI>Thomas Nai<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">ne</HI> Lieut. Col. to the Lord <HI>Breckine,</HI> Major <HI>Brice Cockram,</HI> Major to Col. <HI>Straughan. Alexander Facquet</HI> Lieut. to Major <HI>Lind&s;ey</HI> in Col: <HI>O&s;an's</HI> Regiment, <HI>Iames Browne</HI> Cornet to the Lord <HI>Breckin, Io&s;eph Shet</HI> Cornet to Captain <HI>Fairle</HI> in Col. <HI>Strauhans</HI> Regiment. Three of the Lifeguard to Gene|rall <HI>Leven.</HI> With 80 Troopers.</P>
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<P>Ye&s;terday the Scotti&s;h Generall &s;ent a Trumpeter to his Ex|cellency with two pri&s;oners they had taken of ours, one was one of the Corporalls of the field, aad the other a Trooper: To an|&s;wer which Civillity, the Lord generall &s;ent back two of his Lifeguard, and a Trooper.</P>
<P>There are &s;everall Ve&s;&s;els of provi&s;ions from <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> and other parts come in for our Souldiers, which are now unlading, which gives them encouragement. We hope tho&s;e from <HI>London</HI> will be here &s;uddenly, the people being more ba&s;e in hiding their provi&s;ions, then the country is barren of producing them. The pri&s;oners &s;ay the Prince came to <HI>Edinburgh</HI> la&s;t night; mo&s;t of tho&s;e who came forth were Engli&s;h cavaliers. The pri&s;o|ners &s;ay they promi&s;ed to bring the Lord Gen. <HI>Cromwell</HI> to him; not 100. of them got backe to <HI>Edinburgh</HI> in a body. Our men had the pur&s;uit of them four miles, Col. <HI>Brights</HI> Regiment of Foot being drawn up in the field, kild many of them. We lo&s;t onely Col. <HI>Lilburns</HI> Cornet, and &s;ome few &s;ouldiers.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Mu&s;leborough,</HI> <DATE><HI>July</HI> 31. 1650.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P>SInce the writing of the former we are further informed by the pri&s;oners taken, and other certain information, that the party of 1500 hor&s;e who came out of <HI>Edinburgh</HI> were the choi|&s;e&s;t of their hor&s;e. That Major Gen. <HI>Straughan</HI> at the councell of War the night before had engaged to the Prince to bring the Lord Gen <HI>Cromwell</HI> to him alive or dead, and therefore de&s;ired to command the party; but it being not thought fit to tru&s;t him Major Gen. <HI>Montgomery</HI> was appointed to command the party, and Col. <HI>Straughan</HI> to bring up the reare. They came out of <HI>E|dinburgh</HI> about ten of the clock at night, and went &s;ixteen miles about; when the fir&s;t party of our men took the alarm, which were Col. <HI>Lilburnes</HI> men, two of them came before as friends (being Engli&s;h) and told our men it was a fal&s;e alarm, where|upon they di&s;mounted, and &s;o the enemy came upon them im|mediately, but did not much prejudice, onely Col. <HI>Lilburnes</HI> Cornet kild, and two or three others hurt, their intention rea|ching to more then that guard.</P>
<P>They came on to <HI>Mu&s;lebrough</HI> Towne, and in the way Col.
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<HI>Fleetwoods</HI> three Troops met with them and &s;cattered them, and comming by Col. <HI>Brights</HI> Regiment they gave them &s;o great a volly that it tooke off many from their hor&s;es, three hor&s;es were kild and a Corporals legges taken off at one Drake &s;hot from that Regiment, our men &s;cattered them &s;o that &s;ome of them were taken in <HI>Mu&s;lebrough</HI> Towne; wee had the pur&s;uite of them for foure Miles, and our Dragoones which quartered that night within a Mile of <HI>Edenburgh</HI> met them and kill'd di|vers of them. Among&s;t the re&s;t of tho&s;e that were &s;laine of tho&s;e Major Gen. <HI>Mongomery</HI> was one, the re&s;t are not yet known. One of them who was kild by our men was heard upon his la&s;t Ga&s;pe to &s;ay, Dam me Ile to my King. They were mo&s;t Engli&s;h Cavaliers that charg'd in this and the fir&s;t engagement; at both places, they were heard to &s;ay, we are <HI>Morris</HI> his men, remem|ber <HI>Pontefract.</HI> The Prince (tis &s;aid) gave to each of them two &s;hillings to drink, which made them drunk.</P>
<P>Capt. <HI>VVilford</HI> a Gentleman in my Lords own Troop, being on Tue&s;day taken pri&s;oner, (his hor&s;e being kild under him) was carried to <HI>Leith,</HI> where he was very courteou&s;ly u&s;ed by Lieu. Gen. <HI>David Le&s;ley,</HI> who kept him at his own hou&s;e, where re&s;or|ted to him divers of their Mini&s;ters and Commanders who de|manded of him how long he had &s;erved under Antichri&s;t, that proud man <HI>Cromwell,</HI> over who&s;e head the cur&s;e of God hung for murdering the King, breaking the Covenant, and they did expect daily when the Lord &s;hould deliver him into their hands, they &s;aying he termed his Guns his twelve Apo&s;tles, and that he put his whole confidence in them, and the commanders old Cavaliere like did &s;weare mo&s;t de&s;perately that they had taken 18 of our Colours, and the Mini&s;ters &s;aid that our &s;hips in the Haven were revolted to the King. Which your <HI>London</HI> Cavaliers may perhaps believe.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Mu&s;leborough,</HI> <DATE><HI>Augu&s;t</HI> 1. 1650.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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