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<NAME>Taryn Hakala</NAME>
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<P>A more Exact RELATION Of the late BATTELL Neer <HI>YORK;</HI> Fought by the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> and <HI>Scotch</HI> Forces, again&s;t Prince RUPERT and the Marque&s;s of <HI>Newca&s;tle.</HI></P>
<P>Wherein the Pa&s;&s;ages thereof are more particularly &s;et down, pre&s;ented to the view of tho&s;e who de&s;ire better &s;atisfaction therein.</P>
<P>Publi&s;hed for the more inlargement of our hearts to Almighty God on our day of Thank&s;giving, comman|ded by Authority for the great Victory obtained.</P>
<P>Allowed to be Printed according to Order.</P>
<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed by <HI>M. Simmons</HI> for <HI>H. Overton,</HI> 1644.</P>
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<HEAD>A more exact Relation of the late BATTAILE neere <HI>Yorke,</HI> fought by the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> and <HI>Scotti&s;h</HI> Forces, again&s;t Prince <HI>Rupert,</HI> and the Earle of <HI>New-Ca&s;tle.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR;</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_Be plea&s;ed to take notice of Gods wonderfull and almo&s;t miraculous goodne&s;s to us, and in us to this whole Na|tion, and to all the Churches of God in Europe, upon Monday la&s;t being the &s;econd of <HI>July,</HI> upon notice that Prince <HI>Rupert</HI> was advancing on the North-&s;ide <HI>Ow&s;e,</HI> with twentie-five thou&s;and men, to rai&s;e our Siege before <HI>Yorke,</HI> wee conceiving our &s;elves unable to keepe the Siege, and fight with him al&s;o, and &s;uppo&s;ing it the &s;afe&s;t to fight with him with our whole &s;trength united, we drew off all our For|ces, both hor&s;e and foot and artillery, without the lo&s;&s;e of a man, and put our &s;elves into Battalia upon <HI>Ow&s;e-moore,</HI> within three miles of <HI>Yorke.</HI> That night the Prince came into <HI>Yorke,</HI> with about two thou&s;and hor&s;e, his foote and Ordinance quartering in the Forre&s;t of <HI>Gortrey,</HI> within five miles of <HI>Yorke;</HI> Wee quartered at <HI>Long Mar|&s;ton,</HI> and in the Townes adjacent, with an intention the next day to march to <HI>Cawood,</HI> and &s;o to <HI>Selby,</HI> partly to po&s;&s;e&s;&s;e the River in|tirely, &s;o to hinder him for furni&s;hing <HI>Yorke</HI> with provi&s;ions, out of the Ea&s;t-Riding; As al&s;o to interpo&s;e between him and his march Southwards, he having no other way to march, (the Earle of <HI>Den|bigh</HI> and the <HI>Lanca&s;hire</HI> Forces interpo&s;ing between him and his march We&s;t-wards, the way he came:) Accordingly early in the morn|ing, wee began our march towards <HI>Cawood,</HI> with all our Armie, leaving three thou&s;and Hor&s;e and Dragooneers to bring up the Reare of our Foote and Ordnance.</P>
<P>The Enemy thinking wee di&s;lodged, becau&s;e wee would avoyd
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fighting, and being re&s;olved to fight with us, they drew out five thou&s;and Hor&s;e and Dragooneers, the Vanne of their Armie, and with them tooke the Moore neare <HI>Mar&s;ton,</HI> about nine of the clocke on Tue&s;day, and came up clo&s;e to the Reare of our Carriages.</P>
<P>Wee &s;eeing that they were in earne&s;t to fight, and wee as much as they de&s;iring it, pre&s;ently commanded all our foote and Ord|nance to come back with all &s;peed, the Vanne of which was gone &s;ome five miles towards <HI>Cawood,</HI> and was with much difficultie to be brought backe. The enemy in the meane while, drawing up with part of their foote clo&s;e to our no&s;es, &s;o neare that we had not li|bertie to take the Moore, and to put our &s;elves into Battalia, &s;o that wee were put to draw our men into a Corne-field clo&s;e to the Moore, making way by our Pioners to get ground to extend the wings of our army to &s;uch a di&s;tance, that wee might conveniently fight; which was very difficult for us to attain, The right wing of our army being placed ju&s;t by <HI>Mer&s;ton</HI> Town &s;ide, the town on our right hand, fronting on the Ea&s;t, and as our foot and hor&s;e came up, we formed our battalia and the left wing, &s;till de&s;iring to gain as much of the left point as we could, &s;o that at la&s;t wee came with the utmo&s;t point of our left wing, to <HI>Topwith;</HI> &s;o oru army fronted to the Moore from <HI>Mar&s;ton</HI> to <HI>Topwith,</HI> being a mile and a half in length; the ene|my being drawn up ju&s;t under us, the wings of their army extending a little further then ours in length, but the hedges and our Dragooners &s;ecured the flanks. About two of the clock we had indifferently well formed our army, as al&s;o tht enemy theirs, part of their foot being beyond <HI>Ow&s;e,</HI> that morning, which made them as late as wee in drawing up. About two of the clock, the great Ordnance of both &s;ides began to play, but with &s;mall &s;ucce&s;s to either: about five of the clock wee had a generall &s;ilence on both &s;ides, each expecting who &s;hould begin the charge, there being a &s;mall dich and a banck be|twixt us and the Moor, through which wee mu&s;t pa&s;s, if wee would charge them upon the Moore, or they pa&s;s it, if they would charge us in the great corn-field, and clo&s;es; &s;o that it was a great di&s;advantage to him that would begin the charge, &s;eeing the ditch mu&s;t &s;omewhat di&s;turb their order, and the other would be ready in good ground and order, to charge them before they could recover it.</P>
<P>In this po&s;ture we &s;tood till &s;even of the clock, &s;o that it was con|cluded on our &s;ides, that there would be no ingagement that night, neither of the two Armies agreeing to begin the charge: And
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&s;urely had two &s;uch Armies (drawn up &s;o clo&s;e one to the other, be|ing of both wings within Musket &s;hot, departed without fighting, I think it would have been as great a wonder as hath been &s;een in England. The enemy had in the Field in all, &s;ome fourteen thou|&s;and Foot, and nine thou&s;and Hor&s;e, and &s;ome twenty five pee|ces of Ordnance. The right Wing of their Hor&s;e was commanded by Prince <HI>Rupert,</HI> who had in it &s;ome twelve divi&s;ions of Hor&s;e, con&s;i&s;ting of one hundred Troops, and might be five thou&s;and men. The left Wing of their Hor&s;e was commanded by <HI>Hurry,</HI> with all the remainder of their Hor&s;e. The right Wing of our Hor&s;e was commanded by Sir <HI>Thomas Fairfax,</HI> con&s;i&s;ting of 80. Troops, be|ing his owne and the Scotch Hor&s;e. The left Wing of our Hor&s;e was commanded by Lieutenant Generall <HI>Cromwell,</HI> with all his own Hor&s;e, and the Earle of Manche&s;ters, and &s;ome of the Scotch Hor&s;e, being in all about 70. Troops. Our Foot being twenty eight Regiments, were di&s;po&s;ed into twelve Brigades. About half an houre after &s;even a clock at night, we &s;eeing the enemy would not charge us, we re&s;olved by the help of God, to charge them, and &s;o the &s;igne being given, we marched down to the charge. In which you might have &s;een the brave&s;t fight in the world; Two &s;uch di&s;ciplin'd Armies marching to a charge. Wee came downe the Hill in the brave&s;t order, and with the greate&s;t re&s;olution that was ever &s;een: (I meane the left Wing of our Hor&s;e led by <HI>Cromwell,</HI> which was to charge their right Wing, led by <HI>Rupert,</HI> in which was all their gallant men: they being re&s;olved, if they could &s;catter <HI>Cromwell,</HI> all were their own.</P>
<P>All the Earle of Manche&s;ters Foot being three Brigades, began the charge with their bodies again&s;t the Marques of Newca&s;tle, and Prince <HI>Ruperts</HI> brave&s;t Foot. In a moment we were pa&s;&s;ed the ditch into the Moore, upon equall grounds with the enemy, our men going in a running march. Our front divi&s;ions of Hor&s;e charged their front, Lieutenant Generall <HI>Cromwels</HI> divi&s;ion of three hundred Hor&s;e, in which him&s;elfe was in per&s;on, charged the fir&s;t divi&s;ion of Prince <HI>Ru|perts</HI> in which him&s;elfe was in per&s;on. The re&s;t of ours charged other divi&s;ions of theirs, but with &s;uch admirable valour, as it was to the a|&s;toni&s;hment of all the old Souldiers of the Army. <HI>Cromwels</HI> own divi|&s;ion had a hard pull of it: for they were charged by <HI>Ruperts</HI> brave&s;t men, both in Front and Flank: they &s;tood at the &s;words point a pret|ty while, hacking one another: but at la&s;t (it &s;o plea&s;ed God) he brake
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through them, &s;cattering them before him like a little du&s;t.</P>
<P>At the &s;ame in&s;tant the re&s;t of our hor&s;e of that Wing, had wholly broken all Prince <HI>Ruperts</HI> hor&s;e on their right Wing, and were in the cla&s;s of them beyond their left Wing: our Foot on the right hand of us (being onely the Earle of Manche&s;ters Foot) went on by our &s;ide di&s;per&s;ing the enemies Foot almo&s;t as fa&s;t as they charged them, &s;till going by our &s;ide, cutting them down that we carried the whole Field before us, thinking the victory wholly ours, and nothing to be done but to kill and take pri&s;oners: not knowing that the enemies left Wing, led by <HI>Hurry</HI> had done as much to our right (led by Sir <HI>Tho|mas Fairfax,</HI> they wholly carrying the Field before them, utterly routing all our Hor&s;e and Foot, &s;o that there was not a man left &s;tan|ding before them, mo&s;t of the Hor&s;e and Foot of that wing, and our main battell recreating in ha&s;t towards Todca&s;ter and Cawood, think|ing the day lo&s;t, as the enemies right wing did towards York. The e|nemy being in pur&s;uit and cha&s;e of retreating men, followed them to our Carriages, but had &s;lain few of them: for indeed they ran away before the enemy charged them. Iu&s;t then came our Hor&s;e and Foot from the cha&s;e of their right wing, and &s;eeing the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e not well in our right, came in a very good order to a &s;econd charge with all the enemies Hor&s;e and Foot that had di&s;ordered our right wing and main battell. And here came the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e of the day (nay almo&s;t of the Kingdome) to be di&s;puted upon this &s;econd charge.</P>
<P>The enemy &s;eeing us to come in &s;uch a gallant po&s;ture to charge them, left all thoughts of pur&s;uit, and began to thinke that they mu&s;t fight again for that victory which they thought had been already got. They marching down the Hill upon us, from our Carriages, &s;o that they fought upon the &s;ame ground, and with the &s;ame Front that our right wing had before &s;tood to receive their charge; and wee &s;tood in the &s;ame ground, and with the &s;ame Front which they had when they began the charge.</P>
<P>Our three Brigades of Foot of the Earle of Manche&s;ters being on our right hand. On we went with great re&s;olution, charging them &s;o home, one while their Hor&s;e, and then again their Foot, and our Foot and Hor&s;e &s;econding each other with &s;uch valour, made them flie be|fore us, that it was hard to &s;ay which did the better our Hor&s;e or Foot. Major Generall <HI>Le&s;ley</HI> &s;eeing us thus pluck a victory out of the enemies hands, profe&s;&s;ed Europe had no better Souldiers.</P>
<P>To conclude about nine of the clock we had cleared the Field of
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of all enemies, recovered out Ordnance and Carriages, tooke all the enemies Ordnance and Ammunition, and followed the cha&s;e of them within a mile of Yorke, cutting them downe &s;o that their dead bodies lay three miles in length. Divers pri&s;oners of note were taken, Lord <HI>Gorings</HI> &s;on, Colonel <HI>Til&s;ley,</HI> Sir <HI>Charles Lucas,</HI> Major Generall <HI>Porter,</HI> and about an hundred more Officers, 1500 Souldiers. The number of the dead is uncertaine; but I cannot think, but of all dead in the field, in the woods, and mortally wounded (which would die within a day) there are between three and foure thou&s;and Their whole Army is &s;o broken, that of Foot I am confident they are not able of 13000. to rally 2000. and of eight or nine thou&s;and Hor&s;e, not above two thou|&s;and, the re&s;t all gone to their own homes, except tho&s;e that are &s;lain and pri&s;oners. The glory of this, as it onely due to God, as the prime efficient, &s;o mu&s;t it be acknowledged (as it is by all, and that mo&s;t ju&s;t|ly) thit in&s;trumentally it was done by none but by the Earle of Manche&s;ters Hor&s;e and Foot led on by <HI>Cromwel,</HI> and tho&s;e Scots which charged in with them, commanded by Major Generall <HI>Le&s;ley,</HI> who carried him&s;elfe very bravely. Lieutenant Generall <HI>Cromwell</HI> (the great agent in this victory) hath received a &s;light wound in the neck. We lo&s;t not in all this fight, above two or three hundred men. Sir <HI>Thomas Fairfax</HI> (wounded in the head or face) caried him&s;elf as brave|ly as as man could doe, was unhor&s;t, lay upon the ground, and was relieved by our hor&s;e. The enemy hath lo&s;t all their Arms, the field be|ing full of Pikes and Muskets; This morning we gathered them up within 2 miles of <HI>Yorke,</HI> not an enemy daring to look upon us. <HI>Rupert</HI> is on the North &s;ide or <HI>Yorke</HI> with about two thou&s;and Hor&s;e. I am</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Your humble Servant</HI> Lion Wat&s;on</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>The Contents of another Letter &s;ent from one in the Earle of <HI>Manche&s;ters</HI> Army to a friend in <HI>London.</HI></HEAD>
<P>I Thought good hereby to acquaint you w^t^h that glorious victory which the Lord hath given us over the enemies of Jesus Christ mightily he hath been &s;een in de|livering us, and confounding his adver&s;aries. On <HI>Munday, July</HI> 1. our &s;iege being rai&s;ed from <HI>York,</HI> and we quarter|ing that night in <HI>Long Mer&s;ton</HI> Moor, it was reported the next morning, that Prince <HI>Rupert</HI> had his rendezvous in <HI>Brammamoor,</HI> whereupon we marched thitherward; when we were advanc'd about half a mile, wee de&s;cryed Prince <HI>Ruperts</HI> horse marching after us, in <HI>Long Merston</HI> Moore, whom we fac'd at that di&s;tance, they drew up in battalia on the Moor, we returned, and did the like in the fields. About one or two of the clock the Cannon began, and plaid till four or five in the afternoon. Afterwards we all marched down to them, both hor&s;e and foot; they charged us very fiercely and violently, but by the ble&s;&s;ing of God, we routed their hor&s;e on the right wing, and one Regiment or body of their foot; but the field went very dangerous in our right wing, for there they were routed, and many ran: So likewi&s;e in our main Body, but it plea&s;ed God to uphold the &s;pirits of our army, and our foot charged &s;o violenty, that they forced the enemy to run, and our hor&s;e pur&s;ued them, and routed them totally out of the field.</P>
<P>There were killed about 4000. neer 2000. taken; all their foot colours, and many of their hor&s;e colours were taken, 25. peeces of Ordance, 8000. arms, and all their waggons and ammunition. Thus the Lord did wondrou&s;ly for us, ble&s;&s;ed be his holy Name.</P>
<P>My Cou&s;in <HI>Thomas D.</HI> is very well, but e&s;caped nar|rowly, being di&s;mounted by the enemy.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your ever loving Brother, <HI>Robert Grifen.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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