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<P> A faithfull RELATION, OF THE Late Occurrences and Proceedings OF THE Scotti&s;h Army: Dated from His Excellencies the Lord Generall <HI>Le&s;ley's</HI> Quarters before NEWCASTLE, 21. <HI>February</HI> 1644.</P>
<P>Together With a LIST of the Noblemen, Commanders and other Officers of the <HI>ARMY.</HI></P>
<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>Robert Bo&s;tock</HI> and <HI>Samuel Gellibrand,</HI> dwelling in <HI>Pauls</HI> Churchyard. 1644.</P>
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<HEAD>A Faithfull Relation Of the late Occurrences and Pro|ceedings of the Scoti&s;h Army before <HI>NEWCASTLE.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Sir,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THat I may not be wanting to your ex|pectation, and mine own engagements for an account of proceedings here, the&s;e may let you under&s;tand, That upon Sa|turday the third of this in&s;tant, we came before the Town of <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> without any oppo&s;iti|on, till we came before the Town, where the enemy had made up a Fort again&s;t us; for gaining whereof, my Lord Generall &s;ent forth a party of Muskettiers to &s;torm the Ea&s;t &s;ide of it, and another party to &s;torm the We&s;t: they went on with as much cou|rage and re&s;olution as ever any did to &s;o great an at|tempt, di&s;charging their Muskets very couragiou&s;ly
<PB N="2" REF="3"> in the mid&s;t of the greate&s;t di&s;advantage that could be, being in the open fields, almo&s;t fully in the view of their enemy; the enemy being &s;heltred with For|tifications, and an&s;wering our Musket-&s;hots with &s;hots of Canon and Muskets: In which po&s;ture they continued till twelve of the clock at night, with the lo&s;&s;e onely of <HI>Patric Engli&s;h,</HI> Captain-Lieutenant to the Lord <HI>Lind&s;ey,</HI> and 9 common Souldiers.</P>
<P>Upon our fir&s;t appearance, the enemy &s;et the <HI>Sandgate</HI> on fire, and continued burning all that night, and Sunday and Munday all day&punc; which I be|lieve had been the ca&s;e of all <HI>Northumberland,</HI> but that for prevention thereof our Army did flee without its feathers, I mean our Artillery, and the greate&s;t part of our Ammunition. Some of our Forces who were quartered upon the Ea&s;t &s;ide of <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> about half a flight &s;hot from the water, with the concurrence and advice of the Generall of the Artillery, &s;eized upon two Ships and ten Lighters, which are &s;till in their po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion.</P>
<P>I profe&s;&s;e, Sir, I never &s;aw &s;o great willingne&s;&s;e in any people to adventure them&s;elves upon the greate&s;t hazards that be offered unto us; they are impatient that they have nothing to do; and, which is more admired, the Souldiers who were not in readine&s;&s;e to march with their Regiments when they came into this Kingdom, come daily up to us in twenties and thirties, without &s;o much as an Officer to attend them: I per&s;wade my &s;elf, God would not have put &s;uch
<PB N="3" REF="3"> &s;pirits into them, if he had not &s;ome great work to be done by them.</P>
<P>The weather hath been extreme &s;tormy, the ways are unpa&s;&s;able with Carriages, and our Ammunition hath been long a coming: The uncertainty of the &s;ea&s;on of the yeer, and the &s;welling of the River by &s;udden rains, makes our pa&s;&s;age more difficult: The windes have not &s;erved to bring Ships with provi&s;ion from <HI>Scotland,</HI> and the Countrey is burnt and wa&s;ted in many places; notwith&s;tanding all which difficul|ties, or what other may fall out, re&s;ting in confidence upon the Lords wonted mercy, we are re&s;olved to &s;et forward.</P>
<P>The enemy burn and &s;poyl what they can reach on this &s;ide <HI>Tyne,</HI> e&s;pecially corn; at which work a Squa|dron of our Hor&s;e, about 15 men, with whom other 10 accidentally joyned, fell upon 100 Muskettiers of the enemy &s;ent from <HI>Tinmouth</HI> for that &s;ervice, killed 14 or 15 of them, and took pri&s;oners 50; whereof the Generall kept onely 2, and &s;ent 48 into <HI>Newca&s;tle;</HI> and the Marque&s;&s;e &s;ent back 7 or 8 of ours who were catched &s;tragling. The Gentleman who gave this Defeat, is the Earl of <HI>Eglentons</HI> Major; his name is <HI>Montgomery.</HI></P>
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<P> Monday morning early, the 19th of this in&s;tant, 2. Regiments of hor&s;e of the Scot|ti&s;h army, in which were 15 Troups, under the command of the Lord <HI>Balgoney</HI> the Ge|neralls &s;on, and the Lord <HI>Kirkudbright</HI> lying at <HI>Corbridge</HI> two miles from <HI>Hexham,</HI> had an Alarme given them by 25 Troups of the E|nemy, who under the command of Sir <HI>Mar|maduke Langdale</HI> and Colonel <HI>Fenwick,</HI> who had al&s;o waiting on them, three or 400 Mu&s;quettiers, which the other Troups wan|ted: Both partees drew up betwixt <HI>Cor|bridge</HI> and <HI>Hexham;</HI> and <HI>Ballentyne</HI> Lievte|nant Colonell to the Generalls Regiment, charged the enemy and made them give way with lo&s;&s;e, and &s;o the &s;econd time, and had taken above 100 pri&s;oners, but not &s;atisfied with that, gave a third charge, which drave them to their Mu&s;quettiers which were pla|ced behind them, and being thus engaged with hor&s;e and foot, our Troups were di&s;|ordred and had a very &s;trait retreat through a gap, where &s;ome men were lo&s;t, but the enemy pur&s;ued not far, for they were, as I &s;uppo&s;e, loath to engage beyond their foot
<PB N="5" REF="4"> notwith&s;tanding their advantage. Our men wheeling in that di&s;order, were met by Colonell <HI>Robert Brandling,</HI> with ten Troups more, who cro&s;&s;ed the water below <HI>Cor|bridge,</HI> and was to have fallen upon the Reere of our men, but it fell out to be the Front in their returne. <HI>Brandling</HI> forwardly rode out before his Troupes to exchange a Pi&s;toll, and one Lievtenant <HI>Ellot</HI> rode up to him, and when they had di&s;charged each at other, and were wheeling about to draw their &s;words, <HI>Brandlings</HI> hor&s;e &s;tumbled, and the Lievtenant was &s;o neere him as to pull him off his hor&s;e, which when his men perceived they retreated, which gave cou|rage to our men to fall on, which they did&punc; and drove them over the River againe, kil|led &s;ome, and forced others through the water &s;o ha&s;tily, that there were &s;ome of them drowned, and thus was the day divi|ded: We cannot yet perfectly under&s;tand the lo&s;&s;e on each &s;ide, but the numbers were &s;omething equall of the &s;laine, there were a|bout 60 men killed upon the place. We have lo&s;t Maj. <HI>Agnew,</HI> Cap. <HI>Forbes,</HI> a Cornet,
<PB N="6" REF="5"> and I heare of no other Officers, tis not cer|taine whether they are killed or taken: We have taken Colonell <HI>Brandling,</HI> one Lievte|nant, none el&s;e of note. Thus have you a broken account of a broken bu&s;ines, but as neere the Truth as my be&s;t enquiry and un|der&s;tanding can attaine, I hope wee &s;hall make good u&s;e of it and not catch cold after this heat. I tru&s;t it wil make us more watch|full and con&s;ident in God, who&s;e great pro|vidence it was, that we were not wholly cut off, con&s;idering the inequality of the num|ber, that the enemy had here the chiefe&s;t of his &s;trength, and had been &s;o carefull in the &s;urpri&s;e as to provide 10 Troups to fall up|on our Reere, which was mi&s;carried by their Colonells over forwardnes to a &s;ingle com|bat. We are upon moving, but the fruits of it you mu&s;t expect hereafter, that is, a&s;&s;oone as I have opportunity. <HI>This skirmi&s;h is likely to grow up into a great Victory before it come to</HI> Oxford, <HI>but you may &s;afely contradict it upon the&s;e termes, &s;o I re&s;t,</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>yours faithfully</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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