A copy of Lieutenant General Crumwels Letter, read in the House of Commons. And other letters of a great and bloody fight neere Preston. The Scots army totally defeated by Lieutenant Generall Crumwell. VVith the paritculars of the fight, on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday last. 2500 Scots slain, 2000 taken prisoners, 300 officers kild and taken. 400 horse taken. 4000 fire armes. 2000 other armes. 30 coulors. 8 barrels of gunpowder. 4 cart load of ammunition 500 cattle retaken & restored 5000 l. worth of goods retake [sic] divers papers concerning Prince Charles, and divers in London. Duke Hambleton fled to Wygan & Langdale to Carlisle. 1500 Scots, & English cavaliers, kild, taken, dispersed, fled August 21. 1648. These being true copies, are thought fit to bee printed and published for the satisfaction of the whole kingdome, one of them signed Oliver Crumwell. Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658. 1648 Approx. 9 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 5 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2014-11 (EEBO-TCP Phase 2). A80882 Wing C7052 Thomason E460_17 ESTC R205114 99864552 99864552 162139

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A Copy of Lieutenant General Crumwels Letter, Read in the Houſe of Commons. And other Letters Of a great and BLOODY FIGHT neere PRESTON. THE Scots Army totally Defeated by Lieutenant Generall Crumwell. VVith the particulars of the Fight, on Thurſday, Friday, and Saturday laſt.

2500 Scots ſlain, 2000 Taken priſoners, 300 Officers kild and taken. 400 Horſe taken. 4000 Fire Armes. 2000 Other Armes. 30 Coulours. 8 Barrels of Gunpowder. 4 Cart load of Ammunition 500 Cattl retaken & reſtored 5000 l. worth of goods retakē Divers papers concerning Prince Charles, and divers in London. Duke Hambleton fled to Wygan & Langdale to Carliſle. 15000 Scots, & Engliſh Cavaliers, kild, taken, diſperſed, fled

Auguſt 21. 1648.

THeſe being true Copies, are thought fit to bee Printed and publiſhed for the ſatisfaction of the whole Kingdome, one of them ſigned

Auguſt ye 22 OLIVER CRUMWELL.

Printed by Robert Ibbitſon, in Smithfield, neer the Queenes-head Tavern, 1648.
A Copy of Lieutenant Generall CRUMVVELLS LETTER Gentlemen,

IT hath pleaſed God, this day, to ſhew a great mercy to this poore kingdome, by making the Army ſucceſſefull againſt the common Enemy. We lay the laſt night at Mr. Sherburns, of Stamerhurſt, about 9 miles from Preſton, which was within three miles of the Scots quarters, we advanced this morning betime towards Preſton, with a deſire to engage the Enemy, and by that time our forlorn had engaged the enemy, we were about foure miles from Preſton, and thereupon wee advanced with the whole Army; and the Enemy being drawn out upon a Moore betwixt us & the Town, the Armies on both ſides ingaged, and after a very ſharpe diſpute, continuing for three or foure houres, it pleaſed God to inable us to give the Enemy a defeat, which I hope we ſhall improve by Gods aſſiſtance, to their utter ruine, and in this ſervice your Countrymen have not the leaſt ſhare, which wee cannot expreſſe by particular, having not time to take an accounts of the ſlain, and the priſoners, but we can aſſure you we have many priſoners, and many of thoſe of quality, and many ſlain, and the Army diſipated. A principall part whereof (with Duke Hambleton) is on the South ſide of Ribb, and Darwentbridge, and wee lying with the greateſt part of the Army cloſe to them nothing hindring engageing of that part of the Enemies Army but the night; It will be our care that they ſhall not paſſe over any Ford beneath the Bridge, to goe Northward, nor to come over betwixt us and Whaley, we underſtand that three Companies of Col. Generall Aſhton are at Whalley, we have 7 Troops of Horſe and Dragoons, that we beleeve all at or neer Cl • thero. This night I have ſent order expreſly to them to march to Whalley, to joyne with thoſe Companies that you ſhall improve of your Country Forces, toward the ruine of thoſe enemies: you perceive by this how things ſtand, by this means the enemy is broken, moſt of the Horſe being gone Northward, and wee having ſent a conſiderable party at the very heeles of them, and the Enemy having loſt almoſt all their Ammunition, and neer 4000 Armes, ſo that the greateſt part of the Foot are naked: Therefore in order to this work we deſire you to raiſe your County, and to improve thoſe forces for the totall ruine of the enemy, which way ſoever they goe. And if you ſhall accordingly doe your part, doubt not of their totall ruine. Wee thought fit to ſpeed this unto you, to the end you may not bee troubled if they ſhall march towards you, but improve your intereſt aforeſaid. And that you may give glory to God for this unſpeakable mercy from

Preſton 17 Auguſt 1648. Your humble Servant OLIVER CRƲMWELL.
Noble Sir,

LIeutenant Generall Crumwell ſent a Letter to the Committee here, a copy whereof you will receive incloſed; we had alſo other Letters from other Officers, which gives us advertiſements of a glorious victory obtained againſt the Scots, and Engliſh Cavaliers. Lieutenant Generall Crumwell having falne down with his Army (after conjunction with Collonell Gen. Lambert) out of Yorkeſhire, by Clithero, towards the Scots: upon Thurſday laſt engaged with them neer to Preſton. Hee hath given them a very great rout, taken 4000 Armes, moſt of their Ammunition, many priſoners, whereof divers of quality, and is ſtill in purſuite, adding every houre to the number of the ſlain, and priſoners, and of divers of the Scots that are diſpierſed in 6, 8, or 10 in a company, the Country people riſe and knock them in the head, where they meet with them; and Lieutenant Generall Crumwells horſe are at the very heeles of the Scots horſe, that are fled Northwards; the reſt of their horſe, and body of foot (which eſcaped by reaſon of the night) being ill armed, quartered with Duke Hambleton, between Wygon and Preſton, being about 8 or 9000. The Lieutenant Generalls Army went towards Preſton to waite on them, I hope they will have their fatall blow, for their perfideouſneſſe, to be an example to Generations to come hereafter. We have had the Country hereabouts in Armes this week, and hope to prevent the Scots paſſage this way. Cheſhire alſo, I doubt not but will be in readineſſe to ſtop them about Warrington. Another party is about Whaley, in Blackburn Hundred.

Sir, I beſeech you, if any ſhew themſelves ſo little lovers of England, as to ſpeak or move for a ceſſation, to oppoſe it: Let us not adde the further guilt of blood of friends, upon our ſelves.

Yeſterday being Friday, Lieutenant Genrall Crumwell having kild and taken diverſe of the Scots, diſperſed their body ſeverall wayes, The greateſt part of them fled towards Warrington, and our Forces ſtill purſuing them; divers of the Country Forces being joyned to aſſiſt Lieutenant Generall Crumwell. Some of the Scots were laſt night at Lansford on Cheſhire ſide, our Army is at their heels: The greateſt execution yeſterday was about Standiſh Moore, where divers were kild and taken, and amongſt them many conſiderable men, both Scatch and Engliſh, Duke Hambleton was laſt night in Wygan.

This morning they are at them again, freſh priſoners brought in hourely, and Armes in abundance. The poore Country people being over joyed at this great deliverance, wherein the Lord hath been wonderfully ſeen, in delivering us from this faithleſſe inſulting cruell people.

Mancheſter the 19 of Auguſt, 1648 A Liſt of the great Victory obtained by Lieutenant Generall Crumwell, in the great defeat given to the Scots Army, on Thurſday, Friday, and Saturday, Auguſt 17, 18, 19. 1648. 2500 ſlain, 2000 taken priſoners, 300 Officers killd & taken 400 Horſe taken, 4000 fire armes taken, 2000 armes more taken, 30 Colours taken, 8 Barrels of powder, 4 cart load of Amunition, Duke Hamilton fled into Wigan and there beſet. Sir Marmaduke Langdale fled towards Carliſle, and purſued by Li. Ge. Crumwels horſe. 500 cattle retaken that they had plundered from the Country. 5000 l. worth of goods reſtored, that the Scots were ſending into Scotland. Divers papers taken of overtures with Pr. Charles, and with ſome about London. 15000 kild, taken, diſperſed, and fled.
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