ON Tuesday the twenty eight of July 1645. the Enemies main body be­ing in Haverford-west, we drew forth out of Garrisons of Pem­brooke and Tenby, with five hundred and fifty Foot, and two hundred Horse and Dragoons, (being the most could be spared with security out of the Townes) and two small Guns, and Marched that day to Canellon, [Page 4] within five miles of Haverford-west, there met seven of the Enemies scouts, killed one, and took the other six: that day Captain Batten Arrived at Mil­ford, and by Divine Ordination a­bove hopes, Landed 150. Sea­men to increase our Foot. VVe kept the field till Friday the first of August, (no Enemy appearing) then Major Generall Stradlinge, and Major Ge­nerall Egerton, drew forth out of Ha­verford with four hundred and fifty Horse, eleven hundred Foot, and four field Guns into Colby Moor, three miles from Haverford, and there put themselves in Aray for a fight: A small party of our Horse, guarded on both sides with an hundred and fifty Musketiers, charged their whole bo­dy, began the encounter about six of [Page 5] the Clock in the afternoon, and con­tinued very fierce and doubtfull near an hour; but in the conclusion, the Enemies Horse were totally Routed, the residue of our Horse fell on some part to do Execution upon the Foot; the other to pursue the Horse spee­ding for Haverford: VVe killed of the Enemies an hundred and fifty, took about seven hundred Prisoners, in them men of note, Lieut. Col. Price, Major Braude, Major Gud­dinge, Capt. Somes, Capt. Wade, Capt. Price, Capt. Thomas, Capt. Lloyd, Capt. Dawkins, Capt. Morgans, with twenty two Lieutenants and Inferior Officers, four Guns, five Barrels of Powder, near eight hundred Armes, all their Carriages and Provision, and chased them home to their Garrison; [Page 6] the night then approaching, we might not beset the Town to keep in their Horse, but drew back to the field, so that in the night, the enemy deserted the Town and fled, leaving a Garrison in the Castle: Saturday we entred the Town and Besieged the Castle, began our Battery on Munday, but spent much Ammunition to little purpose.

Tuesday giving over we fired the outer gate, and seased the walls, gained the Castle, took prisoners and hundred & twenty Com­mon Souldiers, and neer twenty Comman­ders and Officers, whereof were Colonell Manley the Governour, Lieut. Colonel Edger, Major Hawton, Captain Bushell, Capt. Tho­mas, Capt. Baudley, Capt. Moore, and Capt. Cromwell; one piece of Ordnance, and hundred and twenty Arms, some pillage to the Soul­diers, beside the Provision.

Yesterday being the 8. of August, we had a [Page 7] day of publique Humiliation and Thanks­giving in Pembrook and Haverford, and the Leager: This day, we drew our force of Horse and foot before Carew Castle, and are drawing up our Ordnance to plant them before the Castle; relying upon the Lord of Heaven for a blessing; In all these Actions we blesse God, we lost but two men, and about sixty wounded, none mortally.