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A list of the particulars of this Victory. 
“ Lievtenant Chamberlain 1 Lievtenant more 
1 Cornet 58 other Officers and Souldiers 
12 other Officers and Troupers 80 Armes 
Some killed with the fire Their Horse rescued 
Lievtenant Clerke The enemy routed 
Lievtenant Hervey Many wounded.” 
In the “ Mercurius Civicus” it is stated that the garrison 
kiHed nearly eighty of the enemy, and on sallying out took 
about sixty of them; that among the prisoners there were 
two captains and three lieutenants, Lieutenants Chamber- 
laine, son to Chamberlaine the Lawyer, Lieutenant Clarke, 
and Lieutenant Hervey; and that the enemy carried away 
eight cartloads of dead and wounded men into Banbury. 
The “ Mercurius Aulicus,” a Royalist periodical, gives the 
following account of this transaction :— 
Saturday, Feb. 1st.—The Rebells tell us they have taken 
above 100 officers and souldiers from the garrison of Banbury; 
indeed, on Tuesday last, his Majesty’s forces from Banbury 
went within the outworks of Compton House and took 44 
horse out of the stables, most of which the rebells regained, 
with a few Banbury men, surprized in their quarters coming 
home from Compton; but for those officers whom the 
Rebells mention in print, they having taken a Banbury 
Quarter Master with his rolle, were thereby enabled to take 
so many names prisoners, the men themselves being safe in 
Banbury.” 
That the Royal party were severely defeated in this attack 
there can be no doubt, but the account as to their numbers, 
given by Sergeant Major Purefoy, and that he had only two 
men wounded in a contest which he acknowledged lasted for 
several hours must be taken as most exaggerated. 
