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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1805. 



*' and that which I did, was not by 

 '• chance, but conduct.'' 



" 1 had my share in regaining, at 

 " Coiirtray, that honour the Eng- 

 '' lish lost at iN^ewbnrne, for which 

 " his grace of Newcastle was pleased 

 '• to honour me (and some others) 

 " with knighthood."* 



" The retreat thatwas made from 

 " the Scots at the battle of Bowden- 

 " hill, 1 made ; having the com- 

 " niand of four hundred horse for 

 *' the guard of the left wing : as 

 " major Jackson had for the right 

 " wing : but he being presently 

 *' beaten by the forlorn of Scots 

 *' that came against him ; I was 

 " drawn to the rear of the body of 

 *' the army ; whicli was to march a 

 " mile and a half in a plain cam- 

 " pania in fair day before the 

 " Scotch army came to descend a 

 " hill in the inclosure." 



" Both the forlorns concentred 

 <' against me, and I made good the 

 *' retreat without the loss of a man, 

 *' until I came at the brink of the 

 *' hills, where they fell into the rear 

 " of the last body that drew off, and 

 ^ pursued it into the inclosure, 

 ** (where almost all our army was 

 *' in confusion) but these were re- 

 " pulsed by two parties that I had 

 *< sent in before : upon which, the 

 *' body of their horse came down 

 " upon us whilst we were in that 

 '' disorder, and had routed our 

 *' army, but for Sir ^Villiara Hud- 

 " dlcs-tone's regiment of foot." 



" Upon our retreat to York, the 

 ** Scots followed us, and my lord 

 " Newcastle sent away his horse to 

 " Newark, under the conduct of 

 " Sir Charles Lucas, which he per- 

 " formed so excellently, in the face 



" of the Scotch and Fairfax's armyj 

 " that he sustained no loss." 



" From thence I was sent by ge- 



" neral to the prince Rupert to 



" Shrew sbury, to solicit him to re- 

 " lieve York, in which I ran many 

 " hazaiii in passing by several of 

 " the "uei.iy's garrisons. ''^ 



" At the battle of Hessy-moor, 

 " I had my horse shot under me, as 

 " I caracoled at the head of the 

 " body 1 commanded, and so near 

 " the enemy, that I could not be 

 " mounted again ; but charged on 

 " foot, and beat Sir Hugh Bethell's 

 " regiment of horse, who was 

 " wounded and dismounted, and my 

 " servant brought me his horse. 

 " When I was mounted upon him^ 

 " the wind driving the smoke so, 

 " as I could not sec, what was be- 

 " come of the body I commanded, 

 ^' which went in pursuit of the 

 " enemy : 1 retired over the glen, 

 ••' w here I saw a body of some two 

 " thousand horse that were broken, 

 " which, as I endeavoured to rally, 

 " I saw Sir John Mussey, major- 

 " general to the prince, come gal- 

 " loping tlirough the glen. I rid 

 " to him and told him, that there 

 " were none in that great body, but 

 " they knew either himself or me^ 

 " and that if he would help me to 

 " put them in order, we might rc- 

 " gain the field." 



" He told me, broken horse would 

 ^' not fight, and galloped from me 

 " towards York. I returned to 

 " that body, by that time it was 

 " night, and Sir Marmaduke Lang- 

 " dale, having had those bodies he 

 " commanded broken, came to me, 

 " and we staid in the field until 

 *' twelve o'clock at night, w hen Sir 



Joha 



* Sir Philip Monckton, knight, 1617. Sir Francis INronckton, knight, 1642, nt 

 York, Jan. 25. Sir Philip Monckton, knight, 1C41, at Newcastle. 



