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either diverting Manchester, and those forces about Newark ' 

 (War burton, iii, 381). The letter of March 9 gives an account of 

 the progress of the campaign from February 19 to March 8, inclu- 

 ding the three days' manoeuvring and skirmishing near Sunderland 

 on the 6th, 7th, and 8th of March. The skirmish near Corbridge 

 on February 19, is related at length in a letter from Edmund 

 Bowles to the younger Vane, which is printed in Terry's Life of 

 Alexander Leslie, p. 192. Newcastle's own account of these inci- 

 dents is headed ' A true relation of all the observable accidents and 

 passages that have happened in these parts since my last to your 

 Majesty and before the 9th of this month ; with the reason of 

 the impossibility of making good the river of Tyne against the 

 Scots ' : 



Sir, — Thomas Riddell sent about 50 musketeers from Tynmouth Castle 

 to destroy some corn in the enemy's quarters, from whence they were drawn 

 out as he was informed. But it seems his intelligence betrayed them to the 

 enemy, and about 45 of them were taken prisoners, who being carried to 

 Leslie he sent them to me as a token, and I returned him thanks for his 

 civility with this answer, that I hoped very shortly to repay that debt 

 with interest : which I did within a few clays. The 19th of February 1643 

 Sir Marmaduke Langdale fell upon their quarters at Corbridge in North- 

 umberland, but the enemy having timely notice of his coming were drawn 

 into the field. He thereupon sent some troops to second those that first 

 entered the towns, who charged the enemy, but the enemy with their 

 lancers forced them to retreat. He sent more, but the enemy charged 

 them gallantly, but durst not pursue them because of our reserve. At last 

 he rallied his forces and took about 200 foot with him and forced the 

 enemy to retreat. He routed them totally and followed the chase three 

 miles, killed above 200, took above 150 prisoners, besides divers officers slain, 

 whereof one named Captain Haddon. The prisoners Major Agnew, major 

 to the Lord Kirkcudbright, dangerously hurt, Archibald Magee his Quarter- 

 master, Haddon's Cornet Carr, grandchild to the Lord Roburgh. There 

 was 15 of their troops of horse, whereof Leslie's life-guard was one, and 3 

 troops of dragooners, and that Leslie's son was their general, who is shot 

 through the shoulder. There is 2 horse colours and a dragoon colour taken. 

 The same morning Colonel Dudley from his quarters about Prudhoe 

 marched over the river with some horse and dragoons and fell into a quarter 

 of the enemy's in Northumberland and slew and took all that was in it, 

 which was 55 prisoners, and gave such an alarm to four of their quarters 

 that they quit the same with disorder and some loss ; in which neither 

 had we suffered any loss at all had not Colonel Brandling been taken 

 prisoner by the unfortunate fall of his horse ; and Colonel Dudley, per- 

 ceiving a greater force preparing to assault him, retreated, and in his 

 retreat took eight of the Scots prisoners, both horse and men, but they 

 took four of his dragoons, whose horse were so weak they could not pass 

 the river. First, after I had made true inquisition of the passes over the 

 river Tyne, I found that there was so many fordable places betwixt New- 

 burn and Hexham,about twelve miles distant one from the other,that it was 



