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teers, and played so fiercely upon us, and that before the whole 

 body of our foot could be drawn up, and their horse likewise possess- 

 ing a plain field and a great ditch betwixt us lined with muske- 

 teers, and keeping our horse in a ground full of pits, that for the 

 space of two hours or thereabouts, we were forced to give ground, 

 though very little ; but when our cannon was well placed, and 

 our foot once drawn up, within half-an-hour we put their foot on 

 the right wing of the battle to retire, and pursued them so hotly, 

 that they presently were put into a disorderly retreat ; whereupon 

 part of our horse fell upon that wing, and the cannon playing upon 

 the body of their horse killed many and routed them, together 

 with our horse charging at that time, so we pursued them, killing 

 and taking them to Bradford town end, which was more than two 

 miles, in which chase was slain (as is supposed) about 500 of the 

 enemies, and about 1400 taken prisoners, amongst which many 

 officers, together with three field pieces, and all their ammunition 

 there, which was not much. We had many soldiers hurt, two 

 colonels of horse slain, Heron and Howard, and some officers hurt, 

 as Colonel Throckmorton, Colonel Carnaby, and Captain Maison, 

 all recoverable, and not above twenty common soldiers slain. 



' That night we came before Bradford, a strong town, and ill 

 approaching to it, yet we made our approaches that night. The 

 next day we had placed our cannon and made places of batteries 

 very near the town and church, where they had two drakes upon 

 the top of the steeple, and lined the steeple with woolpacks ; yet 

 our cannon dismounted their drakes upon the top of the steeple, 

 and battered the steeple so as none could stay on it, where they 

 had many musketeers, and so we got both the ends of the town 

 before Sunday night ; and in the night-time Sir Thomas Fairfax, 

 governor of the town, his lady, Major Gifford, and Sir Henry Fowlis, 

 escaped out of the town, and upon a moor was forced to charge 

 with their party a party of our horse, where his lady and his cornet 

 were taken prisoners, but he and the other two being well horsed 

 escaped, though pursued very near Leeds, which was above five 

 miles ; and that morning our men entered the town, took pri- 

 soners : 



1. Colonel Malliver (Mauleverer ?). 



2. Sergeant-Major Willshire. 



3. Captain Mudd. 



4. Captain Rogers. 



5. Captain Bland. 



6. Captain O'Neal. 



7. Captain White. 



8. Captain Smith. 



