A letter from Sir William Waller, a Member of the House of Commons, to the Right Honorable, Robert Earl of Essex his excellencie; of a great victory he obtained at Malmsbury, 23. Martii, in the county of Wilts: with the names of divers of the commanders in chief that he took, with 300 foot, a troop of horse, and many peeces of ordnance. Also a true relation of Sergeant Major Burghells valour, who went into the enemies quarters at Sherston, routed them, took twenty five prisoners, one captain, two lieutenants, one quarter-master, killed eight, and took forty or fifty horses and arms, without the losse of one man. Ordered by the Commons in Parliament, that this letter be forthwith printed and published: H: Elsynge, Cl. Parl. D. Com.

A letter from Sir William Waller, a Member of the House of Commons, to the Right Honorable, Robert Earl of Essex his excellencie;

of a great victory he obtained at Malmsbury, 23. Martii, in the county of Wilts: with the names of divers of the commanders in chief that he took, with 300 foot, a troop of horse, and many peeces of ordnance. Also a true relation of Sergeant Major Burghells valour, who went into the enemies quarters at Sherston, routed them, took twenty five prisoners, one captain, two lieutenants, one quarter-master, killed eight, and took forty or fifty horses and arms, without the losse of one man. Ordered by the Commons in Parliament, that this letter be forthwith printed and published: H: Elsynge, Cl. Parl. D. Com.
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Waller, William, Sir, 1597?-1668
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: London : printed for Edw. Husbands, and are to be sold at his shop in the middle Temple, March 28. 1643.
Subjects:
Burghell, > Sergeant Major > Early works to 1800.
Essex, Robert Devereux, > Earl of, > 1591-1646 > Early works to 1800.
Great Britain > History > Civil War, 1642-1649 > Early works to 1800.
Malmesbury (England) > Siege, 1643 > Early works to 1800.
Notes:Physical description: 8 p. ; 4to.

Citations/References: Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), W542

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