The Old History of Bradford, 1776: With the Memoirs of General Fairfax; the Battles of Leeds and Wakefield; the Sieges of Manchester, Preston, &c.; the Sore Calamities at the Taking of Bradford; and the Life of Oliver Cromwell. Embellished with the Portrait of Fairfax; the Bowling Hall Ghost Scene; the Slaying of Lord Newport's Son; and a View of Bradford Church with Woolpacks on the Steepleeditor, 1894 - 95 pages |
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Page 36 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Page 35 - Wing charged first the Enemy's Right Wing ; which was performed for a while with much resolution on both sides ; but the Enemy, at length, was put to the worst. Our Right Wing had not, all, so good success, by reason of the whins [furze] and ditches which we were to pass over before we could get to the Enemy, which put us into great disorder : notwithstanding, I drew up a body of 400 Horse.
Page 34 - The enemy not knowing what forces we had in the town, stay'd till the rest of the army came up, which was about a mile behind. This gave our foot some advantage in their retreat, it being five miles to Hull, and the way on narrow banks. I sent the horse by Cottingham...
Page 80 - ... a tertian ague. For a week this disorder continued without any dangerous symptoms, insomuch that every other day he walked abroad ; but one day after dinner his five physicians coming to wait upon him, one of them having felt his pulse, said that it intermitted. At this, being somewhat surprised, he turned pale, fell into a cold sweat, and when he was almost fainting, ordered himself to be carried to bed ; where, by the assistance of cordials, being brought a little to himself, he made his will...
Page 67 - ... battery, and put ourselves in the best posture of defence possible, in Hopes of repulsing them once more. They presently began to play their cannon upon us with the greatest fury and indignation imaginable, so that their shot cut the cords whereon the sheets of wool hung, and down they fell, which the enemy immediately perceiving, loudly huzza'd at their fall ! but night approaching, the fire of their crnnon in some measure ceased, and we in some sort repaired our breaches.
Page 35 - He marched three or four days near to us : but, for want of good intelligence, we did not know so much. For I altogether trusted to the care of our new friends, being a stranger in those parts...
Page 26 - ... town otherwise than by strength of men, and that we had not above ten or twelve days provision for so many as were necessary to keep it ; we resolved the next morning very early, with a body of three thousand men, to attempt his whole army, as they lay in their quarters three miles off. Hoping by it to put him to some distraction, which could not be done any other way, by reason of the unequal numbers.
Page 35 - Lancashire held out, which was besieged by the forces of that county, but afterward the siege was raised by prince Rupert. Having spent three or four months in this expedition, my father commanded me back into Yorkshire, that by the conjunction of our forces he might be abler to take the field. We met about Ferry-bridge, he being come out of Hull thither, with intent to fall upon the enemies garrison at Selby.
Page 15 - Hotham, with three troops of horse, and some Dragoons, came to us : Then we marched to Leeds ; but the enemy having notice of it, quitted the town, and in haste fled to York. We advanced to Tadcaster, eight miles from York, that we might have more room, and be less burthensome to our friends ; and being increased to one thousand men, it was thought fit that we should keep the pass at Wetherby, for the securing of the West-Riding, or the greatest part of it, from whence our chief supplies came. I...
Page 31 - The enemy strove to pass that way, but it being narrow, there was a sudden stop, where we were mingled one among another. Here I received a shot in the wrist of my arm, which made the bridle fall out of my hand, and being among the nerves and veins, suddenly let out such a quantity of blood, that I was ready to fall from my horse...