OUr Armie having long faced the Scot's Armie to the West of Edin­burg, and finding they could not draw them to fight, thought fit to draw off to Dunbar, to refresh them­selves. And being com to their old Quartrers at Mussleborough, and be­ginning their march on Saturday night they were pressed upon by the Scot's Armie close after them, so, as they were somtimes within a mile, and somtimes half a mile of their Armie. Our Armie quartered that night at Haddington: Sunday [Page 2]morning our Armie marched to Dunbar, whither wee came on Sunday night. And their whole Armie followed, con­sisting of eighteen Regiments of Foot, which, together with their Hors, and Dragoons (as themselve say) were 27000, our Armie about 12000. They there drew up their Armie upon a verie high hill, within a mile of the Town; and ours stood in Battalia in the Corn-fields, be­tween them and the Town, readie to engage. Munday morning the Enemie drew down part of the Armie to the foot of the Hill toward our Armie. On munday the Lord General, Major General Lambert, and Lievtenant General Fleetwood, drew up our men into Batalia in the Field, where they stood. The Enemie brought down their Train to their Armie, before drawn down, and their Hors were in the Fields on each wing of their Foot. There was between both Armies a verie great Ditch of 40 or 50 Foot wide, and neer as deep; in the bottom of which was a little rill of water; this place was of great disadvantage to those who should first attempt to pass it.

That night our Armie, by command, marched as close to the said ditch as possible they could, and placed their Field Pieces in everie Regiment. Tuesdaie morning at four of the clock wee drew down a Brigade consisting of three Regiments of Hors, viz. Major General Lambert's, Commissarie Generall Whalley's, and Colonel Lilborn's; and two Regiments of Foot toward a Pass, that is upon the Road-waie, between Dunbar and Barwick, by which wee might with more eas pass over to their Armie; And there gave the Enemie and hot Alarm, firing hard one at another; the dispute lasted there above an hour: the issue was, our men gained the Ground, and possessed the Pass. Then the Enemies Hors charged strongly, beeing most Lanceers, and coming down the Hill, our Hors gave waie a little; but presently Rallying, and our Foot of that Brigade advan­cing and charging the Enemie, put them suddainly to the Rout, it beeing now about six of the Clock in the Morn­ing: their Foot seeing this Rout and the Flying of their [Page 3]Hors, threw down their Arms and Ran awaie; their Left wing of Hors seeing that, fled also; our Hors and Foot both pursued them to, and beyond Haddington, cut down and kill'd in the pursuit above four thousand: and have taken, as near as can bee judg'd, ten thousand Prisoners, and above then thousand several Arms. They left all the Guns they had, behind them, beeing in number nine, with all their Ammunition, bag and baggage, and all they there had. Wee have taken one hundred and eightie Foot-Colors. Prisoners of qualitie, brought in before the Messenger came awaie, were, Sr James Lumsdain, heretofore Governor of New-Gastle; and now the Lievtenant General osc their Armie; General David Leslie's Lievtenant Colonel: which Lievtenant Colonel saith, that hee supposeth Da­vid Leslie himself is slain. Divers other Captains and Offi­cers, of whom a particular account was not taken when the Messenger came awaie. Wee lost none after the dispute for the Pass; and in that dispute not above twentie. No Commission-Officer slain, or wounded: onely Major Brown was shot in the Wrist the day before: Major Lister was taken Prisoner; but presently releas'd. Commissarie General Whalley had his Hors kill'd under him; but him­self had no hurt.

This is the brief of what was known when the Messen­ger came awaie, which was the same day a little after Noon.