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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.

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Main Author:	Waller, William, Sir, 1597?-1668
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Printed for Edw. Husbands ..., March 28, 1643.
Series:	Early English books online.
Subjects:	Burghell, > Sergeant Major. Essex, Robert Devereux, > Earl of, > 1591-1646. Malmesbury (England) > Siege, 1643.
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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.
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