Two great victories. I. One obtained by Collonel Fleetvvood at Shaftsbury on Sunday, August the 3. 1545 [sic]. 51 of the Kings Commissioners taken prisoners as they sate in Councell, with a perfect list of all their names. II. Another victory obtained by Lieutenant Generall Crumwell, against the Club-men at Hambleton-Hill. 2500 routed. 300 taken prisoners. 2000 armes taken. 12 slaine upon the place. Many wounded. Also all their colours, and drums taken, and all the rest of their baggage. Commanded to be printed, and is published according to order.

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Two great victories. I. One obtained by Collonel Fleetvvood at Shaftsbury on Sunday, August the 3. 1545 [sic]. 51 of the Kings Commissioners taken prisoners as they sate in Councell, with a perfect list of all their names. II. Another victory obtained by Lieutenant Generall Crumwell, against the Club-men at Hambleton-Hill. 2500 routed. 300 taken prisoners. 2000 armes taken. 12 slaine upon the place. Many wounded. Also all their colours, and drums taken, and all the rest of their baggage. Commanded to be printed, and is published according to order.

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London, :: Printed by T. Forcet.,

1645.

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Subject terms

Fleetwood, Charles, d. 1692.

Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.

Shaftesbury (England) -- History.

Hambleton Hills (England) -- History.

Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800.

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"Two great victories. I. One obtained by Collonel Fleetvvood at Shaftsbury on Sunday, August the 3. 1545 [sic]. 51 of the Kings Commissioners taken prisoners as they sate in Councell, with a perfect list of all their names. II. Another victory obtained by Lieutenant Generall Crumwell, against the Club-men at Hambleton-Hill. 2500 routed. 300 taken prisoners. 2000 armes taken. 12 slaine upon the place. Many wounded. Also all their colours, and drums taken, and all the rest of their baggage. Commanded to be printed, and is published according to order." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B06313.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• The whole relation of the taking of all the Kings Commissioners, as they sate in Counsell at Shaftsbury, and were brought Prisoners to Sherburne, by Collonel FLEETVVOOD, on the Lords day, August, 3. 1645.
• A List of the Countrey Gentlemen called the Leaders of the Club men for Wilts, Dorset, and Somerset, brought Prisoners to Sherbourne on the Lords day Aug. 3. 1645. taken at Shaftsbury.
• A Relation of the routing and dispersing of 2500 Club-men, by Leiutenant Generall Crom∣well, that were gathered in a Body in Batalia upon Hambleton-Hill neere Blanford.
• A List of what was taken from the Club-men in the fight betweene them and Lieutenant Generall Crom∣well at Hambleton-hill on Mun∣day the 4th of August 1645.