A
Short
Account
of
a
Second
Engagement
,
That
happened
on
Monday
Night
and
Tuesday
Morning
,
between
the
King
and
Prince
of
Oranges
Army
near
WINDSOR
:
With
the
King's
withdrawing
from
White-Hall
;
and
the
Burning
of
the
Popish
Mass-Houses
;
as
also
the
Surrender
of
the
Tower
of
London
.
WE
Promis'd
in
our
Last
,
a
fuller
Account
of
the
Engagement
at
Reading
;
but
there
happen'd
since
a
deeper
Skirmish
between
the
same
Forces
,
and
other
surprizal
Accidents
since
of
greater
Consequence
,
obliges
us
for
the
Publick
Satisfaction
,
to
give
a
further
Account
of
the
present
Occurrences
.
The
King's
Forces
at
Reading
,
for
the
smallness
of
their
Number
,
being
worsted
;
The
Prince's
Army
,
without
any
considerable
Resistance
,
made
their
gradual
Approaches
towards
Windsor
,
where
some
Regiments
of
the
King's
being
Quarter'd
,
went
out
in
Battalia
to
Oppose
them
.
The
Fight
began
in
the
Evening
,
which
continued
all
Night
,
with
fierce
Skirmishes
,
manag'd
with
all
the
Art
and
Stratagems
that
Experience
or
Courage
cou'd
direct
.
In
the
Morning
,
coming
to
a
resolute
Re-encounter
,
when
the
Prince
of
Orange
prevailing
,
got
an
absolute
Conquest
.
This
sudden
Defeat
,
with
Horror
and
Consternation
,
drew
the
Residue
of
the
Vanquish'd
Forces
towards
London
,
as
their
last
Sanctuary
.
But
the
consequence
is
as
deplorable
,
when
coming
to
Town
,
they
were
Disbanded
by
their
Officers
,
as
were
several
other
Regiments
the
same
day
.
The
King
having
notice
of
this
Defeat
,
withdrew
from
Court
,
with
a
few
Nobles
,
on
Tuesday
Morning
,
about
Two
a
Clock
;
the
Queen
and
Young
Prince
being
gone
the
day
before
.
The
consequence
of
this
,
was
as
Deplorable
as
His
Majesty's
Absenting
,
when
the
Commonalty
taking
advantage
of
this
Opportunity
,
did
what
seem'd
good
in
their
own
Eyes
;
and
the
same
Night
,
they
gathering
into
Multitudes
in
several
parts
of
the
City
,
made
great
Bone-fires
,
by
pulling
down
the
Popish
Mass-Houses
,
viz.
That
of
St.
Jones's
,
Lincolus-Inn-Fields
,
Lime-street
,
&c.
Burning
their
Foppish
Trumpery
in
Smithfield
,
and
in
other
open
places
convenient
for
that
purpose
.
The
same
day
the
Lord
Mayor
,
sitting
in
Council
,
order'd
the
Government
of
the
Tower
into
the
Hands
of
the
City
.
The
Prince
,
without
Resistance
,
is
now
Marching
towards
the
City
,
with
his
Intire
Body
.
There
being
this
day
Arriv'd
here
some
Officers
Commissioners
from
His
Highness
,
to
assign
Quarters
for
his
Van-Guard
,
whose
Orders
are
effectually
performed
,
and
Quarters
already
Taken
in
Holbourn
and
else-where
;
they
being
expected
in
Town
to
Morrow
,
and
the
Prince
on
Thursday
.