130, 131, 133, 136, Clarendon, vol.v.p.

665.
The disposition of the forces on both sides was as follows: part of the Scottish army was employed in taking Pomfret and other towns in Yorkshire: part of it besieged Carlisle valiantly defended by Sir Thomas Glenham.

Chester, where Biron commanded, had long been blockaded by Sir William Brereton; and was reduced to great difficulties.

The king, being joined by the princes Rupert and Maurice, lay at Oxford with a considerable army, about fifteen thousand men.

Fairfax and Cromwell were posted at Windsor, with the new-modelled army, about twenty-two thousand men.