Perfect Diurnall in London, Middlesex

Royalist siege action ends with heavy casualties and plunder

Accounts describe a brutal assault on a town where Gouverneur and about 7 to 800 soldiers and townsmen were killed or wounded. The garrison faced surrender terms rejected by townspeople who later submitted after plundering was halted and the dead were buried. Prisoners included Gol. Conninghaugh and others. ships, ordnance, arms, and ammunition were seized as prize.