Evidently sufficient, this extensive measure of dispersal finally invited a Royalist counter-attack. at first, the Marquis meant to release a couple of simultaneous raids at a number of issues alongside front, yet on the final minute all yet of them have been referred to as off. The Duchess of Newcastle lengthy afterwards darkly ascribed this to ‘Treachery’. Given the variety of Scots officials then serving in his military this is often totally attainable, really as so much of them ‘went domestic’ to affix their country’s military in the course of the following few weeks. At any fee, the 1st assault was once introduced by means of Sir Marmaduke Langdale, who used to be then occupying Hexham, twenty miles west of town. At sunrise on 19 February he moved out of the city on the head of twenty-five troops of horse belonging to his personal, Colonel Robert Brandling’s and Sir John Fenwick’s regiments, and three hundred musketeers. His aim was once a Scots cavalry brigade quartered in close by Corbridge and the plan was once very simple. He himself may circulate down the Newcastle street with of the regiments and the musketeers whereas Brandling stayed at the south financial institution of the river and swung round via Dilston to be able to strategy Corbridge from the south. user-friendly notwithstanding it's going to were, the operation got here aside once it all started. within the first position as he approached Corbridge Langdale was once stunned to discover the Scots awaiting him. regiments, the Lord General’s and Lord Kirkcudbright’s commanded through Lieutenant Colonel James Ballantyne and Lieutenant Colonel James Mercer, totalling fifteen troops, have been sunrise up at the flat pink condominium Haugh. not anything daunted, he charged them right now in basic terms to he counter-charged, and in 3 successive engagements used to be thrown again on his assisting musketeers. for his or her half they stoutly held their flooring and handled the Scots to a volley. Thrown into disease they have been in flip compelled to retreat. Langdale have been too good battered to pursue them some distance, yet no quicker had they drawn off than a unprecedented coincidence happened. As they approached Corbridge what may still they locate yet Robert Brandling and his ten troops, who had simply crossed the river. watching for to fall at the unsuspecting rear of the Scots, Brandling’s males have been understandably shocked to fulfill them coming head on. no longer strangely, they pulled up and in an try and inspire them Brandling himself spurred ahead to problem one of many Scots officials to unmarried strive against. This became out to be a mistake for a Lieutenant Elliot of the Lord General’s Regiment permitted, pulled him off his horse and took him prisoner. Dismayed, his males bolted and have been chased via Corbridge and again around the Tyne. The day was once now not over but. The Scots brigade commander, Lord Balgonie (Leven’s son) now made up our minds that his place used to be too uncovered and that it might be prudent to fall backtrack river. in the meantime, 8 miles away Sir Gamaliel Dudley had forded the Tyne lower than Prudhoe citadel and overwhelmed up the quarters of Fraser’s Dragoons in Ovingham. to this point so stable, yet he tarried too lengthy and used to be nonetheless at the north part of the river while Balgonie grew to become up and unceremoniously chased him throughout it.