The sack of Wooler on 22 Feb was a terrible thing to see. Those Scots are making things miserable for the border towns as they rape and pillage southward.
In the south, the Earl of Essex's army is at Reading, Parliamentary forces are in Knottingley in West Yorkshire and Selby too. Prince Maurice sits outside Poole with a substantial army. There are rumours of Irish reinforcements for the King landing in Devon.
The King's army appears to be at Banbury in the midlands
Little has been seen or heard of Fairfax or the Earl of Manchester's men.
