Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Essex ya yi imanin cewa ya kafa jagorancin jagorancin Charles kuma, ba tare da so ya kori sojojinsa masu fama da yunwa ba, ya rage jinkirinsa a kan tafiya zuwa Swindon. Ya kara jinkirta bayan Swindon lokacin da dakarun dawakai na Rupert suka kama, kuma sakamakon yakin Aldbourne Chase a ranar 18 ga Satumba ya ba sauran sojojin Royalist damar rufe nesa. A ƙarshe Charles ya kawo Essex zuwa yaƙi a ranar 20 ga Satumba a Yaƙin Newbury na farko
, amma ya kasa kayar da shi, yana barin 'yan majalisa su isa amincin sansanin su na London bayan kwana hudu.