A relation of the most remarkable transaction of the last campaigne in the Confederate Army, under the command of His Majesty of Great Britain and after of the elector of Bavaria in the Spanish Netherlands, Anno Dom. 1692
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             A relation of the most remarkable transaction of the last campaigne in the Confederate Army, under the command of His Majesty of Great Britain and after of the elector of Bavaria in the Spanish Netherlands, Anno Dom. 1692
             D'Auvergne, Edward, 1660-1737.
          
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           A
           RELATION
           Of
           the
           Most
           Remarkable
           Transactions
           Of
           the
           Last
           CAMPAIGNE
           ,
           IN
           THE
           
             Confederate
             Army
          
           ,
           Under
           the
           Command
           of
           His
           Majesty
           of
           GREAT
           BRITAIN
           ;
           AND
           AFTER
           ,
           Of
           the
           Elector
           of
           BAVARIA
           ,
           IN
           THE
           
             SPANISH
             NETHERLANDS
             ,
             Anno
             Dom.
          
           1692.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Dorman
             Newman
          
           ,
           at
           the
           King's-Arms
           ,
           in
           the
           Poultrey
           .
           1693.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           John
           Earl
           of
           Bathe
           .
        
         
           Viscount
           LANS
           DOWNE
           ,
           Baron
           Granville
           of
           Kilkhampton
           ,
           and
           Biddiford
           ,
           Lord-Lieutenant
           of
           the
           Counties
           of
           Devon
           and
           Cornwall
           ,
           Governour
           of
           Their
           Majesties
           Royal
           Cittadel
           of
           Plimouth
           ,
           Colonel
           of
           one
           of
           the
           English
           Regiments
           of
           Foot
           in
           the
           Low-Countries
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           Their
           Majesties
           most
           Honourable
           Privy-Council
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             My
             LORD
             ,
          
        
         
           THE
           desire
           I
           have
           to
           do
           something
           as
           may
           express
           that
           Respect
           I
           owe
           to
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           is
           the
           chief
           reason
           that
           I
           have
           undertook
           the
           Relation
           of
           the
           last
           Campaigne
           ;
           for
           since
           those
           Years
           which
           your
           Lordship
           has
           so
           signally
           spent
           in
           the
           Service
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           and
           those
           important
           Governments
           you
           have
           
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           at
           this
           Juncture
           of
           time
           ,
           do
           not
           only
           dispence
           ,
           but
           even
           oblige
           your
           Lordship
           not
           to
           be
           present
           with
           your
           Regiment
           in
           the
           
             Low
             Countries
          
           ;
           I
           hope
           this
           Relation
           may
           be
           acceptable
           to
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           in
           which
           your
           Regiment
           has
           not
           had
           a
           small
           share
           ,
           in
           the
           most
           remarkable
           Occurrences
           of
           the
           Campaigne
           .
        
         
           There
           may
           be
           some
           Solaecisms
           in
           Soldiery
           in
           this
           Relation
           ;
           but
           I
           hope
           your
           Lordship
           will
           be
           pleas'd
           to
           Pardon
           them
           ,
           since
           they
           proceed
           from
           a
           Clergy-man
           ,
           who
           may
           be
           allow'd
           such
           Mistakes
           ,
           and
           who
           ventures
           upon
           so
           Forreign
           an
           Undertaking
           to
           his
           Function
           ,
           (
           which
           ought
           to
           have
           been
           perform'd
           by
           abler
           Pens
           ,
           to
           express
           the
           Honour
           of
           
           English-men
           )
           to
           assure
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           ,
        
         
           
             My
             LORD
             ,
          
           Your
           Lordship
           's
           most
           humble
           and
           obedient
           Servant
           and
           Chaplain
           ,
           
             ED.
             D'AUVERGNE
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           WHEN
           I
           drew
           up
           this
           Relation
           ,
           I
           was
           far
           from
           designing
           to
           publish
           it
           :
           What
           I
           did
           was
           for
           the
           particular
           Satisfaction
           of
           some
           .
           Persons
           to
           whom
           I
           am
           obliged
           .
           But
           since
           I
           have
           finished
           it
           ,
           a
           great
           many
           Friends
           have
           desir'd
           Copies
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           I
           found
           both
           tedious
           and
           chargeable
           to
           get
           written
           over
           .
           This
           is
           the
           particular
           Reason
           as
           makes
           me
           comply
           with
           their
           Desires
           to
           have
           it
           Printed
           .
           For
           I
           declare
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           with
           some
           Reluctancy
           that
           I
           appear
           in
           publick
           in
           this
           case
           .
           However
           ,
           since
           't
           is
           done
           ,
           I
           must
           needs
           let
           the
           Reader
           know
           ,
           that
           as
           I
           had
           no
           Design
           of
           having
           this
           Relation
           publick
           ,
           so
           first
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           Reason
           that
           it
           has
           been
           so
           late
           coming
           out
           ,
           when
           the
           French
           by
           their
           early
           and
           active
           Motions
           do
           already
           enter
           upon
           the
           following
           Campaign
           :
           And
           besides
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           reason
           that
           I
           have
           expressed
           my self
           with
           more
           Freedom
           in
           the
           following
           Relation
           ,
           which
           ,
           though
           't
           is
           an
           Argument
           of
           its
           being
           so
           much
           the
           more
           impartial
           ,
           yet
           it
           may
           be
           the
           less
           taking
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           As
           I
           am
           a
           Clergy-man
           ,
           I
           think
           that
           there
           is
           a
           greater
           .
           Obligation
           upon
           me
           to
           speak
           Truth
           ,
           and
           nothing
           but
           what
           is
           Truth
           :
           And
           therefore
           ,
           if
           there
           is
           any
           thing
           in
           this
           Account
           that
           is
           not
           so
           ,
           or
           if
           I
           have
           said
           any
           thing
           that
           may
           detract
           from
           the
           Reputation
           of
           any
           Man
           or
           Country
           ;
           or
           if
           I
           have
           done
           them
           any
           Injustice
           in
           
           not
           publishing
           their
           Merits
           ,
           I
           shall
           be
           very
           ready
           to
           give
           both
           them
           and
           Truth
           Satisfaction
           as
           publickly
           as
           I
           do
           them
           wrong
           .
           However
           ,
           I
           think
           my self
           obliged
           to
           declare
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           know
           the
           Truth
           ;
           and
           what
           I
           do
           not
           know
           of
           my self
           to
           be
           so
           ,
           I
           have
           in
           that
           made
           use
           of
           creditable
           Informations
           from
           Parties
           concerned
           .
        
         
           If
           I
           say
           little
           of
           Foreign
           Nations
           concerned
           in
           the
           Alliance
           ,
           and
           which
           made
           by
           far
           the
           greater
           Number
           of
           our
           Army
           ,
           't
           is
           not
           out
           of
           any
           Principle
           of
           Partiality
           to
           my
           own
           Countrey-men
           ,
           but
           't
           is
           because
           I
           cannot
           be
           so
           well
           inform'd
           of
           their
           Actions
           as
           of
           our
           own
           ,
           they
           being
           Strangers
           to
           me
           .
        
         
           What
           I
           say
           of
           Grandval
           concerning
           his
           having
           killed
           the
           
             Mares
             chal
             de
             Humieres
          
           Nephew
           ,
           and
           his
           Adventures
           in
           Savoy
           ;
           as
           also
           what
           I
           speak
           concerning
           the
           Prince
           of
           Brabancon
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Elector's
           Design
           to
           take
           him
           into
           the
           Field
           the
           last
           Campaigne
           ,
           to
           withdraw
           him
           by
           this
           piece
           of
           Policy
           from
           the
           Government
           of
           Namur
           ,
           I
           would
           have
           no
           more
           stress
           laid
           upon
           the
           Truth
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           as
           a
           common
           Report
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           Publick
           does
           kindly
           accept
           these
           my
           Endeavours
           ,
           it
           will
           oblige
           me
           to
           be
           more
           exact
           and
           curious
           the
           next
           Campaign
           ,
           if
           God
           grants
           me
           Life
           and
           Health
           ;
           and
           I
           shall
           be
           more
           early
           in
           satisfying
           my
           Countrey
           with
           it
           .
           And
           I
           pray
           God
           so
           to
           unite
           the
           Hearts
           ,
           Counsels
           and
           Powers
           of
           our
           Allies
           ,
           under
           the
           Conduct
           of
           our
           glorious
           Monarch
           ,
           as
           may
           answer
           his
           Endeavours
           and
           our
           Expectations
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           see
           the
           French
           Power
           reduc'd
           to
           such
           Limits
           as
           may
           procure
           a
           lasting
           Peace
           to
           Christendom
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           RELATION
           Of
           the
           Most
           Remarkable
           Transactions
           Of
           the
           Last
           CAMPAIGNE
           .
        
         
           HIS
           Majesty
           endeavouring
           to
           be
           before-hand
           with
           the
           French
           this
           Campaigne
           ,
           came
           very
           early
           over
           from
           England
           to
           the
           Hague
           ,
           about
           the
           beginning
           of
           April
           ,
           where
           having
           spent
           some
           time
           in
           Conferences
           with
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Allies
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           afterwards
           went
           to
           Loo
           ,
           to
           take
           some
           Divertisement
           ,
           before
           he
           enter'd
           upon
           the
           Fatigues
           of
           the
           ensuing
           Campaigne
           ,
           expecting
           till
           matters
           were
           in
           a
           readiness
           to
           take
           the
           Field
           ;
           which
           prov'd
           not
           so
           early
           as
           (
           may
           be
           )
           was
           design'd
           ,
           both
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           foul
           Weather
           that
           happen'd
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           April
           ,
           and
           the
           beginning
           of
           May
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           great
           remoteness
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           slow
           motion
           of
           some
           of
           our
           Confederate
           Forces
           .
        
         
         
           The
           
             French
             King
          
           ,
           who
           owes
           his
           great
           Success
           ,
           chiefly
           ,
           to
           that
           quickness
           and
           activity
           wherewith
           he
           can
           execute
           his
           Undertakings
           ,
           and
           which
           is
           proper
           to
           the
           Nature
           of
           his
           Government
           ,
           began
           very
           early
           to
           move
           with
           his
           Forces
           ,
           threatning
           both
           Flanders
           with
           some
           considerable
           Siege
           ,
           and
           England
           with
           an
           Invasion
           ,
           to
           restore
           the
           late
           King
           to
           his
           pretended
           Dominions
           .
           To
           this
           end
           he
           causes
           most
           of
           his
           Forces
           to
           march
           towards
           Flanders
           ,
           and
           to
           rendezvous
           about
           Mons
           ,
           leaving
           the
           Rhine
           entirely
           destitute
           of
           Troops
           ,
           to
           render
           the
           Army
           in
           Flanders
           the
           more
           powerful
           and
           formidable
           ,
           being
           pretty
           secure
           both
           by
           the
           slowness
           of
           the
           Germans
           to
           take
           the
           Field
           ,
           and
           that
           Interest
           he
           had
           among
           some
           of
           the
           Princes
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           that
           nothing
           could
           be
           undertaken
           upon
           the
           Rhine
           by
           the
           Confederates
           ,
           before
           the
           execution
           of
           his
           Designs
           in
           Flanders
           ;
           to
           compass
           these
           vast
           Undertakings
           ,
           the
           
             French
             King
          
           not
           only
           drew
           off
           his
           Forces
           from
           the
           Rhine
           ,
           but
           likewise
           most
           of
           those
           he
           had
           in
           Savoy
           and
           Piedmont
           ,
           leaving
           Monsieur
           Catinat
           so
           weak
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           not
           been
           able
           to
           attempt
           any
           thing
           this
           Campaigne
           ,
           but
           even
           to
           suffer
           the
           Duke
           of
           Savoy
           to
           enter
           into
           Dauphiné
           ,
           and
           to
           leave
           it
           expos'd
           to
           the
           Fury
           of
           the
           Germans
           ,
           who
           have
           plunder'd
           burnt
           and
           destroy'd
           ,
           where-ever
           they
           have
           been
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           By
           this
           means
           the
           
             French
             King
          
           has
           not
           only
           been
           able
           to
           bring
           a
           very
           numerous
           and
           powerful
           Army
           in
           Flanders
           ,
           to
           undertake
           so
           considerable
           an
           Attempt
           as
           the
           Siege
           of
           Namur
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           think
           of
           restoring
           the
           late
           King
           to
           the
           Throne
           of
           England
           ;
           to
           this
           end
           he
           causes
           an
           Army
           to
           march
           towards
           the
           Coasts
           of
           Normandy
           ,
           pretending
           at
           first
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           to
           secure
           his
           Coasts
           from
           a
           Descent
           ,
           of
           which
           they
           spoke
           very
           much
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           for
           which
           they
           made
           some
           Preparations
           .
           This
           Army
           consisted
           of
           between
           16
           and
           20000
           Men
           ,
           both
           
           French
           and
           Irish
           ,
           which
           encamp'd
           at
           the
           Hogue
           ,
           a
           little
           Village
           by
           the
           Sea-side
           ,
           between
           the
           Cape
           of
           Barfleur
           ,
           and
           the
           Bay
           of
           Caen.
           
        
         
           The
           
             French
             King
          
           to
           cover
           this
           Invasion
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           help
           the
           transport
           of
           his
           Troops
           ,
           made
           all
           possible
           diligence
           to
           set
           out
           his
           Fleet
           ,
           to
           execute
           this
           great
           Design
           ,
           before
           ours
           and
           the
           Dutch
           Fleet
           cou'd
           be
           in
           a
           readiness
           to
           joyn
           ;
           which
           probably
           might
           have
           been
           ,
           if
           a
           contrary
           Wind
           had
           not
           kept
           Vice-Admiral
           Count
           
             D'
             Estrees
          
           in
           the
           Mediterranean
           twenty
           one
           days
           together
           ,
           with
           the
           Toulon
           Fleet.
           The
           
             French
             King
          
           therefore
           seeing
           that
           Tourville
           had
           already
           staid
           so
           long
           for
           the
           Toulon
           Fleet
           ,
           that
           the
           
             English
             and
             Dutch
          
           were
           ready
           to
           joyn
           ,
           order'd
           Admiral
           Count
           
             De
             Tourville
          
           ,
           to
           sail
           with
           what
           Fleet
           he
           had
           ready
           ,
           and
           to
           enter
           the
           Channel
           ,
           the
           Troops
           being
           embark'd
           in
           Normandy
           ,
           and
           he
           only
           expected
           to
           transport
           them
           over
           to
           England
           ;
           with
           this
           Order
           Tourville
           came
           into
           the
           Channel
           with
           Fifty
           four
           Men
           of
           War
           ,
           making
           strait
           to
           Normandy
           ,
           to
           joyn
           the
           Transport-ships
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           mean
           while
           ,
           every
           body
           wonder'd
           to
           see
           the
           King
           so
           unconcerned
           at
           Loo
           ,
           and
           his
           Kingdoms
           so
           nearly
           threatned
           with
           an
           Invasion
           ;
           every
           body
           thought
           ,
           that
           His
           Majesty
           would
           not
           be
           so
           sollicitous
           for
           the
           Safety
           of
           the
           
             Low
             Countries
          
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           would
           at
           least
           go
           over
           for
           England
           ,
           and
           look
           after
           the
           preservation
           of
           his
           own
           ;
           which
           (
           may
           be
           )
           was
           the
           very
           thing
           the
           
             French
             King
          
           would
           have
           ,
           and
           which
           he
           more
           design'd
           in
           this
           Project
           ,
           than
           the
           Restauration
           of
           King
           James
           :
           for
           't
           is
           very
           plain
           ,
           that
           His
           Majesty's
           Presence
           ,
           and
           his
           English
           Troops
           in
           the
           
             Spanish
             Netherlands
          
           ,
           put
           a
           great
           stop
           to
           his
           Proceedings
           ;
           whereas
           in
           the
           other
           War
           ,
           when
           the
           English
           were
           not
           in
           the
           Alliance
           ,
           
             Cambray
             ,
             Valenciennes
             ▪
          
           and
           St.
           Omer
           ,
           would
           be
           the
           work
           but
           of
           a
           Month's
           Campaigne
           ,
           
           but
           now
           his
           Conquests
           cannot
           go
           on
           so
           fast
           ,
           in
           a
           Country
           which
           he
           pretends
           of
           Right
           to
           belong
           to
           the
           Dauphiné
           .
        
         
           However
           ,
           tho'
           His
           Majesty
           was
           at
           Loo
           ,
           yet
           his
           Cares
           were
           not
           from
           England
           in
           this
           dangerous
           Conjuncture
           ,
           but
           he
           sent
           my
           Lord
           Portland
           (
           who
           in
           this
           Voyage
           was
           accompany'd
           by
           his
           Son-in-Law
           ,
           the
           Earl
           of
           Essex
           )
           over
           to
           England
           ,
           with
           some
           Instructions
           to
           the
           Queen
           ,
           to
           prevent
           this
           intended
           Invasion
           ,
           about
           which
           Her
           Majesty
           had
           already
           taken
           very
           effectual
           Cares
           ,
           in
           setting
           out
           our
           Fleet
           with
           all
           speed
           ,
           in
           raising
           the
           Militia
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           seizing
           such
           Persons
           as
           were
           most
           liable
           to
           suspicion
           in
           this
           matter
           :
           His
           Majesty
           on
           this
           side
           of
           the
           Water
           took
           the
           same
           care
           of
           the
           Dutch
           Fleet
           ,
           and
           order'd
           Colonel
           
           Selwyn's
           ,
           
           Beveridge's
           and
           
           Lloyd's
           Regiments
           to
           be
           sent
           back
           to
           England
           ,
           to
           reinforce
           our
           Army
           there
           ;
           and
           likewise
           countermanded
           several
           Regiments
           of
           Horse
           ,
           which
           His
           Majesty
           had
           order'd
           over
           for
           Flanders
           .
           Thus
           by
           the
           Cares
           of
           Their
           Majesties
           in
           England
           and
           Holland
           ,
           the
           two
           Fleets
           joyn'd
           time
           enough
           to
           oppose
           the
           execution
           of
           the
           French
           King's
           Designs
           upon
           England
           ,
           and
           sooner
           than
           His
           
             Most
             Christian
             Majesty
          
           expected
           ;
           for
           not
           thinking
           that
           the
           English
           and
           Dutch
           could
           be
           so
           soon
           joyn'd
           ,
           he
           order'd
           Monsieur
           Tourville
           to
           fight
           ,
           and
           engage
           with
           our
           Fleet
           where-ever
           he
           met
           it
           ,
           if
           they
           offer'd
           to
           oppose
           his
           Undertaking
           in
           England
           ,
           with
           that
           Number
           of
           Men
           of
           War
           he
           had
           then
           along
           with
           him
           ;
           which
           he
           afterwards
           did
           accordingly
           ;
           and
           I
           think
           pretty
           well
           to
           the
           French
           King's
           Cost
           .
           Things
           began
           now
           to
           look
           with
           a
           little
           better
           aspect
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           to
           promise
           the
           
             French
             King
          
           but
           little
           success
           in
           his
           Invasion
           ,
           the
           English
           and
           Dutch
           Fleets
           being
           joyn'd
           ,
           and
           being
           in
           a
           better
           Condition
           than
           ever
           to
           do
           business
           ,
           considering
           the
           number
           
           and
           bigness
           of
           our
           Men
           of
           War
           ,
           and
           the
           Seamen
           they
           had
           on
           Beard
           ;
           whereas
           Tourville
           was
           in
           our
           Channel
           with
           about
           Fifty
           Four
           Men
           of
           War
           ,
           which
           could
           give
           us
           but
           little
           reason
           to
           fear
           his
           Undertaking
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           the
           Posture
           of
           Affairs
           about
           the
           opening
           of
           the
           Campaign
           ,
           the
           King
           having
           left
           Loo
           ,
           and
           pass'd
           by
           Breda
           ,
           came
           to
           Duffel
           ,
           where
           his
           Majesty
           tarried
           two
           or
           three
           Days
           ,
           and
           the
           Elector
           of
           Bavaria
           went
           there
           to
           wait
           upon
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           to
           Complement
           him
           upon
           his
           Arrival
           in
           the
           
             Spanish
             Netherlands
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           confer
           upon
           the
           present
           State
           of
           Affairs
           :
           But
           the
           French
           Army
           growing
           daily
           in
           Number
           about
           Mons
           ,
           and
           the
           
             French
             King
          
           being
           come
           to
           head
           his
           Army
           in
           Person
           ,
           oblig'd
           the
           King
           to
           hasten
           to
           Brussels
           to
           forward
           the
           Rendezvous
           of
           our
           Forces
           ,
           which
           gathered
           part
           between
           Anderleck
           and
           Dilbeck
           ,
           having
           Anderleck
           upon
           the
           Left
           ;
           and
           the
           other
           part
           between
           Dendermonde
           and
           Ghendt
           ,
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           Major
           General
           Zuylesteyn
           ;
           and
           after
           a
           March
           or
           two
           ,
           they
           were
           joyn'd
           by
           Lieutenant
           General
           Mackay
           ,
           who
           took
           the
           Command
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           King
           coming
           to
           Brussels
           ,
           
           lay
           one
           Night
           at
           his
           own
           House
           ,
           
             (
             l'autel
             d'Orange
          
           )
           a
           Palace
           belonging
           of
           old
           to
           the
           Counts
           of
           Nassaw
           ,
           and
           Princes
           of
           Orange
           ,
           not
           far
           from
           the
           Court
           ,
           and
           which
           his
           Majesty
           has
           of
           late
           bestow'd
           upon
           Prince
           Vaudemont
           :
           The
           next
           Day
           the
           King
           took
           his
           Quarters
           at
           Coukelbergh
           ,
           a
           little
           Chateau
           or
           Castle
           without
           
             Flanders
             Port
          
           ,
           where
           his
           Majesty
           remained
           till
           the
           marching
           of
           the
           Army
           from
           Brussels
           .
           The
           French
           at
           this
           time
           gave
           us
           by
           their
           Motions
           equal
           Reasons
           to
           suspect
           Charleroy
           and
           Namur
           ,
           as
           the
           Place
           before
           which
           they
           would
           set
           to
           form
           a
           Siege
           ;
           wherefore
           the
           Elector
           of
           Bavaria
           order'd
           
           the
           Counts
           of
           Thian
           and
           Brouay
           ,
           the
           first
           to
           Namur
           to
           assist
           the
           Prince
           of
           Brabançon
           the
           Governour
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           to
           do
           the
           same
           thing
           at
           Charleroy
           with
           the
           Governour
           of
           that
           Place
           ,
        
         
           The
           Army
           having
           left
           Anderleck
           ,
           
           march'd
           this
           day
           through
           Brussels
           to
           Deegham
           towards
           Louvain
           ,
           whilst
           Lieutenant
           General
           Mackay
           ,
           with
           about
           16000
           English
           and
           Dutch
           which
           had
           rendezvous'd
           about
           Dendermonde
           and
           Ghendt
           ,
           came
           up
           very
           near
           the
           Army
           in
           order
           to
           joyn
           it
           the
           next
           March
           ;
           the
           French
           at
           this
           time
           leaving
           us
           but
           little
           reason
           to
           doubt
           ,
           but
           that
           Namur
           was
           the
           place
           they
           intended
           to
           attack
           .
        
         
           This
           Day
           the
           Army
           march'd
           ,
           
           and
           came
           pretty
           near
           Louvain
           ,
           the
           King
           taking
           his
           Quarters
           at
           Bethlehem-Abbey
           .
           This
           Day
           we
           were
           likewise
           Joyn'd
           with
           the
           Forces
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           Lieutenant
           General
           Mackay
           ,
           they
           incamping
           in
           the
           Line
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Army
           .
           His
           Majesty
           was
           inform'd
           in
           this
           place
           of
           a
           Design
           against
           his
           Life
           ,
           which
           tho'
           it
           had
           miscarried
           the
           Year
           before
           ,
           was
           again
           set
           on
           foot
           by
           the
           same
           Persons
           ,
           viz.
           one
           
             Grandval
             ,
             Levendael
          
           ,
           and
           
             Du
             Mont
          
           ,
           of
           which
           we
           shall
           give
           an
           Account
           ,
           when
           we
           come
           to
           speak
           of
           the
           Execution
           of
           Grandval
           at
           Hall-Camp
           ,
           he
           being
           the
           only
           one
           of
           the
           Three
           that
           suffer'd
           the
           Punishment
           due
           to
           so
           villanous
           an
           Attempt
           .
           The
           Second
           merited
           the
           King's
           Pardon
           ,
           by
           his
           discovering
           of
           the
           Plot
           to
           one
           of
           his
           Relations
           in
           Holland
           ,
           who
           immediately
           gave
           an
           Account
           of
           it
           to
           my
           Lord
           of
           
             Athlone
             .
             Du
             Mont
          
           gave
           an
           Account
           of
           this
           Design
           much
           at
           the
           same
           time
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           Zell
           ,
           who
           likewise
           gave
           Notice
           of
           it
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           which
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           an
           Argument
           of
           his
           Sincerity
           in
           discovering
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           likewise
           upon
           the
           Duke
           of
           
           Zell's
           Intercession
           ,
           he
           was
           also
           pardoned
           .
           The
           said
           
             Du
             Mont
          
           came
           up
           afterwards
           
           to
           the
           Army
           ,
           to
           give
           his
           Evidence
           ,
           upon
           the
           Assurance
           his
           Highness
           of
           Zell
           gave
           him
           ,
           of
           a
           safe
           Conduct
           .
           This
           
             Du
             Mont
          
           having
           given
           Grandval
           the
           meeting
           at
           Endhoven
           ,
           not
           far
           from
           Bois-leduc
           ;
           upon
           
           Levendael's
           Discovery
           ,
           my
           Lord
           Athlone
           sent
           a
           Detachment
           of
           110
           Horse
           thither
           ,
           who
           seized
           both
           the
           Prisoners
           ,
           I
           mean
           ,
           Levendael
           that
           discover'd
           it
           ,
           and
           Grandval
           ,
           and
           carried
           them
           to
           Boisleduc
           to
           the
           Prince
           of
           
             Nassaw
             Sarbruck
          
           Governour
           of
           the
           Place
           .
           Grandval
           at
           first
           made
           as
           if
           he
           were
           very
           ignorant
           of
           the
           matter
           ,
           and
           altogether
           innocent
           ;
           but
           when
           the
           Prince
           of
           
             Nassaw
             Sarbruck
          
           ask'd
           him
           if
           he
           knew
           one
           
             Du
             Mont
          
           at
           the
           Court
           of
           Zell
           ,
           the
           other
           own'd
           the
           matter
           ,
           and
           reply'd
           ,
           That
           his
           Life
           was
           in
           his
           Majesty's
           Power
           .
        
         
           The
           French
           King
           having
           at
           last
           invested
           Namur
           ,
           
           opened
           the
           Trenches
           before
           the
           Town
           ,
           attacking
           of
           it
           with
           all
           the
           Vigour
           imaginable
           ,
           and
           the
           Besieged
           on
           the
           other
           side
           making
           a
           stout
           Resistance
           .
           This
           Town
           is
           situated
           upon
           the
           
           Brabant-side
           of
           the
           Sambre
           :
           The
           Castle
           is
           very
           strongly
           seated
           upon
           the
           Ascent
           of
           a
           Hill
           ,
           which
           makes
           a
           Nook
           of
           Land
           ,
           caus'd
           by
           the
           meeting
           of
           the
           Sambre
           and
           the
           Meuse
           ;
           looking
           towards
           the
           Town
           ,
           and
           opposite
           to
           the
           Castle
           on
           the
           other
           side
           of
           the
           Meuse
           ,
           as
           you
           go
           up
           to
           Dinant
           ,
           is
           a
           small
           Suburb
           of
           Old
           Houses
           .
           This
           Garrison
           was
           compos'd
           of
           Ten
           Dutch
           and
           Brandenburgh
           Battalions
           ,
           which
           had
           been
           there
           all
           Winter
           in
           Quarters
           ,
           besides
           some
           Spanish
           Regiments
           ,
           between
           which
           there
           happen'd
           ,
           during
           the
           Siege
           ,
           some
           Discord
           ,
           which
           forwarded
           very
           much
           (
           as
           't
           is
           said
           )
           to
           the
           yielding
           of
           the
           Place
           .
           'T
           is
           very
           probable
           that
           the
           French
           King
           design'd
           this
           Siege
           very
           early
           in
           the
           Spring
           ,
           if
           the
           foul
           dirty
           Weather
           that
           follow'd
           the
           Rigour
           of
           the
           
           last
           Winter
           had
           not
           prevented
           it
           ;
           or
           even
           in
           the
           Winter
           it self
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           not
           been
           so
           severe
           ;
           for
           he
           had
           gain'd
           in
           his
           Interest
           the
           
             Baron
             de
             Bersé
          
           Lietenant
           ,
           Governour
           of
           the
           Place
           ,
           a
           Gentleman
           (
           if
           I
           may
           call
           a
           Traytor
           so
           )
           born
           in
           the
           Franche-Conté
           ,
           and
           who
           had
           been
           (
           as
           is
           reported
           )
           Forty
           Five
           Years
           in
           the
           King
           of
           
           Spain's
           Service
           .
           The
           Inhabitants
           of
           Namur
           rely'd
           very
           much
           upon
           him
           ;
           and
           indeed
           ,
           more
           than
           the
           Prince
           of
           Brabançon
           their
           Governour
           ,
           whom
           they
           suspected
           ,
           because
           a
           great
           part
           of
           his
           Estate
           lay
           in
           the
           French
           Conquests
           between
           the
           Sambre
           and
           the
           Meuse
           .
           This
           Lieutenant
           Governour
           was
           so
           much
           trusted
           ,
           that
           he
           took
           care
           of
           all
           the
           Magazines
           ,
           Provisions
           and
           Ammunitions
           that
           were
           in
           the
           place
           ,
           and
           such
           Care
           ,
           that
           he
           left
           them
           almost
           unprovided
           .
           Whether
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           things
           were
           ripe
           for
           the
           Design
           ,
           if
           a
           kind
           Season
           had
           seconded
           it
           ,
           or
           that
           he
           saw
           that
           he
           had
           gone
           so
           far
           ,
           that
           he
           could
           stay
           no
           longer
           in
           the
           place
           for
           fear
           of
           being
           discovered
           ,
           he
           took
           occasion
           one
           day
           to
           go
           and
           visit
           some
           Out-posts
           ,
           and
           by
           this
           Pretext
           got
           himself
           intercepted
           by
           a
           Party
           of
           the
           Garrison
           of
           Dinant
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           carried
           Prisoner
           ,
           to
           cover
           the
           Plot
           ;
           but
           his
           being
           so
           easily
           perswaded
           to
           take
           the
           French
           Service
           ,
           does
           very
           plainly
           prove
           ,
           that
           his
           being
           taken
           Prisoner
           was
           but
           a
           Sham.
           It
           is
           said
           ▪
           he
           did
           very
           great
           Service
           in
           this
           Siege
           ,
           in
           directing
           the
           Attacks
           where
           he
           thought
           they
           would
           be
           must
           convenient
           ,
           who
           knew
           so
           well
           the
           State
           of
           the
           Fortification
           .
           Upon
           this
           Treacherous
           Governour
           's
           deserting
           of
           the
           Place
           ,
           which
           gave
           reason
           to
           suspect
           some
           Design
           ,
           the
           Magazines
           were
           immediately
           visited
           ,
           and
           found
           in
           a
           very
           had
           Condition
           ;
           upon
           which
           Orders
           were
           sent
           to
           the
           Governour
           of
           Maestricht
           ,
           to
           send
           forthwith
           a
           Convoy
           of
           all
           sorts
           of
           Ammunition
           ,
           as
           Powder
           ,
           Ball
           ,
           
           Match
           ,
           &c.
           and
           Seven
           Pieces
           of
           Canon
           ,
           which
           was
           sent
           under
           the
           Escorte
           of
           a
           very
           strong
           Detachment
           of
           the
           Garrisons
           of
           
             Maestricht
             ,
             Liege
          
           ,
           and
           Huy
           ,
           and
           Quarters
           thereabouts
           ,
           being
           commanded
           by
           Count
           Cerclaes
           of
           Tilly
           ,
           who
           safely
           got
           the
           Convoy
           into
           Namur
           ,
           about
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           February
           ,
           or
           the
           beginning
           of
           March
           last
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           return
           to
           our
           Army
           :
           Whilst
           we
           were
           incamp'd
           at
           Bethlehem
           ,
           the
           Elector
           of
           Bavaria
           ,
           with
           the
           King
           of
           
           Spain's
           Troops
           ,
           lay
           incamp'd
           within
           two
           Miles
           of
           us
           ,
           on
           the
           way
           ,
           between
           Louvain
           and
           Brussels
           ,
           which
           afterwards
           ,
           with
           his
           Bavarian
           Curiassers
           ,
           made
           our
           Right
           Wing
           of
           Horse
           ,
           that
           being
           still
           the
           Elector's
           Post
           of
           Command
           .
        
         
           The
           King
           ,
           
           early
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           had
           by
           an
           Express
           the
           happy
           News
           of
           our
           Victory
           at
           Sea
           ,
           by
           Admiral
           Russel
           ,
           over
           the
           Count
           
             de
             Tourville
          
           ,
           the
           French
           Admiral
           ,
           which
           tho'
           it
           gave
           but
           a
           confus'd
           Relation
           as
           yet
           ,
           of
           the
           French
           loss
           ,
           and
           our
           advantage
           over
           them
           ,
           the
           Express
           being
           sent
           immediately
           after
           the
           French
           Fleet
           began
           to
           make
           off
           ;
           yet
           it
           was
           a
           Victory
           of
           such
           consequence
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Evening
           the
           King
           caus'd
           all
           the
           English
           Artillery
           (
           which
           had
           joyn'd
           us
           but
           little
           before
           ,
           if
           not
           that
           very
           day
           )
           to
           be
           drawn
           upon
           the
           top
           of
           a
           Hill
           ,
           upon
           the
           Right
           of
           our
           Army
           ,
           looking
           towards
           Namur
           ;
           the
           Dutch
           Artillery
           was
           likewise
           plac'd
           on
           the
           same
           Hill
           ,
           upon
           the
           Left
           of
           ours
           ;
           and
           Orders
           were
           given
           for
           the
           drawing
           out
           of
           the
           whole
           Army
           in
           the
           Evening
           ,
           to
           express
           our
           Joy
           for
           the
           Victory
           ,
           by
           the
           triple
           Discharge
           of
           our
           Artillery
           and
           Small-shot
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           to
           give
           Notice
           of
           it
           to
           the
           French
           ,
           who
           were
           very
           busie
           in
           prosecuting
           the
           Siege
           of
           Namur
           ,
           the
           Wind
           standing
           very
           fair
           for
           that
           purpose
           .
           The
           whole
           Army
           in
           expressing
           their
           Joy
           for
           this
           Victory
           ,
           shew'd
           such
           an
           
           alacrity
           and
           eagerness
           to
           be
           with
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           to
           second
           this
           great
           Success
           of
           our
           Fleet
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           behind-hand
           with
           our
           Maritime
           Forces
           ,
           that
           we
           had
           all
           the
           reason
           in
           the
           World
           to
           expect
           great
           Matters
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           been
           set
           on
           the
           Enemy
           .
        
         
           This
           day
           we
           were
           likewise
           joyned
           by
           the
           Danish
           Troops
           ,
           commanded
           by
           Prince
           Wirtemberg
           ,
           consisting
           of
           Eight
           Battalions
           of
           Foot
           ,
           and
           a
           proportionable
           number
           of
           Horse
           ;
           Col.
           
           Earl's
           Regiment
           came
           in
           likewise
           the
           same
           Day
           ,
           and
           Orders
           were
           given
           out
           this
           Night
           ,
           for
           our
           marching
           the
           next
           Morning
           .
        
         
           We
           marcht
           from
           Bethlehem
           to
           Park
           ,
           
           another
           Abbey
           on
           the
           other
           side
           of
           Louvain
           ,
           as
           you
           go
           to
           Namur
           ;
           in
           this
           March
           the
           Second
           Line
           mov'd
           through
           the
           First
           ,
           because
           we
           marcht
           upon
           the
           Right
           ,
           and
           fronting
           another
           way
           at
           Park
           ,
           towards
           the
           Enemy
           .
           The
           Second
           Line
           by
           this
           motion
           remain'd
           in
           the
           Rear
           ,
           when
           we
           came
           to
           our
           ground
           ;
           where
           we
           halted
           the
           next
           Day
           ,
           in
           which
           we
           were
           joyn'd
           by
           the
           
             Bavarian
             Curiassiers
          
           ,
           about
           1400
           strong
           ,
           who
           took
           their
           Post
           in
           the
           Right
           Wing
           of
           Horse
           ,
           immediately
           upon
           the
           Right
           of
           the
           English
           Foot-Guards
           .
           The
           King
           resolving
           to
           use
           his
           utmost
           endeavour
           to
           raise
           the
           Siege
           of
           Namur
           ,
           gave
           Orders
           this
           Day
           for
           all
           the
           heavy
           Baggage
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           as
           Carts
           ,
           Waggons
           ,
           and
           Coaches
           ,
           to
           be
           sent
           away
           to
           Arschot
           ,
           a
           Captain
           of
           every
           Brigade
           in
           the
           Army
           ,
           with
           a
           proportionable
           number
           of
           Men
           ,
           being
           commanded
           to
           guard
           it
           ,
           and
           Orders
           were
           likewise
           given
           this
           Evening
           ,
           for
           the
           Army
           's
           marching
           the
           next
           day
           .
        
         
           The
           Army
           marcht
           to
           Meldert
           ,
           
           making
           our
           way
           towards
           the
           Mehaigne
           ,
           as
           well
           in
           order
           to
           joyn
           the
           Elector
           of
           
           Brandenburgh's
           Forces
           ,
           and
           those
           of
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Liege
           ,
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           Baron
           Fleming
           ,
           Velt-Mareschal
           General
           to
           his
           Electoral
           Highness
           ,
           and
           of
           
           Count
           Cerclaes
           of
           Tilly
           ,
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
           Liege's
           General
           ;
           which
           Junction
           the
           French
           Army
           could
           otherwise
           have
           hinder'd
           ,
           if
           we
           had
           marcht
           the
           direct
           Road
           to
           Namur
           ,
           these
           Forces
           coming
           from
           the
           
             Paiis
             de
             Juliers
          
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           Liege
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           French
           would
           have
           remained
           between
           them
           and
           us
           :
           As
           also
           because
           the
           French
           Army
           had
           destroy'd
           all
           the
           first
           Forrage
           about
           Gemblours
           ,
           where
           they
           incamp'd
           for
           a
           considerable
           time
           .
           This
           Day
           His
           Majesty
           by
           a
           Second
           Express
           ,
           which
           came
           to
           him
           upon
           the
           March
           ,
           receiv'd
           the
           Particulars
           of
           our
           Sea-Engagement
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           Account
           of
           Admiral
           
           Russel's
           ,
           having
           burnt
           Thirteen
           Men
           of
           War
           at
           the
           Hogue
           ,
           and
           Sir
           
             Ralph
             Delaval
          
           the
           
             Royal
             Sun
          
           ,
           and
           his
           Two
           Seconds
           ,
           at
           Cape
           Wyke
           ;
           which
           good
           News
           His
           Majesty
           was
           pleas'd
           to
           order
           those
           about
           the
           Court
           ,
           to
           disperse
           about
           the
           Army
           that
           Day
           :
           which
           was
           likewise
           confirm'd
           to
           Prince
           Vaudemont
           ,
           in
           several
           Letters
           from
           France
           ,
           to
           the
           Princess
           his
           Wife
           ,
           Daughter
           to
           the
           late
           Duke
           of
           Elboeuf
           ,
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Lorrain
           .
        
         
           The
           Army
           having
           decamp'd
           from
           Meldert
           ,
           
           marcht
           to
           Lissam
           ,
           where
           the
           King
           first
           form'd
           the
           
             Corps
             de
             Reserve
          
           ,
           ordering
           in
           the
           March
           Twelve
           Squadrons
           ,
           and
           Six
           Battalions
           to
           encamp
           in
           the
           Rear
           of
           the
           Line
           ,
           which
           at
           that
           time
           cover'd
           His
           Majesty's
           Quarters
           at
           Lissam
           ;
           this
           
             Corps
             de
             Reserve
          
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           now
           said
           ,
           consisted
           of
           Twelve
           Squadrons
           of
           Horse
           and
           Dragoons
           ,
           and
           Six
           Battalions
           ,
           
             viz.
             Churchil
             ,
             Bath
             ,
             Saxe
             Gotha
          
           Two
           Battalions
           ,
           Friesem
           ,
           and
           Anhalt
           ;
           this
           Body
           was
           then
           put
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           Count
           
             de
             Lippe
          
           ,
           the
           Landtgrave
           of
           
           Hesse's
           General
           ,
           who
           before
           the
           opening
           of
           the
           Campaigne
           upon
           the
           Rhine
           ,
           had
           come
           to
           offer
           his
           Service
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           as
           a
           Voluntier
           ,
           who
           had
           Baron
           Wartensteben
           for
           his
           Lieutenant-General
           ,
           and
           for
           Brigadier
           the
           Prince
           of
           Anhalt
           .
        
         
         
           This
           Day
           we
           were
           joyn'd
           by
           the
           Brandenburg
           and
           Liege
           Forces
           ,
           
           about
           14000
           strong
           ,
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           Baron
           Fleming
           ,
           and
           Count
           Cerclaes
           of
           Tilly
           ;
           for
           which
           reason
           the
           Army
           made
           a
           motion
           ,
           to
           bring
           them
           within
           the
           Line
           ,
           as
           also
           the
           Spanish
           Forces
           ,
           under
           his
           Electoral
           Highness
           of
           Bavaria
           ,
           which
           hitherto
           had
           made
           a
           Camp
           apart
           ,
           marching
           still
           as
           we
           did
           ,
           and
           incamping
           at
           a
           small
           distance
           upon
           our
           Right
           ;
           the
           Army
           therefore
           to
           bring
           these
           Forces
           within
           the
           Line
           ,
           mov'd
           towards
           the
           Left.
           In
           this
           motion
           we
           could
           perceive
           ,
           that
           the
           French
           Army
           ,
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           Mareschal
           
             de
             Luxemburg
          
           ,
           was
           marching
           towards
           the
           Mehaigne
           as
           well
           as
           we
           ,
           by
           the
           great
           Dust
           it
           rais'd
           in
           the
           Air
           ,
           it
           being
           now
           dry
           and
           hot
           Weather
           ;
           thus
           by
           the
           joyning
           of
           these
           Forces
           ,
           our
           Line
           of
           Battle
           was
           form'd
           ,
           we
           being
           computed
           about
           Fourscore
           thousand
           strong
           ,
           the
           King
           commanding
           the
           Main
           Body
           ,
           the
           Elector
           of
           Bavaria
           the
           Right
           Wing
           ,
           and
           Prince
           Waldeck
           the
           Left
           ;
           and
           Orders
           were
           given
           for
           our
           marching
           the
           next
           Day
           ,
           without
           Quarter-Masters
           ,
           to
           go
           before
           and
           mark
           out
           our
           Camp
           ,
           we
           being
           then
           too
           near
           the
           Enemy
           .
        
         
           We
           marcht
           on
           towards
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           
           and
           about
           Two
           of
           the
           Clock
           in
           the
           Afternoon
           ,
           we
           came
           in
           sight
           of
           one
           another
           ,
           the
           Mehaigne
           remaining
           between
           us
           ;
           our
           Left
           Wing
           ,
           which
           in
           this
           March
           had
           the
           Van
           ,
           being
           something
           more
           forward
           than
           the
           Right
           of
           the
           French
           Army
           ;
           upon
           our
           coming
           near
           the
           Mehaigne
           ,
           we
           immediately
           possess'd
           ourselves
           of
           all
           the
           Posts
           upon
           the
           River
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           our
           Lines
           reach'd
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           pass
           it
           over
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           the
           Bridges
           could
           be
           made
           .
           But
           the
           French
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           were
           possess'd
           of
           two
           Villages
           ,
           about
           a
           quarter
           of
           a
           Mile
           from
           the
           River
           ,
           which
           were
           surrounded
           with
           strong
           Hedges
           and
           Thickets
           ,
           between
           
           which
           Villages
           was
           a
           small
           Plain
           ,
           not
           half
           a
           Mile
           broad
           ,
           where
           several
           French
           Squadrons
           had
           advanc'd
           themselves
           ,
           coming
           very
           close
           to
           the
           River-side
           ;
           but
           we
           having
           rais'd
           a
           Battery
           of
           Cannon
           on
           our
           side
           ,
           we
           soon
           dispersed
           them
           ,
           and
           oblig'd
           them
           to
           retreat
           to
           their
           Body
           ,
           which
           kept
           out
           of
           Cannon-shot
           :
           at
           the
           same
           time
           we
           planted
           Batteries
           of
           Cannon
           at
           all
           those
           Posts
           upon
           the
           River
           ,
           as
           we
           had
           possess'd
           ourselves
           of
           ,
           placing
           an
           Officer
           and
           a
           proportionable
           Guard
           at
           every
           Post
           ,
           by
           which
           means
           we
           were
           so
           far
           Masters
           of
           the
           River
           ,
           that
           the
           French
           Soldiers
           could
           not
           come
           for
           a
           drop
           of
           Water
           .
        
         
           The
           King
           ,
           during
           this
           Camp
           ,
           took
           his
           Quarter
           at
           Villeer
           ,
           otherwise
           Ville
           ,
           an
           old
           rotten
           Village
           not
           far
           from
           Hannuy
           ,
           a
           decay'd
           Market-Town
           ,
           surrounded
           with
           ruinated
           Ramparts
           ;
           in
           the
           Evening
           His
           Majesty
           gave
           Orders
           for
           the
           building
           of
           Bridges
           over
           the
           Mehaigne
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           pass
           it
           the
           next
           Day
           ,
           to
           attack
           the
           Enemy
           ;
           the
           Picquet-Guard
           of
           the
           Army
           being
           drawn
           out
           to
           cut
           down
           Trees
           and
           Timber
           ,
           and
           such
           other
           Materials
           as
           they
           could
           find
           in
           the
           Woods
           ,
           Barns
           ,
           or
           Houses
           fit
           for
           that
           purpose
           ;
           every
           Regiment
           as
           they
           stood
           ,
           first
           and
           second
           in
           the
           two
           Lines
           ,
           being
           to
           build
           a
           Bridge
           for
           to
           go
           over
           ,
           that
           thus
           the
           whole
           Army
           might
           pass
           the
           River
           in
           a
           Front
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           .
        
         
           Tho'
           things
           were
           so
           well
           dispos'd
           to
           attack
           the
           Enemy
           the
           next
           Day
           ,
           
           yet
           this
           glorious
           Undertaking
           was
           soon
           hinder'd
           by
           the
           great
           Rains
           that
           begun
           that
           very
           Evening
           ;
           this
           being
           St.
           
           Medard's
           Day
           ,
           it
           being
           an
           observation
           among
           the
           People
           of
           this
           Country
           ,
           that
           when
           it
           Rains
           upon
           this
           Day
           ,
           it
           holds
           more
           or
           less
           for
           the
           Forty
           Days
           following
           ;
           which
           prov'd
           not
           altogether
           false
           this
           Year
           :
           for
           whilst
           we
           were
           incamp'd
           in
           this
           
           place
           ,
           for
           eight
           Days
           together
           ,
           it
           rain'd
           almost
           continually
           ,
           the
           Wind
           blowing
           at
           the
           same
           time
           very
           boisterously
           ,
           which
           quickly
           swell'd
           this
           little
           River
           ,
           so
           that
           though
           it
           be
           very
           deep
           ,
           and
           pretty
           high
           Banks
           ,
           yet
           it
           soon
           overflow'd
           the
           neighbouring
           Meadows
           ,
           so
           that
           as
           we
           could
           not
           keep
           our
           Bridges
           over
           the
           River
           ;
           so
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           the
           ways
           by
           the
           excessive
           Rains
           ,
           became
           impracticable
           for
           our
           Cannon
           .
        
         
           This
           River
           Mehaigne
           has
           its
           Spring
           about
           Gemblours
           ,
           a
           Mile
           or
           so
           
             W.
             N.
             W.
          
           and
           is
           there
           but
           a
           little
           Brook
           ,
           as
           a
           Man
           may
           very
           easily
           leap
           over
           ;
           but
           by
           the
           help
           of
           several
           other
           little
           Brooks
           which
           fall
           into
           it
           ,
           particularly
           from
           that
           side
           of
           the
           River
           which
           lies
           towards
           Namur
           ,
           after
           a
           course
           of
           four
           or
           five
           Miles
           ,
           it
           makes
           a
           very
           deep
           ,
           tho'
           narrow
           River
           ,
           and
           at
           length
           falls
           into
           the
           Meuse
           ,
           about
           a
           League
           higher
           than
           Huy
           .
           The
           Left
           of
           our
           Line
           in
           this
           Camp
           ,
           reach'd
           as
           far
           as
           Lattine
           ,
           within
           five
           Miles
           of
           Huy
           ,
           which
           being
           flank'd
           by
           the
           
             Corps
             de
             Reserve
          
           ,
           the
           General
           Count
           
             de
             Lippe
          
           had
           his
           Quarter
           in
           this
           Village
           .
           From
           this
           Village
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           the
           Meuse
           ,
           the
           Mehaigne
           runs
           between
           very
           steep
           Hills
           ,
           which
           renders
           it
           impassable
           below
           this
           place
           ,
           as
           the
           Meuse
           lies
           between
           Namur
           and
           Liege
           .
           The
           Line
           of
           our
           Army
           extended
           itself
           from
           this
           Village
           very
           near
           six
           Miles
           upon
           the
           Right
           ,
           having
           left
           a
           Bottom
           empty
           behind
           a
           rising
           Ground
           ,
           where
           our
           Troops
           could
           not
           have
           been
           seen
           from
           the
           Enemies
           Camp
           ;
           therefore
           to
           make
           our
           Line
           appear
           the
           longer
           to
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           we
           left
           in
           this
           place
           an
           Interval
           in
           the
           Second
           Line
           ,
           which
           prov'd
           almost
           between
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           the
           Left
           Wing
           of
           Horse
           ;
           by
           this
           Method
           ,
           the
           Left
           of
           our
           Line
           outwing'd
           considerably
           the
           Right
           of
           the
           French.
           
        
         
         
           Whilst
           the
           two
           Armies
           were
           thus
           facing
           one
           another
           ,
           the
           Mehaigne
           lying
           between
           us
           ,
           abundance
           of
           Deserters
           came
           daily
           from
           the
           Enemies
           Camp
           ,
           sometimes
           Two
           or
           Three
           hundred
           a
           Day
           ,
           not
           only
           Forreigners
           ,
           as
           
             Suissers
             ,
             Germans
          
           ,
           and
           Montferrins
           ,
           but
           a
           great
           many
           of
           their
           own
           Native
           Troops
           ,
           all
           complaining
           of
           a
           general
           want
           of
           Forrage
           and
           Provisions
           in
           the
           French
           Camp
           :
           for
           they
           had
           laid
           so
           long
           already
           about
           Namur
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           consum'd
           most
           of
           the
           first
           Forrage
           ;
           and
           their
           Provisions
           coming
           to
           them
           from
           
             Mons
             ,
             Maubeuge
          
           ,
           and
           Philipville
           and
           Dinant
           ,
           they
           were
           daily
           molested
           by
           Parties
           from
           the
           Garrison
           of
           Charleroy
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           could
           not
           come
           but
           very
           seldom
           ,
           and
           that
           under
           the
           Escorte
           of
           very
           strong
           Convoys
           .
           We
           were
           likewise
           told
           ,
           That
           the
           Mareschal
           
             de
             Luxemburg
          
           to
           make
           his
           Army
           the
           greater
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           condition
           to
           oppose
           ours
           ,
           drew
           out
           all
           the
           Troops
           that
           were
           in
           the
           Lines
           at
           Namur
           ,
           relieving
           the
           Lines
           of
           Circumvallation
           and
           Trenches
           from
           his
           own
           Army
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           the
           Left
           being
           not
           far
           from
           Namur
           ;
           so
           that
           tho'
           our
           Army
           was
           so
           strong
           and
           numerous
           ,
           yet
           Luxemburg
           out-did
           us
           in
           number
           .
           As
           for
           our
           side
           ,
           very
           few
           Deserters
           went
           over
           to
           the
           Enemy
           :
           whether
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           we
           so
           master'd
           and
           commanded
           the
           River
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           not
           pass
           ,
           or
           their
           own
           inclinations
           that
           kept
           them
           in
           their
           Duty
           ;
           for
           deserting
           is
           a
           very
           common
           thing
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           when
           Armies
           are
           near
           one
           another
           .
        
         
           Whether
           it
           was
           true
           or
           not
           ,
           that
           Provisions
           were
           so
           scarce
           in
           the
           French
           Army
           ,
           however
           they
           soon
           had
           plenty
           ,
           by
           the
           surrender
           of
           the
           Town
           of
           Namur
           ,
           which
           was
           yielded
           to
           the
           French
           during
           this
           Storm
           of
           Rain
           and
           windy
           Weather
           ,
           which
           had
           hinder'd
           us
           from
           doing
           any
           thing
           for
           its
           Relief
           ,
           and
           before
           they
           were
           oblig'd
           to
           it
           by
           any
           stress
           of
           their
           Condition
           ;
           but
           the
           commanding
           
           Officers
           thinking
           that
           they
           could
           make
           a
           longer
           Defence
           in
           the
           Castle
           ,
           if
           they
           did
           not
           harrass
           their
           Forces
           in
           the
           defence
           of
           the
           Town
           ,
           were
           induced
           by
           this
           Consideration
           to
           deliver
           it
           to
           the
           French
           ,
           and
           to
           withdraw
           all
           the
           Garrison
           in
           the
           Castle
           for
           its
           defence
           :
           the
           Condition
           upon
           which
           the
           Town
           was
           surrender'd
           to
           the
           French
           ,
           was
           ,
           that
           a
           kind
           of
           Neutrality
           should
           be
           observ'd
           between
           the
           Town
           and
           the
           Castle
           ,
           whilst
           the
           French
           attack'd
           the
           letter
           place
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           French
           should
           not
           annoy
           the
           Castle
           from
           the
           Town
           ,
           nor
           the
           Besieg'd
           to
           do
           any
           prejudice
           to
           the
           Town
           from
           the
           Castle
           .
           The
           yielding
           of
           this
           place
           prov'd
           at
           last
           the
           loss
           of
           the
           Castle
           ;
           for
           tho'
           the
           Besieg'd
           might
           be
           in
           a
           better
           condition
           to
           make
           a
           vigorous
           defence
           in
           the
           Castle
           ,
           by
           yielding
           the
           Town
           ,
           yet
           that
           depriv'd
           us
           even
           of
           a
           possibility
           of
           doing
           any
           thing
           ,
           in
           which
           we
           could
           expect
           success
           ,
           to
           relieve
           the
           Castle
           ;
           whereas
           the
           relieving
           the
           Town
           was
           not
           a
           Work
           so
           difficult
           ,
           but
           might
           have
           been
           done
           by
           our
           Troops
           ,
           who
           all
           shew'd
           a
           very
           great
           eagerness
           to
           be
           with
           the
           Enemy
           :
           for
           whilst
           the
           French
           besieg'd
           the
           Town
           ,
           they
           had
           very
           large
           Lines
           of
           Circumvallation
           to
           keep
           ,
           which
           were
           likewise
           commanded
           by
           several
           Eminencies
           about
           the
           Town
           ,
           which
           they
           must
           either
           yield
           to
           us
           ,
           if
           we
           had
           attempted
           to
           raise
           the
           Siege
           ,
           or
           defend
           with
           their
           own
           Troops
           ;
           which
           would
           have
           lessen'd
           the
           Number
           of
           the
           Enemies
           Army
           we
           should
           have
           had
           to
           engage
           ,
           and
           if
           we
           had
           beaten
           ,
           the
           Siege
           must
           have
           been
           rais'd
           of
           course
           ;
           so
           that
           by
           yielding
           of
           the
           Town
           ,
           Luxemburg
           had
           all
           those
           Troops
           which
           were
           employ'd
           in
           the
           Lines
           at
           Namur
           ,
           to
           reinforce
           his
           Army
           ,
           which
           now
           cover'd
           the
           Siege
           of
           the
           Castle
           ,
           where
           the
           French
           King
           was
           in
           Person
           to
           Command
           ,
           taking
           his
           Quarter
           at
           the
           Abbey
           of
           Salsen
           ,
           upon
           the
           Sambre
           .
           The
           Castle
           of
           Namur
           
           (
           being
           built
           upon
           that
           Nook
           of
           Land
           which
           is
           made
           by
           the
           meeting
           of
           the
           Sambre
           and
           the
           Meuse
           )
           is
           a
           Fortification
           consisting
           of
           three
           parts
           within
           one
           another
           ,
           going
           up
           from
           the
           meeting
           of
           the
           Rivers
           ,
           till
           you
           come
           to
           the
           Descent
           of
           the
           Hill
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           which
           makes
           almost
           the
           Figure
           of
           Three
           Horn-works
           within
           one
           another
           .
           Towards
           the
           Sambre
           lies
           an
           Eminency
           or
           little
           Hill
           ,
           which
           because
           it
           was
           so
           near
           the
           Castle
           ,
           that
           it
           could
           be
           very
           prejudicial
           to
           it
           in
           case
           of
           a
           Siege
           ,
           Colonel
           Coehorne
           commanding
           a
           Dutch
           Regiment
           in
           this
           Garrison
           fortify'd
           it
           lately
           with
           a
           Horn-work
           ,
           
           which
           was
           called
           
             William's
             Fort
          
           ,
           or
           the
           Coehorne
           ,
           and
           brought
           it
           within
           the
           Communication
           of
           the
           Castle
           by
           a
           cover'd
           way
           ;
           beyond
           all
           this
           ,
           towards
           the
           
             Boys
             de
             Marlagne
          
           lay
           a
           kind
           of
           Redoubt
           or
           Block-house
           ,
           call'd
           the
           
           Devil's
           House
           ;
           that
           side
           of
           the
           Castle
           which
           lies
           upon
           the
           Mues
           being
           a
           meer
           Precipice
           ,
           is
           liable
           to
           no
           Attempt
           upon
           that
           side
           ,
           either
           for
           taking
           or
           relieving
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Much
           about
           the
           same
           time
           Count
           
             de
             Lippe
          
           ,
           the
           Landtgrave
           of
           
           Hesse's
           General
           ,
           and
           Lieutenant
           General
           Baron
           Wartensteben
           left
           the
           Command
           of
           the
           
             Corps
             de
             Reserve
          
           ,
           to
           go
           to
           their
           proper
           Command
           upon
           the
           Rhine
           ,
           the
           Confederates
           beginning
           now
           to
           take
           the
           Field
           there
           ,
           and
           making
           two
           separate
           Bodies
           ,
           the
           one
           commanded
           by
           the
           
             Landtgrave
             of
             Hesse
          
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           by
           the
           Marquess
           of
           
             Brandenburgh
             Barieth
          
           .
           Count
           
             de
             Lippe
          
           having
           left
           the
           
             Corps
             de
             Reserve
          
           ,
           Brigadier
           Iselsthein
           had
           the
           Command
           of
           it
           .
           
           Prince
           Waldeck
           being
           indispos'd
           ,
           went
           from
           this
           Camp
           to
           Maestricht
           ,
           whereof
           he
           is
           Governour
           ,
           being
           but
           six
           Leagues
           from
           this
           place
           .
        
         
           The
           Army
           march'd
           this
           day
           upon
           the
           Right
           as
           far
           as
           Perteys
           ,
           
           the
           King
           taking
           his
           Quarters
           at
           Ramely
           ,
           
           otherwise
           Ramey
           ,
           and
           our
           Left
           extending
           it self
           to
           the
           Pass
           of
           Brancon
           upon
           the
           Mehaigne
           ,
           the
           French
           marching
           at
           the
           same
           time
           on
           the
           other
           side
           of
           the
           River
           ,
           halted
           with
           us
           ,
           to
           form
           their
           Camp
           on
           that
           side
           of
           the
           River
           .
           When
           we
           came
           both
           to
           our
           respective
           Grounds
           ,
           the
           Left
           of
           our
           Army
           ,
           and
           more
           particularly
           the
           
             Corps
             de
             Reserve
          
           (
           which
           was
           just
           upon
           the
           Pass
           of
           Brancon
           ,
           which
           it
           had
           upon
           the
           Right
           ,
           slanking
           the
           Left
           of
           our
           Line
           )
           was
           almost
           within
           Masquet-Shot
           of
           the
           Enemy's
           Right
           ;
           but
           when
           they
           came
           to
           pitch
           their
           Camp
           ,
           they
           retreated
           considerably
           towards
           a
           Wood
           that
           was
           in
           their
           Rear
           .
           His
           Majesty
           coming
           this
           Evening
           to
           view
           the
           Lines
           ,
           found
           the
           Infantry
           of
           the
           
             Corps
             de
             Reserve
          
           too
           much
           expos'd
           to
           the
           Enemies
           Canon
           ,
           particularly
           Brigadier
           Churchill
           and
           the
           Earl
           of
           
           Bath's
           Regiments
           ,
           which
           were
           encamp'd
           just
           upon
           the
           very
           River
           side
           ,
           order'd
           them
           to
           decamp
           in
           the
           Night
           ,
           and
           to
           march
           on
           the
           other
           side
           of
           the
           
             Grand
             Causey
          
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           just
           upon
           their
           Left
           ;
           this
           being
           a
           Causey-way
           that
           goes
           ,
           as
           't
           is
           said
           ,
           from
           Cologne
           ,
           by
           Maestritcht
           ,
           to
           Mons
           and
           Cambray
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           Paris
           :
           This
           Causey-way
           being
           very
           high
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           cover'd
           then
           very
           well
           the
           
             Corps
             de
             Reserve
          
           .
        
         
           The
           French
           having
           their
           Camp
           in
           this
           place
           upon
           a
           rising
           Ground
           ,
           
           making
           a
           Descent
           from
           their
           Front
           towards
           a
           River
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           Rear
           towards
           the
           Wood
           ,
           made
           a
           Motion
           one
           Afternoon
           ,
           which
           made
           us
           believe
           they
           had
           a
           Design
           to
           March
           ,
           upon
           which
           Orders
           were
           immediately
           given
           for
           the
           drawing
           out
           of
           the
           Piquett
           Guard
           of
           our
           Army
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Army
           to
           be
           in
           readiness
           to
           march
           ;
           but
           we
           found
           quickly
           that
           it
           was
           but
           a
           Faint
           ,
           their
           Design
           being
           only
           to
           retreat
           on
           the
           other
           side
           of
           the
           Rising
           Ground
           towards
           the
           Wood
           ,
           to
           remove
           their
           Camp
           out
           of
           our
           
           sight
           ,
           that
           thus
           they
           might
           march
           when
           they
           pleas'd
           ,
           without
           our
           Knowledge
           .
           They
           left
           in
           this
           Motion
           Five
           or
           Six
           Squadrons
           upon
           their
           Right
           ,
           facing
           towards
           our
           Camp
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           had
           been
           their
           Rear-guard
           upon
           this
           March
           :
           Whereupon
           my
           Lord
           of
           Athlone
           was
           commanded
           with
           10
           Squadrons
           to
           pass
           the
           River
           at
           Brancon
           ,
           and
           to
           observe
           them
           ,
           being
           accompanied
           by
           the
           Dukes
           of
           Ormond
           and
           Richmond
           ,
           my
           Lords
           
             Portland
             ,
             Overkirk
             ,
             Essex
             ,
             Hide
             ,
             Dalkeith
             ,
          
           &c.
           as
           Voluntiers
           .
           Ours
           and
           the
           French
           Squadrons
           faced
           one
           another
           a
           quarter
           of
           an
           hour
           ,
           wheeling
           sometimes
           one
           way
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           another
           :
           But
           the
           Earl
           of
           Atholne
           finding
           that
           the
           French
           Army
           was
           encamp'd
           just
           on
           the
           other
           side
           of
           the
           Rising
           Ground
           ,
           did
           not
           think
           it
           fit
           to
           charge
           the
           French
           Squadrons
           ;
           and
           thus
           commanded
           back
           his
           Ten
           Squadrons
           to
           our
           Camp
           ;
           no
           Act
           on
           happening
           in
           this
           business
           ,
           except
           the
           firing
           of
           a
           Carabine
           or
           two
           .
        
         
           At
           the
           same
           time
           as
           Luxembourg
           made
           this
           Motion
           ,
           we
           observ'd
           that
           the
           French
           were
           very
           silent
           about
           the
           Castle
           of
           Namur
           ,
           their
           Fire
           having
           ceased
           this
           day
           ,
           which
           inspir'd
           us
           with
           very
           different
           Passions
           of
           Hope
           and
           Fear
           of
           the
           Sieges
           being
           rais'd
           ,
           or
           the
           Castle
           surrendred
           ;
           but
           we
           heard
           afterwards
           ,
           that
           the
           reason
           was
           ,
           because
           they
           had
           chang'd
           their
           Attacks
           upon
           the
           Coehorne
           or
           
             William's
             Fort
          
           ,
           (
           as
           it
           afterwards
           prov'd
           )
           in
           a
           more
           successful
           place
           .
        
         
           The
           Garrison
           of
           Charleroy
           hearing
           that
           a
           great
           Convoy
           of
           Bread
           ,
           Meal
           ,
           Oxon
           and
           Sutlers
           ,
           went
           from
           Mons
           and
           Maubeuge
           to
           the
           Enemy's
           Army
           ,
           made
           a
           very
           strong
           Detachment
           ,
           which
           fell
           so
           successfully
           upon
           the
           Convoy
           ,
           that
           they
           took
           most
           of
           the
           Waggons
           ,
           loaden
           with
           Wine
           ,
           Meal
           ,
           and
           other
           .
           Provisions
           ,
           and
           about
           150
           fat
           Oxen
           ,
           making
           a
           very
           considerable
           Booty
           .
        
         
         
           The
           French
           Army
           having
           march'd
           upon
           the
           Left
           towards
           Gemblours
           ,
           
           their
           Right
           ,
           which
           is
           made
           up
           of
           their
           best
           Troops
           ,
           being
           then
           not
           far
           from
           the
           Right
           of
           our
           Army
           ;
           and
           the
           Mehaigne
           being
           here
           very
           narrow
           and
           inconsiderable
           ,
           the
           King
           order'd
           the
           Infantry
           of
           the
           
             Corps
             de
             Reserve
          
           to
           interline
           in
           the
           Right
           Wing
           of
           Horse
           ,
           under
           the
           Duke
           of
           
           Bavaria's
           Command
           ,
           to
           re-inforce
           it
           .
           A
           day
           or
           two
           after
           we
           heard
           a
           very
           terrible
           Blow
           at
           Namur
           ,
           like
           a
           Clap
           of
           Thunder
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           Smoak
           rising
           afterwards
           ,
           gave
           us
           reason
           to
           fear
           the
           blowing
           up
           of
           some
           of
           the
           Besieged's
           Magazines
           .
        
         
           This
           day
           the
           Army
           march'd
           to
           Sombref
           ,
           
           going
           through
           the
           Right
           of
           that
           Ground
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           French
           had
           encamp'd
           the
           Day
           before
           ,
           and
           leaving
           in
           this
           March
           Gemblours
           upon
           the
           Left
           Flank
           of
           our
           Columns
           ,
           where
           a
           Brandenbourg
           Trooper
           shot
           a
           French
           Safeguard
           that
           Luxembourg
           had
           given
           to
           the
           Abbey
           of
           this
           place
           ,
           which
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           an
           Infraction
           of
           the
           Rules
           of
           War
           ,
           it
           was
           reported
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesty
           would
           send
           the
           Trooper
           to
           the
           Mareschal
           of
           Luxembourg
           to
           punish
           him
           as
           he
           pleas'd
           .
           In
           this
           March
           we
           heard
           that
           the
           French
           had
           made
           themselves
           Masters
           of
           the
           little
           Fort
           ,
           call'd
           the
           
             Devil's
             House
          
           .
           We
           rested
           at
           Sombref
           the
           next
           day
           ,
           nothing
           happening
           extraordinary
           .
        
         
           This
           Day
           the
           Army
           march'd
           from
           Sombref
           to
           Mellé
           ,
           
           having
           Fleury
           upon
           our
           Right
           ,
           where
           the
           Elector
           of
           Bavaria
           took
           his
           Quarter
           .
           About
           this
           time
           the
           Coeborne
           or
           
             William's
             Fort
          
           was
           yielded
           to
           the
           French
           ,
           
           by
           a
           special
           Capitulation
           ,
           the
           like
           ,
           may
           be
           ,
           having
           been
           hardly
           heard
           of
           before
           ,
           that
           an
           Outwork
           should
           make
           a
           particular
           Capitulation
           for
           it self
           ,
           which
           indeed
           was
           not
           very
           honourable
           ,
           the
           Troops
           that
           were
           in
           it
           being
           to
           go
           to
           Ghendt
           ;
           but
           making
           a
           long
           turn
           thro'
           most
           of
           the
           Frontier
           Garrisons
           ,
           as
           
             Dinant
             ,
             Philipville
             ,
             
             Maubuge
          
           and
           Mons
           ,
           as
           so
           many
           Triumphs
           to
           proclaim
           the
           French
           Kings
           Glory
           .
           Colonel
           Coehorne
           being
           very
           much
           indispos'd
           by
           his
           continual
           Fateigues
           in
           the
           Defence
           of
           his
           own
           Work
           ,
           refus'd
           to
           Sign
           this
           Capitulation
           .
           The
           Besieged
           say
           for
           themselves
           in
           this
           business
           ,
           That
           the
           French
           having
           cut
           off
           the
           Communication
           between
           this
           Fort
           and
           the
           Castle
           ,
           they
           were
           obliged
           to
           make
           this
           separate
           Capitulation
           :
           For
           the
           French
           finding
           all
           their
           Attacks
           unsuccessful
           upon
           this
           Horn-work
           ,
           chang'd
           them
           upon
           the
           cover'd
           way
           ,
           that
           made
           the
           Communication
           between
           the
           Castle
           and
           the
           Fort
           ;
           and
           at
           length
           ,
           after
           many
           Assaults
           ,
           they
           lodg'd
           themselves
           between
           the
           Fort
           and
           the
           Castle
           ,
           and
           forc'd
           by
           this
           means
           the
           Coehorne
           to
           surrender
           .
        
         
           We
           made
           a
           considerable
           Detachment
           from
           our
           Army
           to
           cover
           our
           Foragers
           ,
           
           who
           went
           about
           Tresigny
           on
           the
           Sambre
           ;
           and
           we
           made
           this
           Detachment
           so
           much
           the
           stronger
           ,
           that
           the
           next
           ,
           in
           which
           we
           had
           some
           other
           Designs
           than
           to
           cover
           our
           Foragers
           ,
           should
           give
           no
           suspicion
           to
           the
           Enemy
           .
           Captain
           Luke
           of
           Brigadier
           
           Churchill's
           Regiment
           ,
           being
           in
           this
           Detachment
           ,
           had
           the
           Misfortune
           to
           be
           taken
           Prisoner
           ;
           he
           was
           posted
           with
           a
           Guard
           upon
           the
           Wood
           ,
           in
           which
           (
           it
           seems
           )
           there
           was
           a
           French
           Party
           ,
           who
           beat
           both
           the
           English
           and
           Scotch
           March
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           been
           some
           of
           our
           own
           Detachments
           :
           One
           of
           their
           Soldiers
           came
           ,
           and
           when
           he
           was
           challeng'd
           by
           the
           Sentry
           ,
           he
           desir'd
           in
           English
           to
           speak
           with
           the
           Officer
           .
           Whereupon
           Captain
           Luke
           coming
           to
           him
           ,
           he
           was
           thus
           drawn
           in
           an
           Ambuscade
           ,
           that
           made
           him
           Prisoner
           just
           by
           his
           Guard
           ,
           and
           was
           afterwards
           carried
           to
           Namur
           .
        
         
           This
           Evening
           we
           heard
           a
           great
           Firing
           in
           
           Luxembourg's
           Army
           ,
           
           the
           meaning
           whereof
           we
           soon
           suspected
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           for
           the
           Surrender
           of
           the
           Castle
           of
           Namur
           ,
           which
           capitulated
           this
           day
           very
           early
           in
           the
           Morning
           .
        
         
           
           
             Capitulation
             of
             the
             Castle
             of
             NAMUR
             ,
             June
             20
             /
             30
             ,
             1692.
             
          
           
             Articles
             propos'd
             by
             the
             Prince
             of
             Brabançon
             ,
             in
             behalf
             of
             the
             Garrison
             and
             Inhabitants
             .
          
           
             I.
             THat
             His
             
               Most
               Christian
               Majesty
            
             shall
             maintain
             the
             Burgers
             and
             Inhabitants
             in
             all
             their
             Priviledges
             .
          
           
             II.
             That
             the
             Prince
             of
             Brabançon
             shall
             have
             twenty
             four
             hours
             time
             ,
             to
             let
             the
             Elector
             of
             Bavaria
             know
             the
             State
             of
             the
             place
             ;
             after
             which
             time
             ,
             if
             he
             is
             not
             reliev'd
             ,
             he
             shall
             deliver
             one
             of
             the
             principal
             Ports
             to
             the
             King's
             Troops
             .
          
           
             III.
             That
             he
             shall
             have
             two
             days
             time
             to
             put
             the
             Garrison
             in
             a
             readiness
             to
             evacuate
             the
             place
             .
          
           
             IV.
             That
             the
             Garrison
             compos'd
             of
             
               Walloons
               ,
               Spaniards
            
             ,
             and
             Brandenburgers
             ,
             shall
             leave
             the
             place
             ,
             the
             Infantry
             to
             march
             out
             of
             the
             Breach
             ,
             Drums
             beating
             ,
             &c.
             and
             to
             be
             conducted
             the
             nearest
             way
             to
             Louvain
             ,
             under
             a
             sufficient
             Escorte
             ,
             to
             secure
             them
             from
             all
             Insultations
             and
             Hostilities
             .
          
           
             V.
             That
             the
             Garrison
             shall
             have
             granted
             them
             a
             sufficient
             Number
             of
             Waggons
             ,
             of
             six
             Horses
             each
             ,
             for
             the
             carrying
             away
             their
             Baggage
             ,
             Effects
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             Equipage
             .
          
           
             VI.
             That
             those
             Effects
             shall
             not
             be
             visited
             ,
             particularly
             three
             cover'd
             Waggons
             ,
             in
             which
             the
             Governor
             shall
             send
             out
             what
             he
             thinks
             convenient
             ,
             with
             all
             security
             .
          
           
           
             VII
             .
             That
             the
             Intendant
             ,
             Treasurer
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             King's
             Officers
             ,
             shall
             be
             compriz'd
             in
             this
             Captialation
             .
          
           
             VIII
             .
             That
             the
             Officers
             and
             Soldiers
             of
             the
             Garrison
             ,
             shall
             have
             the
             liberty
             to
             retake
             what
             they
             left
             in
             the
             Town
             ,
             when
             they
             surrender'd
             it
             ,
             to
             retire
             in
             the
             Castle
             .
          
           
             IX
             .
             That
             the
             Garrison
             going
             ,
             shall
             not
             be
             oblig'd
             to
             the
             Payment
             of
             any
             Debts
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             shall
             have
             leave
             to
             buy
             in
             the
             Town
             what
             they
             shall
             want
             .
          
           
             X.
             That
             the
             sick
             and
             wounded
             as
             shall
             not
             be
             able
             to
             go
             to
             Louvain
             ,
             shall
             remain
             in
             the
             Hospitals
             of
             the
             Town
             ,
             and
             shall
             be
             nourish'd
             and
             lookt
             after
             ,
             at
             His
             
               Most
               Christian
               Majesty's
            
             Expences
             ,
             and
             after
             they
             are
             recover'd
             ,
             they
             shall
             have
             Passes
             granted
             them
             to
             retire
             where
             they
             shall
             think
             fit
             .
          
           
             XI
             .
             That
             the
             Garrison
             shall
             march
             out
             with
             Six
             Pieces
             of
             Cannon
             ,
             and
             Four
             Mortars
             ,
             with
             all
             things
             necessary
             to
             carry
             them
             to
             Louvain
             ,
             besides
             powder
             and
             Ball
             for
             Six
             Shots
             .
          
           
             XII
             .
             That
             all
             Persons
             whatever
             ,
             without
             any
             exception
             or
             distinction
             of
             the
             Dependencies
             of
             Namur
             ,
             as
             shall
             be
             willing
             to
             leave
             the
             place
             ,
             that
             they
             shall
             have
             liberty
             to
             go
             where
             they
             please
             ,
             with
             their
             Goods
             and
             Effects
             .
          
           
             XIII
             .
             That
             the
             Prisoners
             made
             on
             both
             sides
             during
             the
             Siege
             ,
             shall
             be
             releas'd
             without
             any
             Ransom
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             for
             Major-General
             Wymberg
             ,
             commanding
             the
             Dutch
             Troops
             ,
             as
             made
             part
             of
             the
             Garrison
             .
          
           
             XIV
             .
             That
             His
             
               Most
               Christian
               Majesty
            
             shall
             allow
             thrity
             Barks
             ,
             or
             other
             Vessels
             ,
             with
             a
             good
             Convoy
             ,
             to
             conduct
             safely
             the
             Officers
             and
             Soldiers
             in
             the
             States
             Service
             ,
             with
             all
             their
             Effects
             ,
             by
             the
             Maes
             to
             Liege
             .
          
           
             XV.
             That
             he
             shall
             have
             Four
             Pieces
             of
             Canon
             ,
             and
             as
             many
             Mortars
             ,
             &c.
             as
             in
             the
             11th
             Article
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             ARTICLES
             granted
             by
             the
             French
             King.
             
          
           
             I.
             GRanted
             .
          
           
             II.
             That
             the
             Governor
             shall
             have
             but
             Six
             Hours
             time
             to
             regulate
             his
             Capitulation
             :
             and
             that
             for
             this
             effect
             ,
             he
             shall
             deliver
             to
             His
             Majesty's
             Troops
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             Stairs
             of
             the
             Dungeon
             ,
             and
             the
             right
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             the
             rest
             remaining
             for
             the
             Garrison
             .
          
           
             III.
             That
             the
             Governour
             shall
             be
             oblig'd
             to
             evacuate
             the
             place
             the
             first
             of
             July
             ,
             at
             Three
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             ,
             and
             that
             then
             the
             Castle
             shall
             be
             deliver'd
             in
             His
             Majesty's
             Hands
             .
          
           
             IV.
             That
             the
             Garrison
             ,
             made
             up
             of
             Spaniards
             ,
             &c.
             shall
             march
             out
             of
             the
             Breach
             ,
             Drums
             beating
             ,
             &c.
             the
             Horse
             to
             go
             through
             the
             Town
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             shall
             be
             conducted
             in
             four
             Days
             to
             Louvain
             ;
             upon
             Condition
             ,
             that
             they
             shall
             not
             serve
             in
             the
             Allies
             Army
             in
             three
             weeks
             time
             ;
             that
             they
             shall
             have
             Ammunitions
             ,
             and
             other
             Necessaries
             for
             their
             Subsistence
             given
             them
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             till
             they
             come
             to
             His
             Catholick
             Majesty's
             Territories
             .
          
           
             V.
             Granted
             :
             And
             because
             His
             Majesty
             has
             not
             Waggons
             enough
             at
             present
             ,
             they
             shall
             have
             them
             in
             a
             Fortnight's
             time
             ,
             viz.
             three
             Waggons
             with
             four
             Horses
             per
             Battalion
             ,
             and
             one
             for
             the
             Field
             Officers
             .
          
           
             VI.
             Allowed
             ;
             and
             since
             these
             Waggons
             are
             not
             yet
             ready
             ,
             the
             Effects
             of
             the
             Garrison
             shall
             be
             put
             in
             such
             places
             of
             the
             Hospitals
             ,
             or
             Monasteries
             ,
             as
             His
             Catholick
             Majesty's
             Intendant
             shall
             find
             convenient
             ,
             there
             to
             be
             kept
             ,
             and
             till
             then
             ,
             with
             all
             safety
             ,
             and
             that
             His
             Most
             Christian
             Majesty's
             Troops
             shall
             not
             touch
             them
             .
          
           
           
             VII
             .
             That
             the
             said
             Officers
             shall
             remain
             Hostages
             ,
             till
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             Namur
             ,
             and
             Dependencies
             ,
             shall
             be
             reimburs'd
             of
             all
             those
             Sums
             ,
             as
             they
             have
             advanc'd
             for
             his
             Catholick
             Majesty's
             Vse
             .
          
           
             VIII
             .
             Thô
             His
             Majesty
             had
             declar'd
             all
             such
             Effects
             forfeited
             ,
             as
             the
             Officers
             and
             Soldiers
             who
             withdrew
             into
             the
             Castle
             had
             left
             in
             the
             Town
             ,
             nevertheless
             he
             is
             willing
             they
             should
             have
             them
             again
             without
             impediment
             ,
             upon
             condition
             ,
             that
             neither
             they
             nor
             their
             Wives
             or
             Children
             shall
             have
             liberty
             to
             remain
             in
             the
             Town
             .
          
           
             IX
             .
             Granted
             :
             That
             they
             shall
             have
             leave
             to
             buy
             in
             the
             Town
             ,
             &c.
             but
             that
             six
             Officers
             per
             Battalion
             shall
             remain
             Hostages
             for
             the
             payment
             of
             their
             Soldiers
             Debts
             .
          
           
             X.
             Granted
             :
             And
             that
             His
             Majesty's
             Officers
             shall
             not
             force
             them
             (
             after
             they
             are
             recover'd
             )
             to
             quit
             the
             Service
             of
             the
             Allies
             .
          
           
             XI
             .
             That
             they
             shall
             have
             but
             four
             Pieces
             of
             Cannon
             with
             the
             King
             of
             Spain's
             Arms
             ,
             and
             two
             Mortars
             ,
             &c.
             in
             ten
             days
             ,
             to
             be
             conducted
             to
             Louvain
             ,
             and
             Powder
             and
             Ball
             for
             six
             Shots
             .
          
           
             XII
             .
             That
             for
             fifteen
             days
             time
             ,
             every
             Body
             ,
             without
             distinction
             ,
             shall
             have
             leave
             to
             withdraw
             themselves
             with
             their
             Effects
             :
             and
             what
             they
             shall
             not
             be
             able
             to
             sell
             within
             that
             time
             ,
             to
             be
             forfeited
             to
             the
             King
             ;
             the
             other
             Inhabitants
             that
             are
             absent
             shall
             be
             recall'd
             .
          
           
             XIII
             .
             Granted
             :
             Except
             those
             who
             are
             the
             King's
             Subjects
             ,
             who
             shall
             be
             retain'd
             .
          
           
             XIV
             .
             Refus'd
             :
             And
             't
             is
             His
             Majesty's
             Pleasure
             ,
             That
             the
             said
             Wymberg
             ,
             with
             the
             Dutch
             Infantry
             under
             his
             Command
             ,
             shall
             march
             out
             of
             the
             Breach
             ,
             Drums
             beating
             ,
             &c.
             with
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Garrison
             ,
             to
             Louvain
             ,
             that
             their
             Effects
             shall
             likewise
             be
             kept
             safely
             in
             such
             place
             as
             they
             shall
             desire
             till
             Waggons
             can
             be
             provided
             .
          
           
           
             XV.
             That
             they
             shall
             have
             but
             Two
             Pieces
             of
             Canon
             with
             the
             States
             Arms
             ,
             if
             such
             can
             be
             found
             ,
             to
             be
             carried
             to
             Louvain
             .
             Other
             Demands
             to
             be
             regulated
             according
             to
             these
             Articles
             .
          
           
             Given
             at
             the
             King's
             Camp
             before
             Namur
             ,
             the
             30th
             of
             June
             ,
             about
             Noon
             .
          
           
             Thus
             the
             French
             King
             became
             the
             quiet
             Possessor
             of
             Namur
             ,
             covering
             by
             this
             means
             his
             Conquests
             with
             the
             Meuse
             and
             the
             Sambre
             ,
             and
             securing
             all
             that
             he
             hath
             between
             them
             from
             the
             Incursions
             of
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             which
             before
             were
             very
             much
             molested
             by
             the
             Garrison
             of
             Namur
             .
             By
             this
             Conquest
             Brussels
             is
             left
             open
             to
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             and
             Charleroy
             as
             good
             as
             block'd
             up
             between
             Namur
             and
             Mons
             ,
             and
             the
             Winter
             Quarters
             the
             French
             have
             settled
             at
             Fleury
             and
             Gemblours
             ,
             which
             cuts
             all
             Communication
             between
             it
             and
             Brussels
             .
             This
             indeed
             seems
             to
             be
             one
             of
             the
             greatest
             Actions
             that
             the
             French
             King
             hath
             ever
             done
             ,
             to
             take
             this
             ,
             which
             was
             reckon'd
             the
             strongest
             place
             in
             the
             
               Spanish
               Netherlands
            
             ,
             and
             a
             Man
             may
             say
             ,
             the
             very
             Key
             of
             it
             ;
             a
             place
             which
             had
             been
             never
             taken
             before
             ,
             
             unless
             we
             reckon
             it
             taken
             when
             surpriz'd
             by
             
               Don
               John
            
             of
             Austria
             ,
             who
             pretending
             to
             visit
             the
             Queen
             of
             Navarre
             as
             she
             pass'd
             through
             this
             place
             ,
             going
             to
             the
             Baths
             of
             
               Aix
               la
               Chapelle
            
             ,
             
             wrested
             this
             place
             by
             surprize
             out
             of
             the
             Hands
             of
             the
             States
             of
             the
             
               Seventeen
               Provinces
            
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             Pacification
             of
             Ghendt
             ,
             and
             the
             perpetual
             Edict
             ,
             which
             renew'd
             the
             Wars
             of
             Flanders
             ;
             and
             not
             only
             that
             the
             French
             King
             should
             take
             this
             Strong
             Place
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             Presence
             of
             the
             best
             and
             finest
             Army
             that
             the
             Confederates
             have
             ever
             had
             in
             the
             Field
             ,
             which
             ,
             as
             the
             French
             devise
             upon
             the
             Medals
             stamp'd
             
             for
             this
             occasion
             ,
             serv'd
             only
             as
             a
             Witness
             of
             the
             French
             King's
             Victories
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             we
             consider
             the
             Complication
             of
             Misfortunes
             that
             prevented
             our
             Attempts
             to
             raise
             this
             Siege
             ,
             the
             Action
             will
             not
             appear
             so
             great
             ;
             as
             ,
             the
             Deluge
             of
             Rains
             that
             overflow'd
             the
             River
             Mehaigne
             ,
             just
             when
             we
             came
             to
             it
             ;
             the
             Surrender
             of
             the
             Town
             during
             those
             Storms
             ,
             which
             made
             us
             absolutely
             uncapable
             of
             relieving
             the
             Castle
             ,
             without
             defeating
             Luxembourg
             first
             ,
             who
             ,
             though
             he
             was
             more
             numerous
             before
             ,
             yet
             his
             Army
             encreas'd
             now
             to
             a
             far
             more
             considerable
             Number
             ,
             by
             the
             Junction
             of
             those
             Troops
             ,
             which
             were
             employ'd
             in
             the
             Siege
             of
             the
             Town
             ;
             and
             without
             Besieging
             and
             taking
             the
             Town
             afterwards
             ,
             or
             hazarding
             our
             Army
             ,
             the
             other
             side
             of
             the
             Sambre
             ,
             in
             the
             Defilés
             of
             the
             
               Bois
               de
               Marlagne
            
             ,
             between
             the
             French
             King
             and
             
             Luxembourg's
             Armies
             ;
             in
             which
             case
             we
             must
             have
             beaten
             both
             ,
             or
             been
             ruined
             our selves
             :
             So
             that
             the
             Surrender
             of
             the
             Town
             may
             be
             reckon'd
             the
             Fundamental
             Misfortune
             ,
             which
             occasion'd
             the
             Loss
             of
             the
             Castle
             ,
             which
             was
             then
             in
             a
             manner
             invested
             by
             its
             own
             Scituation
             between
             the
             Sambre
             and
             the
             Meuse
             ,
             leaving
             but
             very
             short
             Lines
             of
             Circumvallation
             for
             the
             French
             King
             to
             keep
             .
             Let
             us
             likewise
             consider
             the
             weak
             Defence
             of
             the
             Castle
             ,
             after
             the
             Loss
             of
             
               William's
               Fort
            
             and
             the
             
               Devil's
               House
            
             ,
             yielding
             when
             there
             was
             scarce
             a
             Breach
             in
             the
             first
             Envelope
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             therefore
             in
             almost
             as
             good
             Condition
             as
             it
             was
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             this
             War
             ,
             before
             the
             building
             of
             
               William's
               Fort.
            
             
          
           
             It
             is
             certainly
             a
             very
             surprizing
             and
             wonderful
             thing
             ,
             that
             a
             place
             of
             such
             Importance
             ,
             in
             which
             ,
             as
             several
             Walloon
             Officers
             say
             ,
             there
             was
             to
             be
             a
             constant
             Magazine
             of
             Ammunitions
             and
             Provisions
             for
             
             Ten
             Months
             for
             8
             or
             9000
             Men
             ,
             should
             now
             be
             forc'd
             to
             yield
             ,
             after
             a
             Fortnight
             or
             three
             Weeks
             Siege
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             particularly
             ,
             when
             before
             the
             surrendring
             of
             the
             Town
             ,
             't
             was
             in
             their
             power
             to
             command
             as
             much
             Provisions
             from
             the
             Town
             ,
             for
             the
             subsistence
             of
             the
             Castle
             ,
             as
             they
             thought
             fit
             themselves
             .
             This
             is
             too
             plain
             an
             Argument
             of
             a
             wilful
             Negligence
             ;
             for
             though
             there
             was
             no
             probability
             of
             relieving
             the
             Castle
             ,
             after
             they
             had
             surrendred
             the
             Town
             ,
             yet
             we
             could
             expect
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             make
             the
             more
             vigorous
             Defence
             for
             it
             in
             the
             Castle
             ,
             as
             't
             was
             pretended
             ,
             when
             they
             yielded
             the
             Town
             to
             the
             Enemy
             :
             And
             nevertheless
             we
             find
             it
             surrendred
             ,
             when
             the
             Body
             of
             the
             place
             remain'd
             entire
             ,
             hardly
             a
             Breach
             being
             made
             in
             the
             outermost
             Work
             of
             the
             Three
             .
             The
             Besieged
             say
             ,
             that
             their
             greatest
             Want
             was
             Water
             ,
             which
             the
             Enemy
             spoil'd
             by
             the
             Directions
             of
             the
             Baron
             
               de
               Berse
            
             to
             level
             their
             Bombs
             to
             the
             Well
             .
             It
             is
             likewise
             reported
             ,
             that
             the
             Dissentions
             between
             the
             Spanish
             and
             Auxiliary
             Troops
             did
             not
             a
             little
             contribute
             to
             forward
             the
             Surrender
             of
             the
             place
             .
          
           
             Whatever
             the
             Prince
             of
             Brabançon
             the
             Governour
             might
             have
             to
             justifie
             his
             Conduct
             in
             this
             Siege
             ,
             yet
             since
             he
             lies
             under
             Confiement
             in
             the
             Cittadel
             of
             Antwerp
             ,
             till
             the
             Court
             of
             Spain
             be
             inform'd
             of
             the
             matter
             .
             Yet
             't
             is
             thought
             ,
             that
             though
             he
             were
             guilty
             ,
             yet
             being
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Aremberg
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             most
             considerable
             of
             the
             
               Low
               Countries
            
             ,
             and
             Ally'd
             with
             most
             of
             the
             Grandees
             of
             Spain
             ;
             and
             besides
             ,
             being
             Knight
             of
             the
             Order
             of
             the
             Golden
             Fleece
             ,
             which
             exempts
             him
             from
             all
             other
             Judicatures
             in
             Criminal
             Cases
             ,
             but
             that
             of
             his
             Knights
             Companions
             of
             the
             Order
             ,
             with
             whom
             he
             hath
             very
             much
             Interest
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             great
             Alliances
             :
             (
             I
             say
             )
             that
             for
             these
             Reasons
             
             't
             is
             thought
             he
             will
             very
             soon
             be
             restor'd
             to
             his
             Liberty
             .
          
           
             It
             hath
             been
             reported
             by
             some
             ,
             who
             pretend
             to
             understand
             the
             Affairs
             of
             the
             Court
             of
             Brussels
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             had
             desir'd
             the
             Elector
             of
             Bavaria
             to
             withdraw
             this
             Prince
             of
             Brabançon
             from
             his
             Government
             of
             Namur
             ,
             acquainting
             the
             Elector
             at
             the
             same
             time
             with
             the
             Reasons
             his
             Majesty
             had
             to
             suspect
             his
             Conduct
             ;
             and
             that
             this
             might
             be
             done
             without
             disobliging
             the
             Prince
             ,
             who
             is
             so
             considerable
             both
             in
             this
             Country
             and
             Spain
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             great
             Alliances
             of
             his
             Family
             ,
             it
             was
             agreed
             ,
             That
             the
             Prince
             should
             be
             desir'd
             to
             make
             the
             Campaign
             with
             the
             Elector
             .
             And
             this
             went
             on
             so
             far
             ,
             that
             the
             Prince
             was
             at
             Brussels
             in
             order
             to
             accompany
             the
             Elector
             in
             the
             Field
             ;
             but
             the
             French
             threatning
             to
             set
             down
             before
             Namur
             before
             the
             opening
             of
             the
             Campaign
             on
             our
             side
             ,
             the
             Elector
             could
             not
             refuse
             his
             going
             to
             his
             Government
             when
             the
             Prince
             desired
             it
             ,
             lest
             he
             should
             discover
             the
             Mistrust
             he
             had
             of
             him
             .
             However
             ,
             at
             the
             same
             time
             the
             Duke
             of
             Bavaria
             order'd
             the
             Count
             
               de
               Thian
            
             ,
             Major-General
             of
             the
             Spanish
             Forces
             ,
             to
             accompany
             him
             in
             this
             Siege
             ,
             giving
             him
             some
             particular
             Instructions
             .
          
           
             We
             made
             a
             very
             strong
             Detachment
             ,
             
             which
             consisted
             of
             Captain
             ,
             Lieutenant
             and
             Ensign
             ,
             and
             Sixty
             Men
             of
             every
             Battalion
             in
             the
             Army
             ,
             which
             were
             then
             about
             a
             Hundred
             ,
             and
             a
             proportionable
             Number
             of
             Horse
             ,
             their
             pretended
             business
             being
             to
             cover
             our
             Foragers
             the
             next
             day
             ;
             but
             the
             real
             ,
             to
             endeavour
             to
             surprize
             Mons
             ,
             of
             which
             we
             had
             some
             Hopes
             ,
             by
             the
             Intelligence
             we
             had
             amongst
             many
             of
             the
             considerable
             Inhabitants
             ,
             who
             being
             still
             Spaniards
             in
             their
             Hearts
             ,
             long'd
             to
             be
             deliver'd
             from
             the
             French
             Yoke
             ,
             and
             who
             inform'd
             ,
             that
             the
             Garrison
             was
             weak
             ,
             and
             
             most
             of
             them
             Swissers
             ,
             who
             would
             be
             as
             willing
             as
             they
             to
             joyn
             in
             the
             business
             .
             Therefore
             as
             soon
             as
             our
             Foragers
             were
             returned
             the
             next
             Day
             ,
             Scaling-Ladders
             ,
             Provisions
             ,
             and
             other
             necessary
             Materials
             were
             sent
             ,
             with
             a
             Re-inforcement
             ,
             to
             Prince
             Wirtemberg
             ,
             who
             commanded
             this
             Detachment
             :
             A
             Serjeant
             of
             
             Fagel's
             Regiment
             ,
             who
             had
             been
             in
             Mons
             when
             it
             was
             besieged
             ,
             being
             to
             shew
             the
             way
             ,
             and
             the
             Attempt
             to
             be
             made
             upon
             a
             Breach
             ,
             as
             the
             French
             had
             not
             repair'd
             since
             they
             took
             Mons.
             According
             to
             these
             Directions
             Prince
             Wirtemberg
             march'd
             the
             23
             d
             all
             Night
             ,
             and
             came
             about
             One
             of
             the
             Clock
             in
             the
             Morning
             ,
             the
             24
             th
             ,
             within
             an
             Hour
             of
             Mons
             ,
             where
             having
             made
             an
             Halt
             ,
             he
             sent
             for
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Douglas
            
             and
             Collonel
             Farrel
             ,
             who
             commanded
             the
             English
             ,
             to
             come
             and
             speak
             with
             him
             ;
             but
             as
             they
             went
             back
             ,
             it
             being
             very
             dark
             ,
             they
             went
             a
             little
             too
             much
             upon
             the
             Right
             ,
             and
             fell
             amongst
             a
             Party
             of
             Horse
             of
             the
             Garrison
             of
             Mons
             ,
             who
             made
             them
             Prisoners
             ,
             and
             carry'd
             them
             away
             with
             all
             speed
             to
             their
             Garrison
             ;
             for
             they
             confessed
             themselves
             as
             much
             surpriz'd
             as
             the
             Prisoners
             themselves
             ,
             to
             be
             even
             within
             our
             Out-guards
             .
             Captain
             
               Francis
               Sterling
            
             ,
             who
             accompany'd
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Douglas
            
             as
             a
             Voluntier
             in
             this
             Action
             ,
             was
             of
             the
             number
             of
             the
             Prisoners
             .
             The
             Count
             
               de
               Vortillac
            
             Governour
             of
             Mons
             ,
             being
             inform'd
             of
             our
             Design
             the
             Over-night
             ,
             had
             sent
             out
             but
             an
             hour
             before
             this
             Detachment
             of
             Horse
             ,
             under
             the
             Command
             of
             a
             Captain
             ,
             to
             hear
             News
             of
             us
             ,
             he
             himself
             sitting
             up
             all
             Night
             to
             be
             ready
             ,
             in
             case
             of
             an
             Attack
             .
             But
             Prince
             Wirtemberg
             hearing
             that
             the
             Marquess
             
               de
               la
               Vallette
            
             was
             hard
             by
             the
             Town
             ,
             with
             a
             strong
             Detachment
             of
             Fifty
             two
             Squadrons
             of
             Horse
             ,
             return'd
             back
             the
             Twenty
             Fourth
             to
             the
             Army
             .
          
           
           
             The
             French
             upon
             our
             March
             to
             Mellé
             ,
             in
             case
             we
             should
             have
             a
             Design
             upon
             Mons
             ,
             had
             order'd
             this
             Detachment
             to
             go
             towards
             it
             ,
             and
             to
             receive
             Orders
             from
             the
             Count
             
               de
               Vertillac
            
             Governour
             of
             Mons
             ,
             when
             he
             should
             have
             occasion
             for
             them
             ;
             who
             accordingly
             ,
             upon
             the
             first
             Notice
             of
             our
             Design
             ,
             sent
             an
             Express
             to
             the
             Marquess
             
               de
               la
               Vallette
            
             ,
             to
             require
             him
             to
             come
             to
             his
             Assistance
             ;
             who
             made
             no
             delay
             ,
             but
             came
             immediately
             ,
             and
             arriv'd
             at
             Mons
             as
             soon
             as
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Douglas
            
             himself
             ;
             and
             the
             Party
             that
             made
             him
             Prisoner
             and
             they
             came
             to
             Town
             between
             Three
             and
             Four
             in
             the
             Morning
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Douglas
            
             and
             the
             other
             two
             Prisoners
             being
             come
             to
             Mons
             ,
             were
             treated
             with
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             Civility
             ,
             the
             Governour
             coming
             himself
             to
             give
             them
             a
             Visit
             ,
             and
             took
             them
             afterwards
             with
             him
             in
             his
             Coach
             to
             Dinner
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             given
             them
             the
             Liberty
             both
             of
             their
             Swords
             and
             the
             Town
             ;
             but
             they
             could
             not
             make
             much
             use
             of
             the
             latter
             ,
             by
             reason
             they
             were
             so
             much
             taken
             up
             in
             the
             Civilities
             of
             the
             Governour
             ,
             Intendant
             and
             Major
             ,
             that
             they
             had
             scarce
             time
             to
             see
             it
             ;
             but
             yet
             they
             saw
             enough
             to
             find
             ,
             that
             the
             Garrison
             was
             not
             in
             that
             case
             as
             had
             been
             represented
             ;
             that
             there
             was
             but
             two
             Swisse
             Companies
             in
             the
             place
             ,
             and
             five
             or
             six
             French
             Regiments
             ;
             that
             it
             was
             true
             ,
             that
             whilst
             we
             were
             upon
             the
             Mehaigne
             ,
             the
             Garrison
             had
             been
             weak
             ,
             but
             re-inforc'd
             upon
             our
             March
             to
             Mellé
             .
          
           
             Whilst
             we
             were
             in
             this
             Camp
             ,
             six
             or
             seven
             days
             before
             we
             left
             it
             ,
             our
             heavy
             Baggage
             which
             we
             had
             sent
             to
             Arschot
             ,
             from
             the
             Camp
             at
             Park
             ,
             came
             to
             us
             under
             the
             Convoy
             of
             a
             Detachment
             of
             Horse
             and
             Dragoons
             ,
             that
             had
             been
             sent
             for
             that
             purpose
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Corps
               de
               Reserve
            
             was
             order'd
             to
             march
             to
             Genap
             ,
             
             to
             guard
             the
             Train
             of
             Artillery
             ,
             which
             was
             sent
             
             before
             ,
             because
             the
             ill
             Weather
             which
             continued
             hitherto
             ,
             had
             made
             the
             ways
             so
             bad
             ,
             that
             't
             was
             impossible
             for
             the
             Army
             and
             Artillery
             to
             march
             in
             the
             same
             day
             .
             The
             whole
             Army
             follow'd
             the
             next
             day
             ,
             and
             incamp'd
             in
             the
             little
             Plains
             of
             Genap
             ,
             
             a
             very
             difficult
             ,
             and
             therefore
             strong
             Ground
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             Woods
             that
             are
             upon
             the
             Right
             and
             Left
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Bois
               de
               Sogne
            
             in
             our
             Rear
             ,
             and
             the
             Ground
             itself
             very
             unequal
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             many
             little
             Hills
             that
             are
             in
             some
             places
             very
             steep
             ;
             as
             we
             had
             in
             this
             Camp
             the
             
               Bois
               de
               Sognes
            
             in
             our
             Rear
             ,
             so
             we
             had
             the
             little
             River
             Dyle
             in
             our
             Front
             ,
             which
             rising
             something
             higher
             than
             this
             place
             ,
             goes
             through
             Genap
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             Louvain
             ,
             and
             Macklen
             ,
             and
             at
             length
             falls
             into
             the
             Scheld
             .
             The
             King
             had
             his
             Head-Quarter
             at
             Genap
             ,
             our
             Right
             reaching
             to
             the
             Castle
             of
             Bromel
             ,
             where
             the
             Elector
             had
             his
             Quarter
             ,
             and
             was
             flank'd
             by
             the
             
               Corps
               de
               Reserve
            
             ,
             which
             fac'd
             thus
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             
             Bavaria's
             Quarter
             ;
             the
             Left
             of
             the
             Army
             reaching
             to
             Boutauneuf
             .
          
           
             At
             the
             same
             time
             as
             the
             Army
             march'd
             from
             Mellé
             to
             Genap
             ,
             Baron
             Fleming
             with
             the
             Brandenburg
             Forces
             ,
             and
             Count
             Cerclaes
             of
             Tilly
             ,
             with
             those
             of
             Liege
             ,
             were
             sent
             back
             to
             pass
             the
             Meuse
             ,
             to
             cover
             the
             
               Paiis
               de
               Liege
            
             ,
             which
             now
             lies
             quite
             open
             to
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             since
             the
             taking
             of
             Namur
             ;
             however
             ,
             by
             the
             Junction
             of
             the
             Newbourg
             Troops
             ,
             and
             those
             of
             the
             Elector
             of
             Cologne
             ,
             which
             were
             sent
             to
             joyn
             Fleming
             ,
             the
             Bishop
             of
             
             Liege's
             Country
             hath
             been
             so
             far
             secur'd
             ,
             that
             the
             French
             have
             not
             been
             able
             to
             undertake
             any
             thing
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             we
             have
             possess'd
             ourselves
             of
             all
             the
             Winter-Quarters
             there
             ,
             by
             which
             means
             we
             shall
             be
             able
             to
             put
             Huy
             ,
             the
             next
             Garrison
             upon
             the
             Meuse
             ,
             in
             a
             good
             posture
             of
             defence
             ,
             against
             the
             next
             Campaign
             .
          
           
           
             This
             day
             His
             Majesty
             took
             a
             Review
             of
             the
             Fifteen
             English
             Battalions
             of
             the
             Army
             ,
             
             in
             the
             Elector
             of
             
             Bavaria's
             Presence
             ;
             with
             which
             his
             Electoral
             Highness
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             seem'd
             to
             be
             very
             well
             satisfied
             :
             The
             English
             Battalions
             were
             ,
             Two
             of
             the
             First
             Regiment
             of
             Guards
             ,
             One
             of
             the
             Second
             ,
             Two
             of
             the
             Dutch
             Guards
             ,
             
             Churchil's
             ,
             
             Trelawney's
             ,
             Fufileers
             ,
             Bath's
             ,
             
             Hodges's
             ,
             Fitz-Patricks
             ,
             Castleton's
             ,
             
             Earl's
             ,
             
             Cutt's
             ,
             and
             the
             Prince
             of
             
             Hesse's
             ;
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Douglas
            
             came
             likewise
             to
             the
             Camp
             this
             day
             ,
             having
             his
             Liberty
             by
             paying
             his
             Ransom
             ,
             as
             likewise
             Col.
             
               O
               Farrel
            
             ,
             and
             Captain
             Sterling
             ,
             having
             been
             but
             three
             days
             Prisoners
             ,
             if
             Gentlemen
             can
             be
             call'd
             so
             ,
             when
             they
             were
             treated
             with
             so
             much
             Civility
             by
             the
             Governour
             of
             Mons
             ,
             and
             the
             Intendant
             of
             the
             place
             .
             The
             next
             day
             His
             Majesty
             review'd
             the
             Danes
             ,
             and
             other
             Forreign
             Forces
             ,
             upon
             the
             English
             Establishment
             .
          
           
             This
             day
             a
             Detachment
             was
             order'd
             of
             ten
             Regiments
             ,
             
             and
             a
             proportionable
             number
             of
             Horse
             ,
             under
             the
             Command
             of
             Count
             Horne
             ,
             General
             of
             the
             Dutch
             Artillery
             ,
             who
             march'd
             to
             Brussels
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             to
             the
             
               Pais
               d'
               Alost
            
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             Ghendt
             ,
             where
             he
             incamp'd
             for
             some
             time
             ,
             just
             out
             of
             the
             Town
             ,
             towards
             the
             Canal
             of
             Bruges
             ,
             till
             we
             came
             to
             the
             Scheld
             ;
             this
             motion
             was
             made
             ,
             as
             is
             suppos'd
             ,
             to
             secure
             the
             Forrage
             of
             this
             Country
             for
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             the
             Campaigne
             .
             This
             day
             ,
             likewise
             in
             the
             afternoon
             ,
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             in
             the
             Elector's
             Presence
             ,
             review'd
             the
             Scotch
             Infantry
             ,
             which
             consisted
             of
             ten
             Battalions
             ,
             viz.
             Two
             of
             the
             Guards
             ,
             two
             of
             Sir
             Robert
             Douglass's
             ,
             Lieutenant-General
             
             Mackay's
             ,
             Sir
             Charles
             Graham's
             ,
             Col.
             O
             Farrel's
             ,
             Earl
             of
             
             Angus's
             ,
             Earl
             of
             
             Leven's
             ,
             and
             Col.
             
             Lawder's
             ,
             most
             of
             them
             appearing
             very
             strong
             and
             full
             .
          
           
           
             After
             that
             the
             
               French
               King
            
             had
             made
             himself
             Master
             of
             the
             Castle
             of
             
               Namur
               ,
               Luxemburg
            
             ,
             who
             with
             the
             Army
             under
             his
             Command
             ,
             had
             observ'd
             us
             ,
             to
             hinder
             our
             doing
             any
             thing
             for
             its
             Relief
             ,
             pass'd
             the
             Sambre
             ,
             not
             only
             to
             consume
             the
             Forrage
             there
             ,
             but
             also
             because
             we
             lay
             between
             him
             and
             Mons
             ,
             and
             therefore
             it
             was
             necessary
             that
             he
             should
             pass
             the
             Sambre
             ,
             to
             get
             between
             Mons
             and
             us
             ;
             where
             after
             he
             had
             incamp'd
             some
             time
             at
             St.
             Gerard
             ,
             and
             some
             other
             place
             ,
             he
             repass'd
             the
             Sambre
             above
             Charleroy
             ,
             at
             Bussiere
             ,
             and
             came
             to
             Soignes
             ,
             not
             far
             from
             Mons.
             
          
           
             We
             being
             to
             forrage
             this
             day
             ,
             
             the
             French
             made
             a
             Detachment
             from
             their
             Army
             to
             molest
             our
             Forragers
             ,
             thô
             others
             say
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             Boufflers
             ,
             who
             with
             his
             
               Camp
               volant
            
             ,
             was
             going
             back
             to
             repass
             the
             Sambre
             ,
             to
             observe
             Fleming
             ;
             whatever
             it
             was
             ,
             an
             advanced
             Detachment
             of
             theirs
             ,
             of
             about
             forty
             Men
             ,
             falling
             unawares
             amongst
             part
             of
             our
             Detachment
             that
             covered
             the
             Forragers
             ,
             who
             thereupon
             were
             all
             taken
             Prisoners
             ;
             their
             Design
             was
             discover'd
             ,
             and
             the
             Forragers
             were
             all
             immediately
             order'd
             to
             return
             home
             empty
             ,
             most
             of
             them
             not
             having
             yet
             forrag'd
             ;
             and
             those
             that
             had
             ,
             had
             Orders
             to
             fling
             down
             their
             Trusses
             ,
             to
             remove
             the
             quicker
             out
             of
             the
             Enemies
             way
             :
             Notice
             being
             given
             of
             this
             to
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             he
             immediately
             got
             on
             Horseback
             ,
             and
             order'd
             the
             Pickquet
             of
             the
             whole
             Army
             to
             be
             drawn
             out
             under
             Arms
             ,
             and
             to
             Rendezvous
             at
             the
             Hermitage
             ,
             on
             the
             other
             side
             of
             the
             River
             Dyle
             ,
             to
             be
             ready
             to
             second
             our
             Detachment
             that
             guarded
             our
             Forragers
             ,
             in
             case
             they
             had
             met
             with
             the
             Enemy
             ;
             but
             nothing
             else
             happening
             ,
             they
             return'd
             home
             .
             The
             French
             Parties
             were
             indeed
             very
             busie
             this
             Camp
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             Woods
             that
             lay
             particularly
             upon
             our
             Right
             ,
             where
             they
             could
             come
             and
             shelter
             themselves
             ,
             so
             that
             very
             often
             we
             had
             Horses
             
             taken
             by
             them
             ,
             grazing
             just
             by
             our
             very
             Camp
             ;
             but
             once
             we
             having
             Notice
             ,
             that
             one
             of
             their
             Parties
             lay
             in
             a
             Wood
             ,
             just
             by
             our
             Right
             ,
             not
             far
             from
             the
             Elector
             of
             
             Bavaria's
             Quarters
             ,
             a
             Detachment
             was
             made
             from
             the
             
               Corps
               de
               Reserve
            
             ,
             to
             go
             and
             clear
             the
             Wood
             of
             them
             ;
             't
             is
             very
             probable
             ,
             that
             they
             had
             all
             been
             taken
             Prisoners
             ;
             for
             when
             we
             had
             discover'd
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             we
             came
             near
             them
             ,
             they
             all
             cry'd
             Quarter
             ,
             but
             the
             Germans
             firing
             immediately
             upon
             them
             ,
             that
             dispers'd
             them
             so
             up
             and
             down
             the
             Wood
             and
             Thickets
             ,
             that
             they
             made
             their
             escape
             .
          
           
             The
             Elector
             of
             Brandenburg
             having
             removed
             his
             Court
             this
             Summer
             to
             Cleves
             ,
             
             to
             be
             nearer
             his
             Forces
             ,
             te
             give
             them
             such
             Orders
             as
             he
             thought
             convenient
             ,
             pass'd
             the
             Meuse
             at
             Roermoade
             ,
             and
             came
             as
             far
             as
             Vrecklen
             ,
             not
             far
             from
             Louvain
             ,
             to
             conser
             with
             His
             Majesty
             upon
             the
             present
             State
             of
             Affairs
             ;
             where
             His
             Majesty
             went
             to
             meet
             him
             ,
             about
             the
             middle
             of
             this
             Month
             ,
             being
             guarded
             by
             a
             strong
             Escorte
             of
             Horse
             and
             Dragoons
             ,
             After
             the
             Conference
             ,
             the
             King
             return'd
             to
             the
             Camp
             at
             Genap
             ;
             and
             the
             Elector
             went
             to
             view
             his
             Forces
             that
             were
             now
             incamp'd
             on
             the
             other
             side
             of
             the
             Meuse
             ,
             near
             the
             River
             Outre
             ,
             not
             far
             from
             Liege
             ;
             and
             afterwards
             his
             Electoral
             Highness
             having
             pass'd
             by
             Maestricht
             ,
             return'd
             to
             Cleves
             .
          
           
             Much
             about
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             the
             Elector
             of
             Bavaria
             went
             to
             Brussels
             ,
             
             having
             a
             very
             strong
             Escorte
             all
             along
             the
             way
             ,
             that
             goes
             thro'
             the
             
               Bois
               de
               Sogne
            
             to
             Brssuels
             ,
             this
             Wood
             being
             generally
             very
             full
             of
             French
             Parties
             ,
             and
             more
             particularly
             at
             this
             time
             that
             they
             expected
             the
             Duke
             of
             
             Bavaria's
             going
             to
             Brussels
             ,
             to
             the
             Procession
             of
             the
             Bloody
             Host
             ,
             where
             the
             Governors
             of
             the
             
               Spanish
               Netherlands
            
             are
             still
             us'd
             to
             assist
             .
             This
             bloody
             Host
             is
             kept
             in
             the
             great
             Church
             of
             Brussels
             ,
             it
             was
             
             stabb'd
             by
             a
             Jew
             (
             as
             they
             say
             )
             in
             contempt
             of
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             and
             immediately
             there
             fell
             from
             it
             some
             Drops
             of
             Blood
             ,
             which
             remain
             upon
             the
             Host
             to
             this
             day
             .
             The
             Elector
             return'd
             the
             same
             day
             in
             the
             Evening
             ,
             after
             the
             Procession
             ,
             to
             Brussels
             ,
             having
             (
             as
             is
             said
             )
             escap'd
             many
             dangerous
             Ambuscades
             in
             this
             
               Bois
               de
               Sognes
            
             ,
             by
             his
             quick
             and
             speedy
             Riding
             .
          
           
             This
             day
             the
             Army
             decamp'd
             from
             Genap
             ,
             and
             made
             a
             great
             March
             ,
             
             as
             far
             as
             
               Nostredame
               de
               Hall
            
             ,
             having
             passed
             by
             Nivelle
             ,
             the
             Abbey
             of
             
               Bois
               Seignerer
               Isaac
            
             ,
             and
             a
             very
             bad
             Defile
             at
             
               Brain
               le
               Chateau
            
             ,
             it
             rain'd
             also
             most
             part
             of
             this
             day
             ,
             which
             made
             the
             ways
             very
             difficult
             and
             deep
             ,
             particularly
             for
             the
             Rear
             of
             the
             Army
             :
             by
             this
             long
             March
             ,
             which
             lasted
             from
             Morning
             till
             Night
             ,
             we
             assur'd
             ourselves
             of
             the
             Camp
             at
             Halle
             ,
             where
             otherwise
             the
             French
             might
             have
             been
             before-hand
             with
             us
             ,
             and
             thus
             have
             hinder'd
             (
             by
             possessing
             themselves
             of
             this
             Pass
             )
             the
             Subsistence
             of
             our
             Army
             in
             this
             unforrag'd
             Country
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             in
             Flanders
             .
             We
             encamp'd
             this
             day
             our
             Right
             upon
             the
             Senne
             ,
             our
             
               Corps
               de
               Reserve
            
             flanking
             it
             ,
             and
             fronting
             towards
             Halle
             ,
             and
             our
             Left
             extended
             itself
             as
             far
             as
             
               Brain
               le
               Chateau
            
             ;
             we
             pass'd
             this
             day
             through
             the
             Ground
             that
             was
             mark'd
             for
             the
             Hanouer
             Troops
             to
             encamp
             that
             day
             ,
             they
             marching
             up
             in
             all
             hast
             to
             joyn
             us
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             day
             the
             Army
             pass'd
             the
             Senne
             in
             several
             Columns
             ,
             
             one
             with
             the
             
               Corps
               de
               Reserve
            
             going
             through
             the
             Town
             ,
             the
             others
             upon
             several
             Bridges
             of
             Boats
             ,
             that
             were
             laid
             above
             it
             ;
             the
             King
             took
             his
             Quarters
             at
             the
             Castle
             of
             Lembeck
             ,
             and
             the
             Elector
             in
             the
             Town
             of
             Halle
             ;
             a
             place
             famous
             for
             the
             Devotions
             made
             to
             an
             Image
             of
             our
             Lady
             ,
             given
             about
             Four
             hundred
             Years
             since
             by
             Elizabeth
             Queen
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             and
             a
             Daughter
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Flanders
             ;
             which
             ,
             as
             the
             Legend
             of
             it
             
             pretends
             ,
             hath
             wrought
             abundance
             of
             Miracles
             ,
             Pictures
             being
             hung
             all
             about
             the
             Church
             that
             represent
             them
             ,
             but
             none
             of
             later
             date
             than
             the
             Fifteenth
             Century
             .
             I
             don't
             know
             whether
             't
             is
             because
             it
             has
             not
             that
             Faculty
             at
             present
             ,
             or
             whether
             the
             Reformation
             has
             not
             put
             a
             stop
             to
             several
             of
             their
             pious
             Cheats
             .
             This
             Church
             is
             of
             late
             given
             and
             impropriated
             to
             the
             Jesuites
             ,
             that
             have
             a
             very
             pretty
             little
             Colledge
             by
             it
             .
             The
             Town
             of
             Halle
             ,
             when
             we
             had
             pass'd
             the
             Senne
             ,
             and
             pitch'd
             our
             Camp
             ,
             remain'd
             in
             the
             Rear
             of
             our
             Right
             Wing
             of
             Horse
             ,
             where
             the
             Hanover
             Troops
             afterwards
             took
             their
             Post
             .
             In
             this
             Camp
             likewise
             the
             Infantry
             of
             the
             
               Corps
               de
               Reserve
            
             was
             commanded
             in
             the
             Body
             of
             the
             Army
             ,
             Brigadier
             Churchill's
             and
             the
             Earl
             of
             
             Bath's
             Regiments
             taking
             their
             former
             Posts
             amongst
             the
             English
          
           
             We
             were
             likewise
             joyn'd
             this
             Day
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             by
             the
             Hanover
             Troops
             ,
             computed
             to
             be
             between
             7
             and
             8000
             strong
             ,
             Horse
             and
             Foot
             ,
             and
             all
             very
             fine
             and
             gallant
             Troops
             ,
             particularly
             the
             Horse
             of
             his
             Highnesses
             Guard
             ,
             of
             which
             there
             was
             two
             Troops
             ,
             the
             one
             upon
             Grey
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             upon
             Bay
             Geldings
             ,
             which
             being
             very
             well
             accouter'd
             ,
             and
             incomparably
             well
             mounted
             ,
             made
             a
             very
             fine
             and
             martial
             shew
             .
             His
             Troop
             of
             Dragoons
             
               du
               Corps
            
             did
             almost
             equal
             his
             Life-Guard
             in
             fineness
             and
             goodness
             of
             Equipage
             ,
             and
             in
             their
             Horses
             .
             The
             next
             day
             we
             were
             also
             joyn'd
             by
             two
             English
             Regiments
             of
             Horse
             ,
             namely
             ,
             Colonel
             
             Langston's
             and
             the
             Marquess
             
               de
               Ruvigny
            
             ,
             now
             Lord
             Gallaway
             ;
             the
             first
             of
             the
             two
             was
             afterwards
             (
             some
             few
             days
             after
             the
             Engagement
             at
             Steenkirk
             )
             broke
             into
             our
             other
             Regiments
             to
             augment
             their
             Complement
             ,
             the
             Officers
             being
             remov'd
             according
             to
             their
             Posts
             ,
             into
             those
             Vacancies
             as
             were
             in
             other
             Regiments
             ,
             
             and
             what
             remain'd
             being
             allow'd
             Subsistence
             ,
             till
             they
             are
             provided
             for
             ,
             the
             same
             way
             .
          
           
             in
             the
             Evening
             Orders
             were
             given
             out
             for
             Six
             Battalions
             to
             be
             ready
             to
             march
             an
             hour
             before
             day
             ,
             
             and
             to
             parade
             at
             the
             Head
             of
             Prince
             
             Waldeck's
             Regiment
             .
             The
             Battalions
             were
             ,
             the
             Second
             of
             the
             first
             Regiment
             of
             Guards
             ,
             the
             first
             of
             Sir
             Robert
             Douglas's
             ,
             Col.
             Fitz-Patrick
             ,
             Col.
             
               O
               Farrels
            
             ,
             a
             Battalion
             of
             the
             Danish
             Guards
             ,
             and
             the
             Queens
             .
             Orders
             were
             likewise
             given
             for
             Seventeen
             Men
             of
             each
             Battalion
             in
             
             Churchill's
             Brigade
             to
             be
             ready
             at
             the
             same
             time
             and
             place
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             commanded
             by
             Lieutenant
             Colonel
             Manwayring
             ,
             their
             business
             being
             to
             make
             the
             ways
             through
             the
             Defilés
             ;
             they
             were
             all
             to
             receive
             a
             Ducat
             a
             Head
             for
             their
             Labour
             ;
             and
             as
             they
             were
             to
             joyn
             with
             the
             Vanguard
             in
             time
             of
             business
             ,
             they
             carried
             their
             Arms
             with
             them
             as
             well
             as
             Hatchets
             and
             Spades
             .
             All
             this
             Detachment
             was
             to
             be
             commanded
             by
             the
             Duke
             of
             Wirtemberg
             as
             the
             Vanguard
             of
             our
             Army
             .
             Orders
             were
             likewise
             given
             for
             the
             whole
             Army
             to
             march
             very
             early
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             the
             General
             to
             beat
             at
             break
             of
             Day
             ,
             and
             the
             Army
             to
             be
             ready
             to
             march
             at
             Sun
             rising
             .
             All
             these
             Preparations
             were
             in
             order
             to
             attack
             the
             French
             the
             next
             day
             in
             their
             own
             Camp
             at
             Enghein
             ,
             who
             the
             same
             Day
             as
             we
             march'd
             from
             Gennap
             to
             Hall
             ,
             decamp'd
             from
             Soignes
             ,
             and
             made
             all
             haste
             to
             Enghein
             ,
             lest
             we
             should
             get
             that
             Ground
             from
             them
             ,
             and
             thus
             oblige
             them
             to
             get
             farther
             to
             their
             own
             Conquests
             ;
             
             Luxembourg's
             Right
             being
             at
             Steenkirk
             ,
             and
             his
             Left
             at
             Enghien
             ,
             he
             took
             his
             Quarters
             at
             Hove
             .
          
           
             According
             to
             Orders
             ,
             
             the
             Six
             Battalions
             paraded
             at
             the
             Head
             of
             Prince
             
             Waldeck's
             Regiment
             ,
             and
             the
             Detachment
             of
             17
             Men
             per
             Battalion
             of
             
             Churchill's
             Brigade
             ,
             and
             received
             the
             Commandment
             of
             Prince
             Wirtemberg
             ;
             
             and
             very
             early
             in
             the
             Morning
             the
             whole
             Army
             followed
             them
             ,
             making
             their
             way
             to
             the
             Enemies
             Camp
             through
             nothing
             but
             Defilés
             ,
             being
             close
             Ground
             all
             the
             way
             ,
             and
             no
             other
             way
             but
             such
             as
             was
             made
             by
             our
             Detachment
             for
             that
             purpose
             ;
             the
             Baggage
             being
             left
             behind
             by
             order
             ,
             at
             the
             Camp
             at
             Hall.
             About
             Nine
             or
             Ten
             in
             the
             Morning
             our
             Vanguard
             came
             to
             the
             Advanc'd
             Posts
             of
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             the
             Mareschal
             of
             Luxembourg
             ,
             (
             as
             the
             Paris
             Account
             gives
             it
             )
             having
             been
             informed
             of
             our
             Design
             by
             Monsieur
             
               de
               Tracey
            
             ,
             (
             who
             commanded
             a
             Detachment
             of
             Horse
             that
             Night
             between
             the
             Enemies
             Camp
             and
             ours
             )
             had
             taken
             care
             to
             possess
             himself
             of
             the
             most
             considerable
             Posts
             in
             the
             Defilés
             ;
             but
             notwithstanding
             our
             Vanguard
             oblig'd
             the
             Enemy
             to
             retreat
             from
             them
             all
             ,
             till
             they
             came
             to
             a
             little
             Wood
             ,
             just
             upon
             the
             Right
             of
             the
             Enemies
             Camp
             ,
             except
             a
             small
             Guard
             in
             a
             Village
             upon
             the
             Left
             of
             our
             Columns
             ,
             almost
             a
             League
             from
             the
             Enemy's
             Camp
             ,
             who
             upon
             the
             March
             of
             our
             Army
             were
             all
             made
             Prisoners
             of
             War
             ;
             their
             number
             about
             Thirty
             Men
             and
             an
             Officer
             .
          
           
             Between
             Ten
             and
             Eleven
             of
             the
             Clock
             in
             the
             Morning
             our
             Advanc'd
             Guards
             under
             the
             Command
             of
             Prince
             of
             Wirtemberg
             lodged
             themselves
             in
             the
             Wood
             that
             fronted
             the
             Right
             of
             the
             Enemy's
             Army
             ;
             the
             Danes
             and
             the
             Battalion
             of
             Guards
             taking
             their
             Post
             upon
             the
             Left
             in
             the
             Wood
             ;
             and
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Douglas
               ;
               Fitzpatrick's
            
             and
             O
             Farrel's
             upon
             the
             Right
             of
             them
             ;
             on
             the
             other
             side
             of
             the
             Wood
             was
             the
             Enemy's
             Camp
             ,
             a
             little
             Valley
             remaining
             between
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             many
             Hedges
             ,
             which
             the
             Enemy
             resolved
             to
             maintain
             with
             all
             Vigour
             possible
             ,
             though
             they
             yielded
             so
             easily
             their
             Advanced
             Posts
             .
             Prince
             Wirtemberg
             planted
             upon
             a
             little
             Rising
             on
             the
             Left
             of
             the
             Wood
             a
             Battery
             of
             
             Canon
             ,
             which
             began
             to
             play
             about
             Eleven
             of
             the
             Clock
             ;
             and
             another
             upon
             the
             Right
             ,
             by
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Douglas
            
             his
             Battalion
             .
             Captain
             Macrackan
             of
             the
             same
             Regiment
             ,
             who
             afterwards
             was
             killed
             ,
             pointed
             a
             Canon
             from
             this
             Battery
             so
             successfully
             ,
             that
             it
             put
             a
             whole
             Battalion
             of
             the
             Enemies
             in
             disorder
             ,
             sweeping
             almost
             an
             entire
             Rank
             before
             it
             .
          
           
             Whilst
             Prince
             Wirtemburg
             was
             playing
             upon
             the
             Enemy
             with
             these
             Batteries
             of
             Cannon
             ,
             the
             Army
             marcht
             up
             to
             the
             Head
             of
             the
             Defile
             (
             about
             half
             an
             English
             Mile
             from
             the
             Wood
             )
             where
             it
             open'd
             in
             a
             little
             Plain
             upon
             our
             Right
             ,
             not
             above
             half
             a
             League
             over
             ,
             which
             terminated
             upon
             the
             Right
             of
             the
             Wood
             ,
             where
             our
             Van-Guard
             was
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             Right
             of
             our
             Army
             ,
             upon
             several
             Rows
             of
             high
             Trees
             ,
             which
             seem'd
             planted
             in
             great
             order
             ,
             as
             if
             't
             was
             the
             Avenue
             of
             some
             Person
             of
             Quality's
             House
             ,
             which
             being
             towards
             Enghien
             ,
             makes
             me
             suppose
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             belong
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             
             Arschot's
             House
             ,
             where
             these
             famous
             Gardens
             be
             ,
             as
             are
             said
             to
             be
             the
             Pattern
             of
             Versailles
             :
             through
             these
             ,
             streight
             before
             us
             ,
             on
             the
             other
             side
             of
             the
             Plain
             ,
             we
             could
             see
             the
             French
             Infantry
             drawn
             up
             in
             two
             Lines
             ,
             and
             making
             towards
             their
             Right
             to
             defend
             the
             Post
             upon
             the
             Wood.
             Upon
             the
             Right
             of
             this
             Plain
             ,
             not
             far
             from
             these
             Groves
             and
             Rows
             of
             Trees
             ,
             there
             was
             a
             pretty
             considerab●e
             Farm
             ,
             which
             soon
             after
             the
             Engagement
             was
             set
             on
             fire
             by
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             to
             cover
             (
             as
             't
             is
             said
             )
             several
             of
             their
             Battalions
             by
             the
             Smoak
             ,
             who
             were
             order'd
             this
             way
             ,
             and
             was
             afterwards
             engag'd
             with
             
             Fagel's
             Brigade
             ,
             between
             this
             House
             and
             the
             Wood
             ,
             where
             our
             Advanc'd
             Guard
             was
             posted
             .
             From
             the
             Head
             of
             our
             Defile
             ,
             upon
             the
             Left
             of
             the
             Plain
             ,
             there
             went
             for
             almost
             half
             a
             Mile
             in
             length
             ,
             a
             deep
             hollow
             way
             with
             high
             Trees
             and
             Hedges
             upon
             the
             Banks
             of
             it
             ,
             which
             
             reach'd
             as
             far
             as
             the
             Wood
             ,
             where
             the
             Van-Guard
             was
             posted
             ,
             and
             where
             it
             branch'd
             itself
             in
             three
             other
             deep
             ways
             ,
             one
             going
             through
             the
             Wood
             upon
             the
             Left
             to
             the
             Danes
             Attack
             ,
             and
             to
             that
             of
             the
             Guards
             ;
             one
             almost
             streight
             forwards
             ;
             and
             the
             other
             upon
             the
             Right
             ,
             going
             along
             the
             outside
             of
             the
             Wood
             ;
             between
             these
             two
             last
             was
             the
             place
             ,
             where
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Douglass
            
             ,
             Col.
             
             Fitz-Patrick's
             ,
             and
             O
             Farrel's
             Regiments
             were
             posted
             .
             On
             the
             other
             side
             of
             the
             deep
             way
             as
             went
             from
             the
             Head
             of
             our
             Defile
             to
             the
             Post
             ,
             where
             was
             our
             Van-Guard
             ,
             went
             several
             narrow
             Fields
             ,
             which
             lay
             between
             it
             all
             along
             ,
             and
             a
             part
             of
             the
             Wood
             which
             reach'd
             as
             far
             as
             from
             our
             Advanc'd
             Guards
             to
             our
             Defiles
             .
          
           
             When
             the
             Army
             was
             come
             up
             to
             the
             Head
             of
             these
             Defiles
             ,
             and
             just
             entring
             into
             the
             small
             Plains
             ,
             they
             were
             order'd
             to
             halt
             ,
             except
             the
             English
             Life-Guards
             ,
             and
             Horse
             and
             Dragoons
             ,
             which
             were
             commanded
             upon
             the
             right
             skirts
             of
             the
             Wood
             ,
             where
             was
             our
             Van-Guard
             ,
             and
             my
             Lord
             
             Cutts's
             ,
             Lieutenant-General
             
             Mackay's
             ,
             Sir
             Charles
             Graham's
             ,
             and
             Earl
             of
             
             Angus's
             Regiments
             ,
             which
             being
             interlin'd
             with
             the
             English
             Horse
             ,
             were
             commanded
             at
             the
             same
             time
             to
             the
             outside
             of
             the
             Wood
             ,
             on
             this
             side
             of
             that
             way
             as
             branch'd
             upon
             the
             Right
             ,
             which
             made
             the
             Figure
             of
             the
             Arch
             of
             a
             Circle
             ,
             as
             the
             skirts
             of
             the
             Wood
             did
             here
             before
             us
             ;
             these
             four
             Regiments
             were
             posted
             here
             ,
             to
             be
             ready
             to
             second
             the
             Attack
             of
             our
             Van-Guard
             .
             Prince
             of
             
             Hesse's
             ,
             Col.
             
             Lauder's
             ,
             and
             Earl
             of
             
             Leven's
             Regiments
             ,
             who
             were
             also
             interlin'd
             with
             the
             Left
             Wing
             of
             Horse
             ,
             were
             likewise
             posted
             upon
             the
             side
             of
             the
             Wood.
             
          
           
             Things
             being
             thus
             dispos'd
             ,
             and
             our
             Army
             continuing
             on
             the
             halt
             ,
             Prince
             Wirtemberg
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             Cannonaded
             for
             above
             two
             Hours
             ,
             begun
             the
             Attack
             with
             the
             Danes
             upon
             the
             Right
             ,
             which
             was
             immediately
             follow'd
             
             by
             the
             other
             four
             English
             Regiments
             as
             compos'd
             our
             Van-Guard
             ,
             and
             seconded
             by
             
               Cutts
               ,
               Mackay
               ,
               Angus
               ,
               Graham
               ,
               Lauder
               ,
            
             the
             Prince
             of
             Hesse
             ,
             and
             
             Leven's
             Regiments
             .
             Certainly
             never
             was
             a
             more
             dreadful
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             bolder
             firing
             heard
             ,
             which
             for
             the
             space
             of
             two
             Hours
             seem'd
             to
             be
             a
             continu'd
             Thunder
             ,
             and
             equall'd
             the
             Noise
             even
             of
             the
             loudest
             Claps
             ;
             our
             Van-Guard
             behav'd
             in
             this
             Engagement
             to
             such
             wonder
             and
             admiration
             ,
             that
             tho'
             they
             receiv'd
             the
             Charge
             of
             several
             Battalions
             of
             the
             Enemies
             ,
             one
             after
             another
             ,
             yet
             they
             made
             them
             retreat
             almost
             into
             their
             very
             Camp
             ,
             so
             far
             ,
             that
             the
             Second
             Battalion
             of
             the
             First
             Regiment
             of
             Guards
             ,
             possess'd
             themselves
             of
             a
             Battery
             of
             the
             Enemies
             Cannon
             ,
             which
             the
             Enemy
             were
             oblig'd
             to
             quit
             by
             the
             vigour
             of
             our
             Charge
             ;
             and
             Colonel
             Wacup
             who
             commanded
             the
             Battalion
             ,
             and
             who
             behav'd
             himself
             extreamly
             well
             in
             this
             occasion
             ,
             plac'd
             a
             Serjeant
             and
             Guard
             upon
             it
             ;
             but
             the
             French
             having
             cut
             off
             the
             Traces
             ,
             and
             taken
             away
             the
             Horses
             ,
             we
             could
             not
             bring
             them
             off
             ,
             but
             were
             oblig'd
             afterwards
             to
             leave
             them
             :
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Douglass
            
             ,
             with
             his
             first
             Battalion
             ,
             charg'd
             several
             of
             the
             Enemies
             ,
             and
             beat
             them
             from
             three
             several
             Hedges
             ,
             and
             had
             made
             himself
             Master
             of
             the
             fourth
             ,
             where
             going
             through
             a
             Gap
             to
             get
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             he
             was
             unfortunately
             kill'd
             upon
             the
             spot
             ;
             all
             the
             other
             Regiments
             performing
             equal
             wonder
             ,
             and
             behaving
             with
             the
             same
             Bravery
             ,
             and
             beating
             the
             Enemies
             from
             their
             Hedges
             so
             far
             ,
             that
             in
             this
             Hedge-fighting
             their
             fire
             was
             generally
             Muzzle
             to
             Muzzle
             ,
             we
             on
             the
             one
             side
             ,
             and
             the
             Enemy
             on
             the
             other
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             return
             to
             our
             Army
             ;
             As
             soon
             as
             we
             were
             come
             to
             the
             Head
             of
             the
             Defile
             ,
             it
             was
             order'd
             to
             halt
             ,
             particularly
             our
             Left
             Wing
             of
             Horse
             ,
             that
             the
             Foot
             that
             were
             interlin'd
             with
             them
             ,
             which
             were
             most
             English
             
             and
             Scotch
             ,
             and
             which
             I
             have
             before
             mentioned
             ,
             might
             march
             up
             through
             the
             Horse
             ;
             we
             were
             oblig'd
             to
             this
             halt
             ,
             tho'
             it
             was
             the
             loss
             of
             the
             day
             ;
             because
             the
             Ground
             was
             so
             streight
             ,
             and
             the
             Enemy
             had
             such
             Hedges
             ,
             Copses
             ,
             and
             little
             Woods
             to
             cover
             them
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             nothing
             to
             do
             for
             the
             Horse
             ;
             so
             that
             when
             the
             Van-Guard
             began
             to
             engage
             ,
             they
             had
             none
             but
             part
             of
             the
             Infantry
             interlined
             with
             the
             Left
             Wing
             of
             Horse
             ,
             to
             second
             them
             ,
             the
             Body
             of
             the
             Infantry
             being
             almost
             a
             Mile
             in
             the
             Rear
             ;
             however
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             the
             Action
             began
             ,
             the
             King
             made
             all
             diligence
             possible
             to
             get
             the
             Infantry
             up
             ,
             ordering
             a
             Brigade
             to
             march
             up
             to
             the
             Wood
             ,
             and
             forming
             a
             Line
             of
             Battel
             in
             the
             Plain
             ,
             with
             that
             Infantry
             as
             could
             come
             up
             ;
             the
             Soldiers
             shew'd
             such
             eagerness
             to
             come
             to
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             that
             they
             ran
             to
             the
             Relief
             of
             those
             as
             were
             engag'd
             ,
             even
             so
             fast
             ,
             that
             they
             put
             themselves
             into
             some
             disorder
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             reason
             that
             they
             took
             more
             time
             to
             form
             their
             Battalions
             ,
             than
             was
             at
             that
             time
             convenient
             :
             this
             was
             the
             case
             of
             those
             Battalions
             as
             were
             sent
             to
             the
             Wood
             ,
             to
             the
             Relief
             of
             our
             Van-Guard
             ;
             so
             that
             when
             they
             came
             up
             ,
             our
             Van-Guard
             and
             Infantry
             of
             the
             Left
             Wing
             being
             over-powr'd
             by
             the
             vast
             many
             Battalions
             of
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             as
             charg'd
             them
             successively
             one
             after
             another
             ;
             and
             lastly
             ,
             by
             the
             survening
             of
             
             Boufflers's
             fresh
             Troops
             ,
             they
             were
             forc'd
             to
             retreat
             in
             great
             disorder
             ,
             and
             to
             leave
             the
             Wood
             in
             which
             they
             had
             lodg'd
             themselves
             ,
             entirely
             to
             the
             Enemies
             possession
             .
             The
             Baron
             of
             
             Pibrack's
             Regiment
             of
             Lunenburgers
             being
             in
             great
             disorder
             in
             the
             skirt
             of
             the
             Wood
             ,
             and
             the
             Baron
             their
             Colonel
             lying
             dangerously
             wounded
             upon
             the
             place
             ,
             (
             which
             he
             got
             in
             rallying
             of
             his
             Regiment
             )
             the
             Earl
             of
             
             Bath's
             (
             one
             of
             the
             Regiments
             that
             was
             commanded
             towards
             the
             Wood
             )
             the
             other
             English
             being
             Brigadier
             Churchil's
             )
             was
             order'd
             by
             Prince
             Casimir
             
             of
             Nassaw
             to
             their
             Relief
             ;
             two
             Sergeants
             of
             this
             Regiment
             rescu'd
             the
             Colonel
             ,
             who
             lay
             wounded
             almost
             in
             the
             Enemies
             hand
             ,
             and
             brought
             him
             off
             in
             spight
             of
             their
             fire
             ;
             upon
             these
             Orders
             of
             Prince
             Casimir
             of
             Nassaw
             ,
             Sir
             
               Bevil
               Granville
            
             ,
             who
             commanded
             the
             Earl
             of
             
             Bath's
             Regiment
             ,
             march'd
             up
             to
             the
             Relief
             of
             this
             Lunenburg
             Regiment
             ,
             bearing
             the
             Enemies
             fire
             ,
             before
             he
             suffer'd
             any
             Platton
             of
             his
             Battalion
             to
             discharge
             once
             ;
             by
             which
             method
             the
             Regiment
             lodg'd
             itself
             in
             the
             Trench
             ,
             or
             deep
             way
             ,
             that
             lay
             upon
             the
             skirt
             of
             the
             Wood
             ,
             which
             it
             maintain'd
             ,
             till
             it
             was
             commanded
             off
             again
             by
             the
             same
             Prince
             of
             Nassaw
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             having
             form'd
             a
             Line
             of
             as
             many
             Battalions
             as
             cou'd
             come
             up
             in
             this
             little
             Plain
             ,
             the
             Enemy
             upon
             their
             Right
             ,
             and
             our
             Left
             of
             the
             Wood
             as
             wefac'd
             ,
             planted
             a
             Battery
             of
             about
             ten
             Pieces
             of
             Cannon
             ,
             to
             put
             them
             in
             disorder
             by
             their
             fire
             ;
             we
             at
             the
             same
             time
             brought
             another
             against
             it
             ,
             and
             thus
             continued
             firing
             one
             upon
             another
             for
             a
             considerable
             time
             .
             What
             mischief
             we
             did
             to
             the
             Enemy
             by
             our
             Cannon
             then
             ,
             I
             cannot
             tell
             ,
             but
             theirs
             kill'd
             several
             of
             our
             Soldiers
             ,
             some
             in
             the
             Regiment
             of
             Fuzileers
             ,
             and
             some
             in
             the
             Battalion
             of
             the
             Second
             Regiment
             of
             Guards
             ,
             but
             the
             most
             considerable
             loss
             we
             sustain'd
             by
             it
             ,
             was
             Col.
             Hodges
             ,
             who
             was
             shot
             with
             a
             Cannon-ball
             at
             the
             Head
             of
             his
             Regiment
             ,
             of
             which
             he
             soon
             after
             dy'd
             .
             There
             was
             likewise
             a
             Skirmish
             between
             some
             of
             the
             French
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             our
             Battalions
             ,
             between
             the
             Wood
             and
             that
             Farm
             which
             was
             fir'd
             by
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             but
             it
             did
             not
             last
             long
             ;
             what
             Regiments
             they
             were
             I
             cannot
             tell
             ;
             but
             I
             suppose
             they
             were
             some
             of
             the
             Dutch
             interlin'd
             in
             the
             Left
             Wing
             of
             Horse
             ,
             commanded
             by
             Brigadier
             Fagel
             .
          
           
             The
             Van
             Guard
             being
             thus
             disorder'd
             for
             want
             of
             a
             timely
             Relief
             ,
             which
             was
             occasion'd
             by
             the
             narrowness
             
             of
             the
             Ground
             ,
             and
             consequently
             beaten
             out
             of
             their
             Post
             in
             the
             Wood
             ,
             Luxemburg
             being
             likewise
             joyn'd
             by
             the
             Marquess
             of
             
             Boufflers's
             fresh
             Troops
             ,
             who
             came
             time
             enough
             to
             compleat
             the
             Defeat
             of
             our
             Van-Guard
             with
             his
             Dragoons
             ;
             and
             besides
             ,
             the
             Night
             drawing
             on
             ,
             the
             King
             order'd
             the
             Army
             to
             retreat
             ,
             which
             was
             done
             with
             admirable
             Order
             ;
             for
             tho'
             the
             French
             did
             follow
             us
             for
             some
             time
             ,
             yet
             they
             did
             not
             fire
             a
             shot
             ,
             such
             was
             the
             order
             of
             our
             Retreat
             ,
             that
             they
             did
             not
             dare
             venture
             upon
             it
             ;
             the
             English
             Grenadiers
             brought
             up
             the
             Rear
             ,
             and
             whenever
             the
             French
             mov'd
             towards
             us
             ,
             they
             fac'd
             to
             the
             Right
             about
             ,
             and
             presented
             themselves
             to
             the
             Enemy
             ;
             then
             the
             Enemy
             would
             halt
             ,
             and
             so
             our
             Rear-Guard
             then
             march'd
             on
             ;
             this
             halting
             and
             facing
             ,
             and
             then
             marching
             ,
             continu'd
             for
             some
             time
             ,
             till
             the
             Night
             put
             an
             end
             to
             the
             Enemies
             farther
             motion
             :
             And
             thus
             the
             Army
             came
             back
             to
             Halle
             ,
             on
             Munday
             Morning
             about
             Three
             of
             the
             Clock
             .
          
           
             We
             lost
             in
             this
             Action
             several
             Pieces
             of
             Cannon
             ,
             some
             taken
             by
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             and
             some
             we
             could
             not
             bring
             off
             ,
             the
             Horses
             being
             tired
             ,
             we
             likewise
             blew
             up
             some
             of
             our
             Powder-Waggons
             in
             the
             Retreat
             ,
             which
             we
             could
             not
             bring
             off
             ,
             some
             having
             their
             Carriages
             broken
             ,
             and
             others
             their
             Horses
             tir'd
             .
             The
             English
             lost
             two
             Colours
             and
             the
             Dutch
             likewise
             some
             ;
             we
             had
             about
             Two
             thousand
             Men
             kill'd
             ,
             and
             about
             Three
             thousand
             wounded
             ,
             in
             which
             number
             we
             comprehend
             the
             Prisoners
             taken
             by
             the
             French
             ,
             disabled
             by
             their
             Wounds
             to
             come
             off
             ,
             being
             about
             8
             or
             900.
             
             Of
             the
             English
             and
             Scotch
             twelve
             Battalions
             engag'd
             ,
             viz.
             The
             Second
             Battalion
             of
             the
             First
             Regiment
             of
             Guards
             ,
             the
             First
             Battalion
             of
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Douglass's
            
             ,
             Col.
             Fitz-Patricks
             ,
             and
             Col.
             O
             Farrel's
             in
             the
             Van-Guard
             ;
             
               Cutts
               ,
               Hesse
               ,
               Mackay
               ,
               Graham
               ,
               Angus
               ,
               Leven
               ,
            
             and
             Lauder
             ,
             interlin'd
             in
             the
             Left-Wing
             of
             Horse
             .
             Of
             the
             Body
             of
             the
             Infantry
             ,
             the
             Earl
             of
             
             Bath's
             .
             
             Of
             the
             Danes
             ,
             Battalion
             of
             Guards
             ,
             the
             Queen's
             Battalion
             ,
             Prince
             Christians
             and
             the
             Finland
             Battalion
             .
             Of
             the
             
               Dutch
               ,
               Waldeck
               ,
               Fagel
               ,
               Noyelles
               ,
               Torsey
               ,
               L'Fcluse
               ,
               Nassaw
               ,
            
             commanded
             by
             Colonel
             
               Goz.
               Lunenburgers
            
             in
             the
             States
             Service
             ,
             Boisdavid
             and
             Pibrac
             ;
             besides
             Epingers
             and
             Fitzhardings
             Dragoons
             ,
             and
             the
             Horse
             Granadiers
             ,
             who
             charg'd
             on
             Foot.
             Officers
             killed
             of
             Note
             were
             ,
             Lieutenant
             General
             Mackay
             ,
             Sir
             
               John
               Lanier
            
             Lieutenant
             General
             of
             Horse
             mortally
             wounded
             ,
             who
             died
             few
             days
             after
             at
             Brussels
             ,
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Douglas
            
             Earl
             of
             Angus
             ,
             Colonel
             Hodges
             ,
             my
             Lord
             Mountjoy
             ,
             who
             had
             been
             two
             or
             three
             years
             in
             Prison
             in
             France
             ,
             and
             came
             upon
             his
             Liberty
             to
             serve
             the
             King
             as
             a
             Voluntier
             ;
             he
             was
             killed
             with
             a
             Canon
             Ball
             at
             the
             Head
             of
             Colonel
             
             Godfrey's
             Regiment
             ,
             Lieutenant
             Colonel
             
               Fullerton
               ,
               Foxon
               ,
               Hawley
               ,
               Wacup
            
             and
             Hamilton
             ,
             Major
             Carre
             of
             
             Angus's
             Regiment
             ,
             wounded
             mortally
             ,
             and
             died
             soon
             after
             .
             Chief
             Officers
             wounded
             ,
             my
             Lord
             Cutts
             ,
             Colonel
             Mackay
             ,
             Lieutenant
             Colonel
             
               Eaton
               ,
               Courthop
            
             ,
             Major
             Fox
             of
             
             Fitzpatrick's
             .
             Prisoners
             of
             Note
             ,
             Colonel
             Lauder
             ,
             Lieutenant
             Colonel
             
               Eaton
               ,
               Bristol
            
             and
             Courthop
             .
             Several
             Officers
             of
             the
             Danes
             ,
             killed
             ,
             wounded
             ,
             and
             some
             Prisoners
             ,
             whose
             Names
             I
             cannot
             Insert
             .
             As
             likewise
             of
             the
             Dutch
             ,
             Lietenant
             General
             Tetteau
             wounded
             ,
             Colonel
             Goz
             ,
             Commandant
             of
             Prince
             Casimir
             of
             Nassaws
             Guards
             ,
             and
             Colonel
             Moor
             Commandant
             of
             
             Torsey's
             Regiment
             ,
             both
             killed
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             an
             Impartial
             Account
             of
             the
             Business
             of
             that
             Day
             ,
             of
             which
             the
             French
             ,
             notwithstanding
             their
             Te-Deum
             ,
             have
             no
             great
             reason
             to
             brag
             .
             All
             as
             Impartial
             Men
             can
             say
             of
             their
             Advantage
             ,
             is
             ,
             that
             we
             attack'd
             them
             in
             their
             own
             Camp
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             repuls'd
             us
             ,
             though
             with
             the
             greater
             Loss
             both
             of
             Soldiers
             and
             considerable
             Officers
             on
             their
             side
             .
             If
             it
             had
             pleased
             God
             
             to
             have
             given
             us
             the
             Victory
             ,
             we
             must
             have
             been
             Masters
             of
             their
             Camp
             ,
             and
             great
             part
             of
             their
             Baggage
             ;
             whereas
             the
             Consequence
             of
             the
             Disadvantage
             on
             our
             side
             ,
             was
             not
             ,
             nor
             could
             not
             be
             so
             :
             And
             therefore
             what
             ever
             Honour
             the
             French
             may
             assume
             to
             themselves
             in
             the
             Repulse
             ,
             yet
             it
             can't
             be
             deny'd
             us
             in
             the
             Attack
             .
             And
             indeed
             the
             French
             Officers
             (
             whatever
             the
             Paris
             Gazette
             may
             romance
             )
             are
             just
             in
             this
             respect
             ,
             and
             are
             not
             unwilling
             to
             give
             the
             Honour
             due
             to
             the
             English
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Kings
             Forces
             who
             engag'd
             in
             this
             Attempt
             .
             What
             Loss
             the
             French
             sustain'd
             ,
             or
             what
             Forces
             engag'd
             ,
             we
             cannot
             so
             just
             tell
             ;
             the
             Pavis
             Gazette
             says
             ,
             That
             the
             whole
             Body
             of
             our
             Infantry
             engag'd
             ,
             and
             insinuates
             ,
             That
             the
             French
             Infantry
             did
             the
             same
             ,
             since
             it
             says
             ,
             that
             it
             gave
             that
             day
             very
             good
             Proofs
             of
             Courage
             ,
             though
             they
             were
             not
             before
             valued
             by
             their
             Enemies
             .
             Whether
             our
             whole
             Infantry
             engag'd
             ,
             as
             the
             Account
             published
             at
             Paris
             as
             sent
             to
             the
             French
             King
             ,
             I
             leave
             the
             Reader
             to
             judge
             .
             I
             am
             sure
             none
             of
             the
             Body
             of
             Foot
             engag'd
             ,
             but
             three
             of
             the
             Four
             English
             and
             Scotch
             Regiments
             ,
             detach'd
             upon
             the
             Vanguard
             ,
             and
             the
             Earl
             of
             
             Bath's
             Regiment
             ,
             all
             the
             rest
             being
             interlin'd
             with
             the
             Left
             Wing
             of
             Horse
             ,
             except
             the
             Four
             Danish
             Battalions
             .
             But
             by
             all
             the
             Informations
             that
             I
             could
             get
             ,
             from
             Officers
             who
             were
             taken
             Prisoners
             ,
             and
             who
             have
             been
             some
             time
             in
             their
             Hands
             both
             at
             Mons
             and
             Valenciennes
             ,
             who
             relate
             nothing
             but
             what
             they
             have
             had
             from
             French
             Officers
             ,
             above
             Fifty
             of
             their
             Battalions
             charg'd
             that
             day
             besides
             Seven
             or
             Eight
             Regiments
             of
             Dragoons
             .
             Nay
             ,
             their
             Infantry
             was
             so
             harrass'd
             by
             our
             Fire
             ,
             that
             they
             seem'd
             unwilling
             at
             last
             to
             come
             to
             the
             Charge
             ;
             so
             far
             ,
             that
             the
             most
             considerable
             Princes
             in
             the
             Army
             of
             the
             Blood
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             were
             oblig'd
             to
             head
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             
             lead
             them
             on
             by
             their
             Examples
             and
             Exhortations
             ;
             in
             which
             Action
             the
             Duke
             of
             Chartres
             receiv'd
             a
             Contusion
             in
             the
             Shoulder
             ,
             the
             Prince
             of
             Conti
             had
             two
             Horses
             shot
             under
             him
             ,
             and
             the
             Prince
             of
             Turenne
             receiv'd
             a
             Mortal
             Wound
             ,
             of
             which
             he
             dy'd
             afterwards
             at
             Enghien
             .
             But
             the
             coming
             of
             Boufflers
             renewed
             their
             Efforts
             ,
             and
             his
             fresh
             Troops
             soon
             put
             our
             Vanguard
             in
             Disorder
             ,
             who
             had
             been
             sufficiently
             harrass'd
             for
             want
             of
             Relief
             .
             The
             French
             lost
             on
             their
             side
             a
             Standard
             belonging
             to
             the
             
             Dauphin's
             Dragoons
             ,
             taken
             by
             those
             of
             Epinger
             ;
             and
             we
             made
             some
             Captains
             ,
             a
             Cornet
             ,
             and
             some
             other
             Officers
             Prisoners
             .
             They
             have
             owned
             themselves
             to
             our
             English
             Officers
             that
             have
             been
             Prisoners
             amongst
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             had
             9000
             Men
             killed
             and
             wounded
             :
             Of
             the
             wounded
             a
             vast
             many
             dy'd
             afterwards
             ,
             because
             our
             Arms
             are
             stronger
             ,
             and
             carry
             better
             Balls
             than
             theirs
             .
             I
             can't
             give
             an
             Account
             of
             their
             considerable
             Officers
             that
             they
             lost
             ,
             since
             I
             have
             not
             seen
             a
             List
             :
             What
             I
             can
             remember
             of
             the
             Paris
             Gazette
             ,
             are
             ,
             the
             Prince
             of
             Turenne
             ,
             the
             Marquess
             Tilladet
             ,
             both
             Lieutenant
             Generals
             kill'd
             ,
             and
             likewise
             the
             Marquess
             
               de
               Bellfords
            
             ,
             and
             Collonel
             Polier
             .
             There
             are
             great
             many
             others
             both
             kill'd
             and
             wounded
             ,
             whose
             Names
             I
             can't
             remember
             .
          
           
             But
             before
             I
             quit
             this
             Relation
             of
             the
             Engagement
             ,
             I
             can't
             omit
             the
             generous
             Charity
             of
             the
             Princess
             of
             Vaudemont
             at
             Brussels
             I
             wish
             that
             all
             those
             of
             her
             Communion
             ,
             as
             the
             Popes
             have
             Canoniz'd
             ,
             had
             as
             good
             a
             Title
             to
             be
             Saints
             :
             For
             the
             number
             of
             our
             wounded
             being
             greater
             than
             could
             be
             contain'd
             in
             the
             Hospital
             which
             the
             King
             had
             at
             Brussels
             ,
             a
             great
             many
             on
             the
             Monday
             in
             the
             Evening
             were
             lying
             with
             their
             Wounds
             up
             and
             down
             the
             Streets
             ;
             whereupon
             this
             excellent
             Princess
             ,
             moved
             with
             a
             Christian
             
             Principle
             of
             Charity
             ,
             went
             in
             her
             Coach
             attended
             with
             a
             great
             many
             Flambeaux
             ,
             up
             and
             down
             the
             Streets
             ,
             to
             find
             them
             out
             ,
             and
             had
             them
             conducted
             to
             the
             great
             Hall
             of
             her
             Palace
             ,
             where
             she
             saw
             them
             dress'd
             of
             their
             Wounds
             her self
             by
             her
             Surgeons
             ,
             she
             and
             the
             Ladies
             of
             her
             Attendance
             giving
             Linnen
             and
             other
             Necessaries
             for
             that
             purpose
             :
             And
             here
             she
             maintained
             them
             till
             they
             could
             either
             be
             remov'd
             to
             the
             other
             Hospitals
             ,
             or
             till
             they
             were
             in
             a
             condition
             to
             go
             abroad
             themselves
             .
          
           
             The
             Day
             following
             the
             Mareschal
             
               de
               Luxembourg
            
             sent
             a
             Trumpet
             in
             our
             Camp
             ,
             
             to
             give
             leave
             to
             Officers
             Servants
             to
             go
             to
             the
             place
             of
             Battel
             ,
             to
             take
             care
             of
             their
             Masters
             Bodies
             as
             were
             kill'd
             upon
             the
             place
             ,
             and
             likewise
             to
             assure
             ,
             that
             care
             would
             be
             taken
             of
             all
             such
             wounded
             Prisoners
             as
             they
             had
             .
             But
             Orders
             were
             given
             out
             in
             our
             Army
             only
             for
             Field-Officers
             Servants
             to
             go
             ,
             and
             bring
             off
             the
             Bodies
             of
             their
             Masters
             ,
             as
             lay
             dead
             upon
             the
             place
             ;
             by
             which
             means
             the
             Bodies
             of
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Douglas
            
             and
             Lieutenant
             Colonel
             Fullerton
             were
             brought
             off
             ,
             and
             buried
             in
             our
             Camp
             at
             Halle
             .
             As
             for
             my
             Lord
             of
             Angus
             ,
             his
             Governour
             went
             ,
             but
             could
             not
             find
             his
             Body
             amongst
             the
             Dead
             ,
             nor
             hear
             of
             him
             amongst
             all
             the
             Prisoners
             .
             He
             had
             a
             Pass
             on
             purpose
             to
             go
             to
             the
             French
             Army
             to
             enquire
             for
             his
             Lord.
             
          
           
             Our
             Army
             Forag'd
             towards
             
               Haute
               Croix
            
             ,
             and
             a
             Detachment
             of
             Horse
             under
             the
             Command
             of
             Lieutenant
             General
             Sgravenmoor
             ,
             
             sent
             to
             cover
             our
             Foragers
             ,
             met
             with
             a
             considerable
             Detachment
             of
             French
             Horse
             ,
             and
             was
             oblig'd
             to
             retreat
             .
             The
             Alarm
             came
             quickly
             to
             our
             Army
             ,
             and
             it
             appeared
             immediately
             under
             Arms
             ;
             but
             there
             was
             no
             considerable
             harm
             done
             of
             either
             side
             in
             the
             two
             Detachments
             .
          
           
           
             This
             day
             one
             
               Chevalier
               de
               Millevoix
            
             (
             so
             called
             for
             his
             Excellency
             in
             Singing
             ,
             
             and
             a
             great
             Master
             in
             Musick
             ,
             who
             by
             it
             had
             got
             himself
             to
             be
             one
             of
             the
             Elector
             of
             
             Bavaria's
             Domesticks
             ,
             and
             was
             very
             much
             consider'd
             of
             him
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             he
             had
             a
             very
             good
             Pension
             ,
             and
             made
             a
             very
             great
             Figure
             )
             was
             hanged
             upon
             a
             Tree
             in
             the
             Front
             of
             our
             Right
             Wing
             of
             Horse
             for
             a
             Spy
             ,
             and
             for
             having
             given
             ,
             and
             endeavoured
             to
             give
             Intelligence
             to
             the
             Mareschal
             of
             Luxembourg
             ,
             which
             was
             intercepted
             by
             the
             Elector
             .
             The
             Boor
             he
             employ'd
             bringing
             two
             of
             his
             Letters
             ,
             one
             after
             another
             ,
             to
             his
             Electoral
             Highness
             ;
             and
             pretending
             to
             Millevoix
             ;
             that
             he
             had
             fallen
             amongst
             some
             of
             our
             Detachments
             ,
             and
             had
             been
             oblig'd
             to
             fling
             them
             away
             .
             His
             true
             Name
             was
             Jaquet
             ,
             born
             at
             Lisle
             in
             the
             French
             Conquests
             in
             Flanders
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             being
             advertised
             that
             the
             French
             Army
             march'd
             from
             Enghien
             to
             Gislenhem
             ,
             
             the
             King
             march'd
             with
             all
             the
             Army
             ,
             (
             except
             those
             had
             been
             harrass'd
             at
             Steenkirk
             )
             to
             charge
             them
             in
             the
             Rear
             ;
             but
             the
             Advertisement
             having
             been
             given
             too
             late
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             could
             not
             overtake
             them
             .
             The
             French
             decamp'd
             in
             great
             Secresie
             ,
             without
             any
             general
             Beating
             before
             ,
             or
             any
             Beat
             of
             Drum
             upon
             their
             March
             ,
             and
             their
             Pikes
             trail'd
             ;
             which
             sufficiently
             shews
             ,
             they
             did
             not
             care
             (
             notwithstanding
             their
             Victory
             )
             for
             a
             Second
             Brush
             .
             They
             left
             all
             our
             wounded
             Prisoners
             behind
             them
             at
             Enghien
             ,
             who
             were
             sent
             the
             next
             day
             in
             Carts
             to
             Brussels
             .
             His
             Majesty
             this
             day
             went
             as
             far
             as
             Enghien
             ,
             and
             had
             full
             view
             of
             the
             place
             of
             Battle
             ,
             of
             the
             Enemies
             Camp
             as
             it
             was
             before
             they
             march'd
             off
             ,
             and
             before
             we
             engag'd
             .
             Our
             Army
             not
             being
             able
             to
             overtake
             the
             Enemies
             Rear
             ,
             returned
             the
             same
             day
             to
             Halle
             .
          
           
           
             We
             Forag'd
             this
             day
             ,
             
             and
             the
             Detachment
             was
             put
             under
             the
             Command
             of
             my
             Lord
             of
             Athlene
             ,
             who
             being
             informed
             that
             several
             of
             the
             Enemy
             lay
             in
             Ambuscade
             in
             a
             Wood
             to
             steal
             our
             Horses
             ,
             he
             ordered
             a
             Party
             to
             beat
             the
             Wood
             ,
             where
             Captain
             
               Rowland
               Maikenzy
            
             ,
             of
             that
             Regiment
             as
             was
             Sir
             Robert
             Dowglas's
             ,
             now
             my
             Lord
             George
             Hamilton's
             ,
             made
             Twenty
             Prisoners
             ,
             who
             begg'd
             very
             eernestly
             for
             Quarter
             ,
             though
             Orders
             had
             been
             to
             give
             none
             .
          
           
             This
             day
             the
             
               Chevalier
               de
               Grandval
            
             Knight
             of
             Malta
             ,
             
             
               Bartholomew
               Lanier
            
             by
             Name
             ,
             born
             at
             Liniere
             in
             Picardy
             ,
             was
             Hang'd
             ,
             Drawn
             and
             Quarter'd
             ,
             (
             according
             to
             the
             English
             Punishment
             for
             Traytors
             )
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             our
             Camp
             ,
             for
             having
             conspir'd
             to
             assassinate
             the
             King
             ,
             with
             
               Du
               Mont
            
             and
             Levendael
             ,
             the
             first
             having
             discovered
             the
             business
             (
             as
             we
             have
             said
             before
             )
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             Zell
             ,
             and
             the
             second
             to
             his
             Brother
             in
             Holland
             :
             They
             were
             confronted
             as
             Witnesses
             of
             the
             Fact
             ,
             which
             Grandval
             himself
             confessed
             and
             own'd
             .
             This
             Grandval
             had
             before
             kill'd
             the
             Mareschal
             
               de
               Humiere's
            
             Nephew
             in
             a
             Duel
             ;
             and
             as
             there
             is
             no
             mercy
             in
             France
             for
             such
             Men
             ,
             he
             was
             oblig'd
             to
             fly
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             
             Savoy's
             Country
             for
             shelter
             ,
             where
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             War
             he
             took
             Service
             .
             But
             Monsieur
             
               de
               Catenat
            
             finding
             this
             Grandval
             Serviceable
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             Savoy
             ,
             represented
             it
             to
             the
             French
             King
             ,
             and
             desired
             him
             to
             give
             him
             his
             Pardon
             ;
             being
             assured
             under-hand
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             quit
             the
             Duke's
             Service
             if
             he
             had
             it
             .
             Accordingly
             upon
             
             Catinat's
             Request
             ,
             Grandval
             had
             the
             Kings
             Pardon
             ,
             and
             thus
             left
             the
             Duke
             of
             Savoy
             ,
             and
             came
             to
             
             Catinat's
             Army
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             immediately
             preferr'd
             to
             be
             Major
             of
             Dragoons
             and
             Adjutant
             General
             .
             
               Du
               Mont
            
             having
             been
             formerly
             an
             Officer
             in
             the
             States
             Service
             ,
             and
             disoblig'd
             (
             I
             think
             
             cashier'd
             )
             by
             our
             King
             ,
             he
             was
             resolved
             to
             attempt
             a
             Revenge
             by
             the
             assassinate
             of
             his
             Sacred
             Person
             ;
             accordingly
             he
             made
             the
             Motion
             to
             the
             then
             Marquess
             
               de
               Louvois
            
             ;
             and
             this
             was
             designed
             to
             be
             executed
             in
             91.
             when
             the
             King
             was
             in
             the
             Field
             ,
             either
             upon
             the
             March
             of
             our
             Army
             ,
             or
             at
             some
             other
             time
             when
             the
             King
             rid
             abroad
             to
             view
             some
             Posts
             .
             The
             Marquess
             
               de
               Louvous
            
             pitched
             upon
             this
             Grandval
             to
             bring
             the
             Assassin
             off
             ,
             who
             was
             to
             command
             a
             Detachment
             of
             some
             stout
             desperate
             Fellows
             for
             that
             purpose
             :
             For
             Louvois
             thought
             this
             Man
             fit
             for
             the
             purpose
             ,
             since
             he
             had
             been
             so
             desperate
             as
             to
             fight
             a
             Duel
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             strictest
             Orders
             of
             the
             French
             King
             ,
             and
             in
             which
             there
             was
             no
             hopes
             of
             Mercy
             ,
             and
             also
             because
             he
             had
             been
             so
             much
             obliged
             by
             the
             French
             King
             in
             having
             his
             Pardon
             ,
             in
             a
             case
             in
             which
             the
             French
             King
             had
             never
             pardoned
             before
             ;
             and
             therefore
             he
             lay
             under
             some
             Obligation
             to
             undertake
             this
             honourable
             Employment
             .
             But
             
               Du
               Mont
            
             and
             Grandval
             missing
             of
             their
             Design
             that
             Campaign
             ,
             and
             the
             Marquess
             
               de
               Louvois
            
             dying
             some
             time
             after
             ,
             it
             was
             laid
             by
             ,
             and
             
               Du
               Mont
            
             retired
             to
             
               Hanover
               .
               Barbesieux
            
             however
             finding
             this
             Project
             in
             his
             Fathers
             Papers
             ,
             would
             not
             let
             it
             fall
             ,
             but
             sent
             for
             Grandval
             ,
             who
             accordingly
             entred
             into
             a
             new
             Negotiation
             with
             
               Du
               Mont
            
             by
             Letters
             at
             Hanover
             ,
             and
             took
             with
             him
             a
             third
             Associate
             ,
             Levendael
             ,
             at
             Paris
             ,
             and
             appointed
             their
             meeting
             to
             execute
             their
             Enterprize
             at
             Endhoven
             near
             Boisleduc
             .
             I
             need
             not
             say
             any
             more
             Particulars
             ,
             I
             refer
             my self
             to
             the
             Factum
             printed
             in
             several
             Languages
             by
             Authority
             ,
             to
             let
             the
             World
             know
             so
             horrible
             a
             Villany
             ,
             and
             what
             the
             French
             Court
             will
             not
             attempt
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             never
             so
             base
             and
             unworthy
             ,
             to
             rid
             themselves
             of
             a
             powerful
             Enemy
             ;
             and
             far
             more
             base
             and
             horrible
             than
             those
             Designs
             
             laid
             against
             the
             Life
             of
             William
             I.
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             ,
             his
             Sacred
             Majesty's
             Glorious
             Ancestor
             ,
             as
             this
             was
             carried
             with
             a
             Hellish
             Secresie
             ;
             whereas
             the
             King
             of
             Spain
             had
             by
             a
             publick
             Proscription
             laid
             a
             Price
             upon
             the
             Prince's
             Life
             .
             These
             Traytors
             were
             invited
             to
             this
             more
             than
             Hellish
             Conspiracy
             ,
             by
             the
             Prospect
             of
             vast
             Rewards
             promised
             them
             both
             by
             the
             late
             King
             and
             Barbesieux
             ,
             as
             has
             appeared
             by
             their
             own
             Confession
             ,
             and
             
             Grandval's
             own
             Letter
             to
             
               Mademoiselle
               Juré
            
             ,
             wherein
             he
             desired
             her
             to
             wait
             upon
             the
             Archbishop
             of
             Rheins
             ,
             to
             acquaint
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             obeyed
             the
             Marquess
             de
             Barbesieux's
             Orders
             at
             the
             Expence
             of
             his
             Life
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             of
             Athlone
             ,
             General
             of
             the
             Dutch
             Horse
             ,
             was
             President
             at
             the
             Council
             of
             War
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             Try'd
             ,
             assisted
             by
             Sgravenmoor
             ,
             Sir
             
               John
               Lanier
            
             ,
             and
             Talmash
             ,
             and
             Mackay
             ;
             Lieutenant
             Generals
             
               La
               Forest
               de
               Weede
               ,
               Noyelles
               ,
               Zobell
               ,
            
             Major
             Generals
             .
             Churchill
             and
             Ramsey
             Brigadiers
             .
             But
             the
             business
             of
             Steenkirk
             cut
             off
             two
             of
             the
             General
             Officers
             present
             at
             the
             Council
             of
             War
             ,
             before
             the
             passing
             of
             Sentence
             ,
             so
             that
             their
             Names
             are
             not
             Sign'd
             in
             it
             ,
             
               viz.
               Lanier
            
             and
             Mackay
             .
             The
             Sentence
             was
             passed
             and
             read
             Monday
             the
             11
             th
             of
             August
             ,
             at
             the
             Camp
             at
             Lembeck
             ,
             and
             Executed
             the
             Wednesday
             following
             .
          
           
             This
             day
             the
             Army
             decamp'd
             from
             
               Nostredame
               de
               Halle
            
             and
             marched
             to
             
               St.
               Quinten
               Lenneck
            
             ,
             
             a
             place
             remarkable
             only
             for
             the
             Retrenchments
             which
             remain
             there
             ,
             which
             Prince
             Waldeck
             caused
             to
             be
             made
             sometime
             before
             the
             Army's
             breaking
             up
             in
             1690.
             and
             the
             next
             day
             we
             came
             to
             Ninove
             ,
             the
             first
             Town
             in
             Flanders
             ,
             scituated
             upon
             the
             River
             Dender
             ,
             which
             passing
             by
             Alost
             ,
             falls
             into
             the
             Scheld
             at
             Dendermond
             .
             The
             French
             were
             at
             the
             same
             time
             encamp'd
             between
             Grammont
             
             in
             
               Dutch
               Geersberg
            
             ,
             and
             Lessines
             ,
             both
             upon
             the
             same
             River
             ,
             about
             two
             Leagues
             higher
             .
             The
             King
             took
             his
             Quarter
             in
             the
             Abbey
             of
             the
             Town
             ,
             of
             the
             Order
             of
             Premonstre
             or
             St.
             Norbet
             ,
             and
             the
             Elector
             at
             a
             Gentlemans
             House
             not
             far
             from
             the
             Town
             :
             The
             Kings
             Quarter
             lying
             something
             too
             open
             in
             this
             Camp
             in
             the
             Front
             of
             our
             Army
             ,
             all
             the
             English
             and
             Scotch
             Granadiers
             were
             order'd
             to
             encamp
             about
             the
             King's
             Quarters
             to
             cover
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             day
             before
             this
             last
             March
             ,
             
               (
               viz.
            
             the
             ●th
             )
             the
             Second
             Battalion
             of
             the
             first
             Regiment
             of
             Guards
             ,
             my
             Lord
             
             Cutts's
             and
             the
             Prince
             of
             
             Hesse's
             Regiments
             were
             sent
             to
             Mecklen
             ,
             having
             suffer'd
             very
             much
             in
             the
             late
             Engagement
             .
             Three
             Dutch
             Regiments
             who
             suffer'd
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             were
             commanded
             towards
             Maestricht
             .
          
           
             All
             the
             heavy
             Baggage
             of
             the
             Army
             was
             commanded
             towards
             Ghendt
             ,
             
             under
             the
             Convoy
             of
             Four
             Danish
             Battalions
             who
             had
             suffered
             at
             Steenkirk
             ,
             and
             were
             ordered
             there
             to
             quarter
             :
             They
             were
             the
             Battalion
             of
             Danish
             Guards
             ,
             the
             Queens
             ,
             Prince
             Christians
             ,
             and
             the
             Finland
             Battalions
             .
             This
             was
             in
             order
             to
             the
             Armies
             marching
             the
             next
             day
             towards
             the
             Scheld
             .
             The
             Ways
             being
             difficult
             ,
             and
             the
             Defilés
             many
             ,
             the
             heavy
             Baggage
             was
             ordered
             to
             Ghendt
             .
             The
             next
             day
             being
             St.
             Lewis's
             day
             ,
             
             the
             Army
             march'd
             from
             Ninove
             .
             The
             French
             at
             the
             same
             time
             decamp'd
             from
             Grammont
             and
             Lessines
             to
             pass
             the
             Scheld
             as
             soon
             as
             we
             ;
             this
             being
             their
             Patron
             Saint
             ,
             and
             reckoned
             amongst
             them
             as
             a
             Fortunate
             day
             :
             Our
             Left
             Flank
             laid
             very
             open
             all
             this
             day's
             March
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             pleased
             to
             attack
             it
             ;
             but
             they
             thought
             it
             not
             convenient
             ,
             and
             so
             we
             came
             and
             encamped
             in
             very
             close
             Grounds
             at
             
               St.
               Levinus
               Haltheim
            
             ,
             a
             pretty
             large
             Village
             ,
             and
             considerable
             chiefly
             for
             the
             Burying-place
             of
             St.
             Levinus
             ,
             a
             Scotch
             Man
             ,
             
             and
             sometimes
             Bishop
             of
             Ghendt
             ,
             a
             Martyr
             beheaded
             there
             ,
             as
             the
             Legend
             will
             have
             it
             ,
             and
             buried
             in
             this
             Church
             ;
             as
             we
             came
             up
             to
             our
             Ground
             in
             this
             Camp
             ,
             it
             being
             all
             high
             Trees
             and
             Inclosures
             ,
             a
             Party
             of
             about
             100
             French
             were
             surpriz'd
             Prisoners
             between
             our
             two
             Lines
             ,
             the
             Defiles
             being
             such
             here
             that
             one
             Line
             could
             not
             see
             the
             other
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             day
             the
             Army
             march'd
             and
             pass'd
             the
             Scheld
             at
             Gavre
             ,
             
             a
             little
             Town
             belonging
             to
             the
             Count
             
               d'
               Egmont
            
             ,
             where
             he
             has
             an
             old
             ruinous
             Palace
             ,
             which
             gives
             him
             the
             Title
             of
             Prince
             of
             Gavre
             ;
             the
             other
             side
             of
             the
             Scheld
             ,
             between
             this
             River
             and
             the
             Lys
             ,
             is
             all
             close
             Ground
             ,
             full
             of
             Trees
             ,
             belonging
             to
             the
             Count
             
               d'
               Egmont
            
             ,
             which
             made
             such
             difficult
             Defiles
             ,
             that
             the
             Army
             cou'd
             march
             but
             very
             slowly
             ;
             this
             made
             the
             French
             before-hand
             with
             us
             in
             their
             passage
             of
             the
             Scheld
             ,
             between
             Audenarde
             and
             Tournay
             ;
             in
             this
             March
             before
             we
             came
             upon
             the
             Scheld
             ,
             we
             had
             a
             very
             fine
             prospect
             of
             the
             whole
             Province
             of
             Flanders
             ,
             which
             on
             the
             other
             side
             of
             the
             Scheld
             is
             all
             a
             perfect
             Level
             ,
             not
             as
             much
             as
             a
             Hill
             to
             be
             seen
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             Hills
             on
             the
             
             Brabant-side
             give
             a
             full
             view
             and
             prospect
             of
             it
             ;
             we
             had
             the
             Town
             of
             Audenarde
             ,
             and
             the
             Hills
             and
             Plains
             of
             Tournay
             ,
             upon
             our
             Left
             ,
             Ghendt
             upon
             our
             Right
             ,
             and
             before
             us
             all
             the
             Low
             Flanders
             ,
             which
             gave
             us
             such
             a
             Prospect
             ,
             that
             we
             cou'd
             see
             as
             far
             as
             Bruges
             and
             Antwerp
             ;
             this
             Night
             we
             encamp'd
             amongst
             the
             Woods
             ,
             between
             the
             Scheld
             and
             the
             Lys
             ,
             the
             King
             taking
             his
             Head-Quarter
             at
             Nassaret
             .
          
           
             The
             Army
             march'd
             towards
             the
             Lys
             ,
             
             being
             now
             joyn'd
             by
             that
             Detachment
             as
             was
             made
             at
             Genap
             ,
             under
             the
             Command
             of
             Count
             Horn
             ,
             Master
             of
             the
             Dutch
             Artillery
             ;
             we
             had
             a
             very
             difficult
             March
             through
             the
             Defiles
             ,
             till
             we
             pass'd
             the
             Lys
             at
             Deynse
             ,
             which
             was
             very
             
             late
             in
             the
             Evening
             ,
             tho'
             but
             a
             short
             March
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             narrowness
             of
             the
             ways
             :
             the
             Army
             encamp'd
             late
             at
             Night
             on
             the
             other
             side
             of
             the
             River
             ;
             the
             King
             took
             his
             Quarter
             at
             Grammen
             ,
             and
             the
             Elector
             of
             Bavaria
             in
             the
             Town
             of
             Deynse
             ,
             situated
             upon
             the
             Lys
             ,
             about
             three
             Leagues
             higher
             than
             Ghendt
             ,
             and
             gives
             the
             Title
             to
             the
             Marquess
             Deynse
             ,
             Colonel
             of
             a
             Walloon
             Regiment
             ,
             as
             we
             reliev'd
             at
             Damme
             .
             The
             Saturday
             following
             we
             were
             joyn'd
             by
             three
             Regiments
             of
             Horse
             lately
             come
             from
             
               England
               ,
               viz.
            
             that
             as
             was
             Sir
             John
             Lanier's
             ,
             now
             Col.
             
             Lumley's
             ,
             my
             Lord
             of
             Athlone
             ,
             and
             Col.
             
             Schack's
             ,
             who
             then
             took
             their
             Post
             in
             the
             Line
             .
          
           
             The
             Mareschal
             of
             Luxemburg
             marching
             as
             we
             did
             ,
             to
             observe
             our
             motions
             ,
             came
             about
             the
             same
             time
             with
             his
             Army
             to
             Harlebec
             ,
             where
             he
             encamp'd
             between
             that
             place
             and
             Courtray
             ,
             along
             the
             
               Lys
               ;
               Luxemburg
            
             made
             the
             more
             hast
             to
             cover
             Courtray
             ,
             a
             place
             which
             lies
             open
             all
             the
             Summer
             ,
             and
             which
             the
             French
             have
             hitherto
             pallisado'd
             and
             fortify'd
             every
             Winter
             for
             a
             Garrison
             ,
             and
             of
             which
             we
             might
             have
             otherwise
             possess'd
             ourselves
             ,
             and
             made
             it
             a
             Winter-Quarter
             for
             our
             Troops
             ;
             here
             Luxemburg
             lay
             ready
             likewise
             to
             cover
             Ipres
             or
             Dunkirk
             ,
             in
             case
             the
             Army
             had
             march'd
             that
             way
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             order'd
             this
             day
             a
             Detachment
             of
             Six
             Regiments
             towards
             the
             Canal
             of
             Bruges
             ,
             
             five
             being
             English
             and
             Scotch
             ,
             viz.
             
               Bath
               ,
               Castleton
               ,
               Mackay
               ,
               Graham
               ,
            
             and
             Leven
             ,
             and
             the
             Sixth
             Major-General
             
             Wey's
             Regiment
             of
             Dutch
             ,
             commanded
             by
             Count
             
               d'
               Ohna
            
             ;
             this
             Detachment
             march'd
             accordingly
             towards
             the
             Canal
             of
             Bruges
             ,
             and
             pass'd
             it
             about
             half
             way
             ,
             between
             Bruges
             and
             Ghendt
             ,
             upon
             a
             Bridge
             of
             Boats
             ,
             and
             encamp'd
             the
             other
             side
             of
             the
             Canal
             ,
             under
             the
             Command
             of
             Brigadier
             Ramsey
             ;
             the
             next
             day
             the
             said
             Detachment
             continu'd
             their
             March
             towards
             Bruges
             ,
             and
             encamp'd
             within
             a
             quarter
             of
             a
             mile
             
             of
             that
             place
             ,
             about
             
               Katarina
               Port
            
             ,
             where
             they
             halted
             the
             next
             day
             to
             expect
             Lieutenant
             General
             Talmash
             ,
             who
             was
             detached
             the
             22d
             of
             August
             ,
             O.
             S.
             Sept.
             1.
             
             N.
             S.
             from
             the
             Army
             ,
             with
             five
             Battalions
             ,
             most
             English
             and
             
               Scotch
               ,
               viz.
            
             his
             own
             of
             Guards
             ,
             Second
             Battalion
             of
             Scotch
             Guards
             ,
             Col.
             
               Trelawney
               ,
               English
            
             Fuziliers
             ,
             commanded
             by
             Col.
             Fitz-Patrick
             ,
             and
             that
             Regiment
             as
             was
             Col.
             Hodges
             ,
             
             now
             Col.
             
             Stanley's
             ,
             who
             came
             up
             to
             Bruges
             by
             the
             same
             Road
             as
             Brigadier
             
             Ramsey's
             Detachment
             had
             march'd
             ,
             and
             encamp'd
             just
             under
             the
             Walls
             .
             The
             same
             day
             the
             Dutch
             Regiment
             commanded
             by
             Count
             
               d'
               Ohna
            
             ,
             march'd
             through
             Bruges
             ,
             and
             joyn'd
             four
             Dutch
             Regiments
             of
             the
             Garrison
             of
             Bruges
             and
             Sluys
             ,
             who
             were
             put
             under
             the
             Command
             of
             Major-General
             Count
             
               de
               Noyelles
            
             ,
             who
             march'd
             the
             same
             day
             towards
             Newport
             .
          
           
             This
             Day
             the
             aforesaid
             Detachment
             of
             ten
             English
             and
             Scotch
             Battalions
             ,
             
             under
             the
             Command
             of
             Lieutenant-General
             Talmash
             .
             march'd
             through
             the
             Town
             of
             Bruges
             ,
             and
             so
             kept
             along
             the
             Canal
             of
             Ostend
             ,
             till
             they
             came
             to
             Placendael
             ,
             where
             we
             turn'd
             to
             the
             Left
             upon
             the
             Canal
             of
             Newport
             ,
             and
             so
             encamp'd
             at
             Oudembourg
             ,
             an
             old
             ruinous
             Town
             about
             half
             a
             League
             from
             Placendael
             ,
             where
             the
             Canal
             of
             Newport
             falls
             into
             that
             of
             Ostend
             ,
             and
             so
             goes
             on
             to
             Bruges
             :
             there
             are
             still
             some
             ruinated
             Ramparts
             about
             the
             Abbey
             of
             St.
             Pierre
             in
             this
             old
             Town
             ,
             of
             the
             Order
             of
             St.
             Benoist
             ,
             where
             Lieutenant
             General
             Talmash
             took
             his
             Quarters
             for
             that
             Night
             .
          
           
             This
             Detachment
             of
             ten
             Battalions
             from
             the
             King's
             Army
             ,
             under
             the
             Command
             of
             Lieutenant-General
             Talmash
             ,
             was
             sent
             to
             joyn
             the
             Duke
             of
             Leinster
             ,
             who
             on
             the
             22d
             Aug.
             O.
             S.
             Sept.
             1.
             
             N.
             S.
             came
             with
             the
             Transport-Ships
             ,
             under
             the
             Convoy
             of
             a
             Squadron
             of
             our
             Men
             of
             War
             ,
             into
             Ostend
             Harbour
             ,
             having
             on
             board
             fifteen
             Regiments
             ,
             (
             viz.
             )
             
               Selwyn
               ,
               Beaumont
               ,
               Hastings
            
             ,
             
             Sir
             
               David
               Collier
               ,
               Tiffeny
               ,
               West-Meath
               ,
               Brewer
               ,
               Venner
               ,
            
             Sir
             
               John
               Morgan
               ,
               Lloyd
               ,
               Beveridge
               ,
            
             Earl
             of
             
               Argyle
               ,
               La
               Meloniere
               ,
               Belcastel
               ,
            
             and
             Cambon
             ;
             these
             Troops
             as
             they
             landed
             march'd
             to
             Mariekirk
             ,
             about
             a
             League
             from
             Ostend
             ,
             towards
             Newport
             ,
             where
             they
             encamp'd
             some
             days
             to
             refresh
             themselves
             ;
             the
             Duke
             of
             Leinster
             at
             his
             landing
             ,
             order'd
             a
             Detachment
             of
             Colonel
             ,
             Lieutenant
             Colonel
             ,
             Major
             ,
             Officers
             ,
             and
             Men
             proportionable
             ,
             out
             of
             his
             Transport-Troops
             ,
             to
             keep
             Guard
             at
             all
             the
             Passes
             along
             the
             Canal
             ,
             from
             Placendael
             to
             Newport
             .
          
           
             The
             Detachment
             under
             the
             Command
             of
             Lieutenant-General
             Talmash
             ,
             
             march'd
             from
             Oudenbourg
             ,
             along
             the
             Canal
             of
             Newport
             ,
             and
             so
             came
             to
             Newendam
             ,
             a
             square
             Fort
             within
             half
             a
             League
             of
             Newport
             ,
             where
             there
             is
             a
             Spanish
             Governor
             ,
             and
             a
             small
             Garrison
             detach'd
             from
             time
             to
             time
             from
             the
             Garrison
             of
             Newport
             .
             Majer-General
             Count
             de
             Noyelles
             ,
             who
             was
             since
             Bruges
             still
             a
             days
             march
             before
             us
             ,
             enter'd
             this
             day
             into
             Furnes
             without
             any
             opposition
             ,
             with
             the
             five
             Dutch
             Regiments
             under
             his
             Command
             ,
             and
             took
             possession
             of
             the
             place
             .
             This
             Town
             lies
             upon
             a
             Canal
             ,
             between
             Newport
             ,
             and
             
               Berg
               St
               Winnox
            
             ,
             within
             two
             Leagues
             of
             Newport
             ,
             three
             of
             
               Berg
               St.
               Winnox
            
             ,
             and
             about
             five
             from
             Dunkirk
             ;
             and
             in
             all
             the
             Wars
             between
             the
             two
             Crowns
             ,
             since
             Dunkirk
             and
             Berg
             have
             been
             in
             the
             French
             hands
             ,
             this
             Town
             has
             still
             serv'd
             for
             a
             Winter-Quarter
             to
             the
             French
             ,
             which
             in
             the
             Spring
             they
             still
             abandon'd
             ,
             to
             have
             their
             Garrison
             in
             the
             Field
             ,
             and
             return'd
             their
             Pallisades
             to
             Berg
             or
             Dunkirk
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Winter
             they
             took
             care
             to
             fortifie
             it
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             hold
             a
             Garrison
             for
             Winter-Quarters
             .
             It
             is
             about
             the
             bigness
             of
             Ostend
             ,
             and
             has
             in
             it
             a
             Parish-Church
             ,
             a
             Collegiate
             Church
             of
             Secular
             Priests
             ,
             the
             Dean
             whereof
             is
             a
             French-man
             ,
             two
             Cloysters
             of
             Nuns
             ,
             one
             of
             Capucins
             ,
             
             and
             an
             Abbey
             of
             White
             Monks
             of
             Premonstré
             ,
             or
             the
             Order
             of
             St.
             Norbert
             ,
             and
             is
             in
             the
             Diocess
             of
             Ipres
             .
          
           
             Lieutenant-General
             Talmash
             ,
             
             with
             the
             Detachment
             under
             his
             Command
             ,
             march'd
             from
             Newendam
             ,
             and
             came
             to
             Furnes
             ,
             in
             Dutch
             called
             Vuernes
             ,
             and
             encamp'd
             close
             by
             it
             ;
             and
             a
             day
             or
             two
             after
             the
             Boars
             (
             that
             had
             been
             summon'd
             about
             Ghendt
             and
             Bruges
             ,
             with
             their
             Spades
             and
             Shoovels
             ,
             and
             other
             Instruments
             ,
             to
             remove
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             had
             been
             commanded
             hither
             )
             began
             to
             work
             about
             the
             Fortifications
             ,
             being
             about
             2
             or
             3000
             ,
             Col.
             Cambon
             being
             Engineer
             ;
             nothing
             new
             was
             added
             to
             the
             Fortifications
             ,
             but
             only
             we
             renewed
             those
             Works
             as
             the
             French
             had
             ruin'd
             ,
             when
             they
             left
             it
             the
             beginning
             of
             this
             Campaigne
             .
             The
             Duke
             of
             Leinster
             came
             likewise
             with
             the
             Transport-Troops
             ,
             and
             encamp'd
             at
             
               Oost
               Dunkirk
            
             ,
             about
             a
             Mile
             from
             
             Talmash's
             Detachment
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             he
             was
             joyn'd
             by
             a
             Detachment
             from
             the
             great
             Army
             ,
             of
             about
             thirty
             Squadrons
             of
             Horse
             ,
             under
             the
             Command
             of
             Brigadier
             Boncourt
             ;
             so
             that
             now
             we
             made
             a
             Body
             of
             about
             Sixteen
             thousand
             Men
             ,
             besides
             the
             Garrison
             of
             Furnes
             .
             We
             made
             Detachments
             and
             Parties
             almost
             every
             Night
             towards
             Dunkirk
             ,
             but
             without
             meeting
             any
             of
             the
             Enemy's
             ;
             and
             assoon
             as
             we
             had
             put
             the
             Body
             of
             that
             place
             in
             a
             condition
             to
             hold
             an
             Assault
             ,
             pallisadoed
             it
             ,
             and
             cleans'd
             the
             Ditch
             ,
             we
             left
             the
             Boars
             to
             repair
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Works
             ,
             under
             the
             cover
             of
             the
             Garrison
             ;
             we
             likewise
             left
             some
             Artillery
             to
             put
             upon
             the
             Ramparts
             ,
             
             and
             so
             march'd
             to
             Dixmuyde
             ,
             the
             Battalion
             of
             Guards
             ,
             
             Selwyn's
             ,
             and
             the
             Fuziliers
             ,
             and
             some
             other
             Regiments
             having
             been
             sent
             over
             Night
             to
             possess
             themselves
             of
             the
             place
             ;
             which
             was
             put
             
               per
               Interim
            
             under
             the
             Command
             of
             Brigadier
             Ramsey
             .
             Upon
             our
             March
             ,
             the
             Fort
             of
             Knock
             fir'd
             three
             Pieces
             of
             Cannon
             ,
             suppos'd
             to
             give
             Notice
             to
             the
             French
             of
             our
             
             march
             that
             way
             :
             This
             is
             a
             little
             square
             Fort
             scituated
             upon
             the
             River
             that
             comes
             to
             Dixmuyde
             about
             a
             League
             and
             a
             half
             ,
             and
             is
             very
             advantagiously
             posted
             upon
             a
             considerable
             Pass
             between
             
               Ipres
               ,
               Dixmuyde
               ,
               Furnes
               ,
               Berg
            
             and
             Dunkirk
             ,
             the
             Canals
             between
             Ipres
             and
             those
             places
             meeting
             all
             here
             ;
             so
             that
             the
             taking
             of
             this
             Fort
             would
             have
             cut
             off
             the
             Communication
             between
             
               Ipres
               ,
               Berg
            
             and
             Dunkirk
             ,
             and
             would
             have
             cover'd
             very
             much
             our
             Garrison
             of
             Dixmuyde
             ,
             which
             did
             lie
             now
             very
             open
             by
             the
             Neighbourhood
             of
             this
             Fort.
             
          
           
             'T
             was
             suppos'd
             we
             had
             a
             Design
             to
             attack
             it
             ,
             since
             our
             Train
             of
             Artillery
             ,
             Mortar-pieces
             ,
             and
             other
             things
             necessary
             for
             an
             Attack
             were
             brought
             by
             Water
             from
             Newport
             to
             Dixmuyde
             ,
             and
             that
             my
             Lords
             Portland
             and
             Auverquerque
             were
             sent
             from
             the
             King
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             Leinster
             here
             ,
             which
             looked
             like
             a
             Consultation
             about
             some
             considerable
             Enterprize
             :
             Besides
             ,
             Col.
             Cambon
             our
             Engenier
             was
             sent
             to
             view
             the
             place
             under
             the
             Escorte
             of
             a
             good
             Detachment
             of
             Horse
             .
             The
             Fort
             fir'd
             upon
             them
             with
             their
             Canon
             ,
             but
             without
             any
             loss
             on
             our
             side
             :
             But
             the
             French
             upon
             our
             March
             this
             way
             ,
             soon
             made
             a
             considerable
             Detachment
             from
             their
             Army
             to
             cover
             this
             place
             ,
             who
             encamp'd
             close
             under
             the
             Fort.
             
          
           
             When
             we
             came
             to
             Dixmuyde
             we
             encamp'd
             just
             by
             it
             ,
             in
             two
             Lines
             ,
             having
             our
             Right
             at
             Caeskirk
             ,
             where
             the
             Duke
             of
             Leinster
             had
             his
             Quarter
             ,
             our
             Left
             upon
             the
             Town
             ,
             and
             our
             Rear
             cover'd
             by
             the
             River
             Tser
             ,
             upon
             which
             this
             Town
             is
             scituated
             ,
             and
             which
             falls
             into
             the
             Sea
             at
             Newport
             .
             This
             Town
             ,
             since
             the
             growing
             Power
             of
             France
             ,
             has
             suffer'd
             many
             Revolutions
             ;
             it
             was
             first
             taken
             for
             the
             French
             (
             as
             I
             have
             been
             told
             by
             some
             ancient
             People
             of
             the
             Town
             )
             by
             the
             Mareschal
             
             
               de
               Rantzaw
            
             ,
             before
             the
             Siege
             of
             Dunkirk
             ,
             and
             surrendred
             afterwards
             by
             Treaty
             to
             the
             Spaniards
             :
             It
             was
             then
             of
             a
             far
             larger
             Extent
             than
             't
             is
             now
             :
             For
             in
             the
             Wars
             of
             1672.
             the
             Count
             
               de
               Monterey
            
             ,
             then
             Governour
             of
             the
             
               Spanish
               Netherlands
            
             ,
             caused
             the
             Out
             Parts
             of
             the
             Town
             to
             be
             pulled
             down
             to
             bring
             it
             in
             a
             more
             convenient
             Compass
             for
             a
             Fortification
             ,
             and
             for
             a
             place
             of
             Defence
             ,
             and
             so
             fortify'd
             it
             after
             the
             manner
             as
             we
             find
             it
             now
             .
             But
             sometime
             after
             the
             Spanish
             Garrison
             finding
             themselves
             very
             weak
             ,
             and
             the
             Enemy
             not
             far
             from
             them
             ,
             they
             quitted
             the
             Place
             .
             I
             was
             told
             by
             the
             Inhabitants
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             about
             that
             time
             as
             Luxembourg
             was
             besieged
             .
             All
             this
             War
             the
             French
             have
             had
             it
             in
             their
             Hands
             ,
             making
             a
             Garrison
             of
             it
             every
             Winter
             ,
             which
             with
             Furnes
             pressed
             Newport
             very
             much
             ,
             the
             Garrison
             making
             their
             Incursions
             upon
             the
             Canals
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             to
             the
             very
             Gates
             of
             Bruges
             .
             Every
             Summer
             as
             they
             took
             the
             Field
             ,
             they
             pull'd
             down
             their
             Pallisadoes
             ,
             and
             sent
             them
             by
             Water
             to
             Ipres
             .
             This
             Town
             has
             in
             it
             a
             Parish
             Church
             ,
             in
             which
             there
             is
             a
             Dean
             ,
             and
             some
             Secular
             Canons
             ,
             a
             Cloister
             of
             Recollects
             ,
             and
             two
             Nunneries
             ,
             and
             is
             in
             the
             Diocess
             of
             Ipres
             .
             Just
             out
             of
             Ipres
             Port
             was
             formerly
             a
             Nunnery
             of
             the
             Order
             of
             St.
             Bernard
             ,
             which
             the
             Count
             
               de
               Monterey
            
             caused
             to
             be
             pulled
             down
             ,
             when
             he
             brought
             the
             Town
             in
             the
             Precinct
             of
             that
             Fortification
             it
             has
             now
             ,
             and
             gave
             the
             Nuns
             another
             Cloyster
             in
             exchange
             for
             it
             in
             Bruges
             .
          
           
             We
             felt
             an
             Earthquake
             which
             lasted
             about
             two
             Minutes
             ,
             
             and
             shook
             the
             Earth
             very
             violently
             ;
             it
             was
             felt
             at
             the
             same
             time
             all
             over
             Flanders
             ,
             in
             many
             parts
             of
             England
             and
             France
             ,
             and
             in
             other
             places
             of
             Europe
             :
             We
             had
             it
             about
             Two
             of
             the
             Clock
             ;
             it
             caus'd
             a
             great
             Consternation
             in
             our
             new
             Garrison
             of
             Dixmuyde
             ,
             some
             
             thinking
             at
             first
             that
             the
             French
             had
             undermin'd
             several
             parts
             of
             the
             Town
             ,
             and
             were
             in
             Ambuscade
             going
             to
             blow
             them
             up
             .
          
           
             The
             same
             day
             the
             Duke
             of
             Leinster
             caused
             the
             Army
             to
             intrench
             ,
             which
             was
             mark'd
             out
             by
             Col.
             Cambon
             ,
             our
             Left
             and
             Rear
             being
             cover'd
             by
             the
             Town
             and
             the
             River
             .
             Our
             Retrenchments
             were
             drawn
             from
             the
             Bridge
             upon
             the
             River
             along
             the
             Front
             of
             the
             Army
             ,
             and
             round
             our
             Right
             Wing
             ,
             till
             they
             came
             to
             joyn
             the
             River
             again
             .
             
               (
               Boufflers
            
             marching
             towards
             the
             Knock
             )
             this
             Precaution
             was
             taken
             ,
             in
             case
             he
             would
             have
             endeavour'd
             to
             interrupt
             our
             Fortification
             of
             Dixmuyde
             .
          
           
             About
             as
             many
             Boors
             were
             (
             immediately
             upon
             our
             coming
             )
             employ'd
             to
             repair
             the
             Works
             of
             this
             place
             as
             we
             left
             at
             Furnes
             :
             We
             did
             not
             find
             the
             Fortification
             of
             this
             Town
             so
             far
             ruin'd
             as
             at
             Furnes
             ,
             and
             followed
             in
             it
             (
             as
             there
             )
             those
             Works
             as
             the
             Ruines
             prescribed
             ,
             without
             altering
             or
             making
             any
             new
             :
             We
             only
             made
             the
             Ditch
             next
             the
             Body
             of
             the
             place
             larger
             ,
             to
             make
             our
             Bastions
             of
             a
             better
             height
             .
             This
             Town
             has
             five
             Bastions
             on
             that
             part
             as
             is
             expos'd
             to
             an
             Attack
             that
             is
             from
             the
             Windmil
             between
             Ipres
             port
             and
             tho
             River
             ,
             to
             the
             Gate
             as
             leads
             to
             Bruges
             .
             The
             West
             side
             of
             the
             Town
             is
             cover'd
             by
             the
             River
             ,
             to
             which
             it
             joyns
             by
             a
             Causey-way
             that
             leads
             to
             it
             ,
             where
             it
             has
             a
             Bridge
             cover'd
             on
             the
             out-side
             by
             a
             good
             Bastion
             ,
             and
             the
             inside
             with
             a
             square
             Sconce
             ,
             both
             ditch'd
             and
             pallisado'd
             .
             The
             Canal
             of
             Newport
             goes
             through
             the
             South
             part
             of
             the
             Town
             ,
             and
             joyns
             the
             River
             a
             little
             below
             ;
             and
             being
             a
             perfect
             Morass
             on
             this
             side
             ,
             it
             does
             not
             require
             much
             Fortification
             .
             The
             Town
             is
             environ'd
             with
             a
             double
             Ditch
             and
             cover'd
             way
             ,
             and
             the
             Faces
             of
             each
             Bastion
             are
             cover'd
             with
             a
             Half-Moon
             ,
             besides
             good
             spacious
             Ravelins
             upon
             the
             Curtins
             .
             This
             is
             what
             we
             
             had
             to
             repair
             ;
             and
             to
             go
             on
             with
             the
             more
             Speed
             ,
             a
             Detachment
             of
             a
             hundred
             Men
             per
             Battalion
             (
             except
             the
             Guards
             )
             were
             commanded
             to
             work
             ,
             under
             the
             Inspection
             of
             a
             Captain
             ,
             Lieutenant
             and
             Ensign
             ,
             each
             ;
             so
             that
             we
             had
             ,
             
             Soldiers
             and
             Boors
             ,
             very
             near
             5000
             Men
             on
             work
             every
             day
             .
             The
             six
             Regiments
             that
             were
             in
             Town
             came
             out
             and
             encamp'd
             ,
             and
             six
             others
             were
             order'd
             in
             their
             places
             ,
             
               (
               viz.
            
             )
             Princess
             
             Ann's
             ,
             the
             Earl
             of
             
             Bathe's
             ,
             Lord
             
             Castleton's
             ,
             Col.
             Venner's
             ,
             Col.
             
             Mackay's
             ,
             and
             Earl
             of
             
             Leven's
             ,
             and
             encamp'd
             within
             the
             Ramparts
             of
             the
             Town
             ,
             where
             ,
             besides
             the
             ordinary
             Guard
             ,
             a
             Re-inforcement
             of
             the
             Bewarke
             mounted
             every
             Night
             at
             each
             Port
             towards
             the
             Enemy
             .
          
           
             This
             day
             the
             ordinary
             Detachments
             of
             the
             Earl
             of
             
             Bathe's
             Regiment
             and
             Fusiliers
             ,
             
             being
             at
             work
             at
             the
             Bastion
             by
             Ipres
             part
             in
             enlarging
             the
             Ditch
             ,
             found
             an
             old
             hidden
             Treasure
             ,
             which
             quickly
             stopt
             the
             Soldiers
             working
             ,
             who
             fell
             all
             a
             scrambling
             in
             a
             heap
             one
             upon
             another
             ,
             some
             bringing
             off
             a
             very
             good
             Booty
             ,
             some
             Gold
             and
             some
             Silver
             ,
             several
             
             Jacobus's
             and
             Sovereins
             being
             found
             by
             the
             Soldiers
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             many
             old
             Pieces
             of
             Silver
             of
             Henry
             the
             Second
             ,
             Charles
             the
             Ninth
             ,
             Henry
             the
             Third
             ,
             Henry
             the
             Fourth's
             Coyn
             ,
             which
             are
             now
             hardly
             to
             be
             found
             in
             France
             .
             The
             People
             of
             the
             Town
             suppose
             that
             this
             Money
             belong'd
             to
             one
             Elfort
             a
             Gentleman
             ,
             dead
             many
             years
             ago
             ,
             who
             bury'd
             his
             Treasure
             (
             when
             the
             Mareschal
             
               de
               Rantzau
            
             took
             the
             Town
             )
             in
             the
             Bernardine
             Nuns
             Garden
             ,
             (
             this
             Ground
             where
             the
             Money
             was
             found
             having
             been
             formerly
             in
             that
             Garden
             )
             which
             Count
             
               de
               Monterey
            
             caused
             to
             be
             demolished
             ;
             and
             they
             think
             that
             there
             might
             have
             been
             about
             900
             Pound
             Groot
             ,
             which
             makes
             the
             value
             of
             Four
             Hundred
             and
             Fifty
             Guineas
             English
             .
             This
             Elfort
             left
             it
             by
             Will
             to
             his
             Children
             ,
             
             and
             the
             Marks
             where
             to
             find
             it
             ,
             but
             his
             Children
             could
             never
             discover
             it
             .
             'T
             is
             a
             wonder
             that
             it
             has
             not
             been
             found
             till
             now
             ,
             since
             the
             French
             have
             work'd
             every
             Winter
             this
             War
             ,
             and
             several
             times
             before
             ,
             in
             repairing
             the
             Works
             of
             this
             Fortification
             ;
             't
             is
             very
             likely
             that
             we
             should
             have
             gone
             without
             it
             too
             ,
             if
             we
             had
             not
             enlarg'd
             the
             Ditch
             at
             this
             time
             .
          
           
             Count
             Horne
             ,
             
             Master
             of
             the
             Dutch
             Artillery
             ,
             who
             has
             had
             the
             Command
             both
             of
             Furnes
             and
             Dixmuyde
             given
             him
             ,
             came
             to
             this
             place
             with
             Five
             Dutch
             Regiments
             ,
             and
             Colonel
             Lauders
             ,
             to
             Garrison
             there
             this
             Winter
             ;
             and
             the
             other
             six
             Regiments
             that
             were
             there
             marched
             out
             and
             encamped
             with
             the
             Army
             :
             But
             the
             Works
             being
             now
             pretty
             well
             repair'd
             ,
             these
             six
             Regiments
             were
             ordered
             to
             march
             towards
             Newport
             under
             the
             Command
             of
             Major
             General
             Sir
             
               Henry
               Bellassis
            
             ,
             
             who
             encamp'd
             at
             a
             Village
             call'd
             
               St.
               George
            
             ,
             about
             half
             a
             League
             from
             Newport
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             Mondny
             following
             the
             Duke
             of
             Leiuster
             came
             to
             the
             same
             place
             with
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Forces
             under
             his
             Command
             .
             The
             Train
             of
             Artillery
             was
             order'd
             back
             to
             Newport
             ,
             
             under
             the
             Escarte
             of
             Sir
             Henry
             Bellassis's
             Detachment
             ,
             where
             it
             was
             put
             on
             board
             our
             Transport
             Ships
             .
             The
             Horse
             likewise
             march'd
             away
             to
             joyn
             each
             Detachment
             their
             proper
             Body
             in
             the
             great
             Army
             .
          
           
             All
             the
             English
             and
             Scotch
             Battalions
             as
             were
             to
             Winter
             in
             the
             Country
             ,
             
             march'd
             towards
             their
             Winter-Quarters
             ,
             under
             the
             Command
             of
             Lietenant
             General
             Talmash
             towards
             Bruges
             ,
             and
             were
             Canton'd
             that
             night
             upon
             Oudenbourg
             ,
             and
             the
             next
             day
             they
             Canton'd
             in
             the
             Villages
             about
             Bruges
             ,
             Lieutenant
             General
             Talmash
             having
             his
             Quarter
             at
             the
             Abbey
             of
             St.
             Andrew
             where
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             English
             and
             Scotch
             that
             were
             to
             have
             their
             Winter
             Quarters
             at
             Bruges
             were
             detach'd
             from
             
             the
             great
             Army
             to
             joyn
             him
             ,
             
               (
               viz.
            
             )
             First
             Battalion
             of
             Scotch
             Guards
             ,
             Lord
             George
             Hamilton's
             two
             Battalions
             ,
             Col.
             O
             Farrel's
             and
             Col.
             
             Monro's
             ;
             the
             other
             Troops
             under
             Lieutenant
             General
             
             Talmash's
             Command
             ,
             as
             were
             to
             go
             to
             Winter
             Quarters
             to
             Ghendt
             and
             Mecklen
             ,
             marched
             on
             through
             Bruges
             ,
             and
             Canton'd
             some
             days
             upon
             the
             
               Canal
               ,
               (
               viz.
            
             )
             Lieutenant
             General
             
             Talmash's
             .
             Battalion
             of
             Guards
             ,
             Col.
             Trelawny
             and
             the
             Fusiliers
             .
             But
             upon
             the
             Enemy's
             Motion
             about
             Charleroy
             ,
             
             they
             joyn'd
             the
             great
             Army
             again
             at
             Drongen
             .
             The
             Earl
             of
             
             Bathe's
             Regiment
             was
             ordered
             to
             Damme
             for
             Winter
             Quarters
             ,
             a
             strong
             little
             Garrison
             between
             Bruges
             and
             Sluys
             ,
             scituated
             upon
             a
             Canal
             that
             goes
             to
             Bruges
             (
             having
             such
             Sluces
             under
             its
             Command
             ,
             that
             it
             can
             overflow
             all
             the
             Country
             about
             )
             where
             the
             Regiment
             came
             the
             4
             /
             14th
             of
             October
             .
             The
             rest
             of
             the
             Troops
             Canton'd
             about
             Bruges
             ,
             came
             to
             Garrison
             one
             after
             another
             as
             fast
             as
             Quarters
             could
             be
             made
             ready
             for
             them
             .
             Col.
             
             Beveredge's
             and
             
             Stanley's
             Regiments
             remained
             behind
             at
             Dixmuyde
             for
             some
             time
             to
             re-inforce
             the
             Garrison
             ,
             till
             others
             came
             to
             relieve
             them
             ,
             and
             then
             they
             were
             ordered
             to
             Ostend
             for
             their
             Winter
             Quarters
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             most
             remarkable
             Transactions
             in
             the
             great
             Army
             since
             we
             had
             left
             it
             ,
             they
             continued
             encamp'd
             at
             Deynte
             and
             Grammen
             ,
             whilst
             his
             Majesty
             remain'd
             in
             the
             Field
             ;
             and
             some
             days
             after
             we
             had
             been
             detach'd
             from
             thence
             ,
             the
             King
             was
             inform'd
             that
             a
             Party
             of
             French
             was
             made
             of
             about
             500
             Men
             to
             come
             and
             surprize
             one
             of
             our
             Out
             Quarters
             ,
             and
             order'd
             thereupon
             a
             suitable
             Detachment
             to
             lie
             in
             Ambuscade
             to
             receive
             them
             ;
             but
             upon
             the
             Approach
             of
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             some
             of
             ours
             spoiled
             the
             Design
             by
             firing
             too
             soon
             ;
             and
             so
             the
             French
             retir'd
             only
             with
             the
             Loss
             of
             Two
             Men.
             
          
           
           
             His
             Majesty
             left
             the
             Field
             on
             Friday
             the
             16th
             of
             September
             ,
             O.
             S.
             and
             went
             to
             Breda
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             to
             Loo
             ,
             where
             His
             Majesty
             remain'd
             between
             a
             Fortnight
             and
             three
             Weeks
             ,
             whereby
             the
             Command
             of
             the
             Army
             remain'd
             in
             the
             Elector
             of
             
             Bavaria's
             hands
             ;
             who
             sometimes
             after
             march'd
             nearer
             to
             Ghendt
             ,
             part
             encamping
             about
             Drongen
             on
             the
             Lys
             ,
             and
             part
             at
             Gavreon
             ,
             the
             Scheld
             making
             a
             Line
             of
             Communication
             between
             them
             ,
             the
             distance
             being
             but
             small
             ;
             the
             Elector
             took
             his
             Quarters
             at
             Drongen
             ,
             a
             very
             fine
             and
             noble
             Abbey
             of
             White
             Monks
             of
             the
             Order
             of
             St.
             Norbert
             ,
             and
             about
             a
             League
             from
             Ghendt
             ;
             afterwards
             his
             Electoral
             Highness
             remov'd
             towards
             Alost
             ,
             where
             't
             was
             design'd
             to
             separate
             into
             Winter
             Quarters
             ;
             but
             the
             Count
             
               de
               Montal
            
             having
             joyn'd
             the
             Marquess
             
               de
               Boufflers
            
             on
             the
             other
             side
             of
             the
             Sambre
             ,
             and
             both
             making
             a
             considerable
             Body
             ,
             march'd
             towards
             Charleroy
             ,
             with
             a
             Train
             of
             Artillery
             ,
             Bombs
             ,
             and
             Mortar-pieces
             ,
             with
             a
             design
             to
             attack
             it
             ;
             this
             oblig'd
             the
             Elector
             to
             march
             with
             his
             Army
             towards
             Brussels
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             to
             advance
             as
             far
             as
             Waterloo
             and
             Genap
             ,
             to
             be
             ready
             to
             relieve
             it
             ,
             in
             case
             of
             an
             attack
             .
             Baron
             Fleming
             with
             the
             Brandenburg
             and
             Liege
             Troops
             ,
             having
             repass'd
             the
             Meuse
             at
             Huy
             ,
             march'd
             up
             to
             Fleury
             to
             joyn
             his
             Electoral
             Highness
             .
          
           
             The
             Marquess
             
               de
               Boufflers
            
             finding
             Affairs
             in
             so
             good
             a
             posture
             ,
             contented
             himself
             to
             bombard
             the
             Lower
             Town
             of
             Charleroy
             ,
             which
             lies
             on
             the
             other
             side
             of
             the
             Sambre
             ,
             whereabouts
             Boufflers
             lay
             encamp'd
             ,
             he
             began
             this
             Work
             on
             Sunday
             the
             9th
             of
             October
             ,
             O.
             S.
             and
             continu'd
             till
             the
             Tuesday
             following
             ;
             where
             his
             Bombarding
             cost
             infinitely
             more
             to
             his
             Master
             ,
             than
             the
             Mischief
             he
             caus'd
             cou'd
             amount
             to
             ,
             this
             being
             the
             most
             inconsiderable
             part
             of
             Charleroy
             ,
             and
             the
             Fortifications
             of
             it
             altogether
             neglected
             ,
             that
             lying
             open
             to
             the
             Enemy
             .
             
             Upon
             these
             motions
             of
             the
             French
             towards
             Charleroy
             ,
             the
             King
             who
             was
             lately
             come
             from
             Loo
             to
             the
             Hague
             ,
             
             went
             Post
             to
             Brussels
             ,
             where
             his
             Majesty
             arriv'd
             Octob.
             9.
             and
             lay
             that
             night
             at
             his
             own
             Palace
             ,
             and
             return'd
             the
             next
             day
             to
             the
             Hague
             ,
             after
             having
             held
             a
             Council
             of
             War
             with
             the
             Elector
             of
             Bavaria
             ,
             and
             other
             great
             Officers
             of
             the
             Army
             ;
             my
             Lord
             of
             Athlone
             was
             thereupon
             detach'd
             from
             the
             Army
             ,
             with
             Ammunitions
             ,
             Provisions
             ,
             and
             other
             Necessaries
             for
             the
             Relief
             of
             Charleroy
             ,
             with
             an
             Escorte
             of
             4000
             Horse
             and
             Dragoons
             ,
             which
             his
             Lordship
             got
             safely
             into
             the
             Town
             .
          
           
             Boufflers
             having
             left
             Charleroy
             ,
             the
             Armies
             on
             both
             sides
             began
             to
             separate
             towards
             their
             Winter-Quarters
             .
             Great
             Garrisons
             have
             been
             put
             in
             
               Brussels
               ,
               Mecklen
               ,
               Ghent
               ,
               Vilvord
               ,
            
             and
             Dendermond
             ,
             and
             along
             the
             Canal
             ;
             so
             that
             in
             Four
             and
             twenty
             hours
             time
             ,
             upon
             any
             motion
             of
             the
             French
             ,
             we
             can
             have
             a
             considerable
             Army
             about
             Brussels
             .
          
           
             His
             Majesty
             being
             come
             back
             to
             the
             Hague
             ,
             sail'd
             some
             days
             after
             for
             England
             ,
             where
             he
             arriv'd
             at
             Tarmouth
             the
             18th
             day
             of
             October
             ,
             and
             thence
             went
             to
             London
             ;
             where
             His
             Majesty
             was
             receiv'd
             with
             universal
             Joy
             and
             Acclamation
             ,
             for
             his
             happy
             and
             safe
             return
             .
             And
             thus
             I
             have
             brought
             the
             relation
             of
             the
             most
             remarkable
             Transactions
             of
             this
             Campaign
             in
             the
             King's
             Army
             to
             a
             conclusion
             ,
             whereby
             it
             appears
             ,
             that
             if
             other
             things
             did
             second
             the
             unwearied
             Pains
             ,
             the
             indefatigable
             Toyls
             and
             Labours
             His
             Majesty
             takes
             ,
             and
             the
             continu'd
             Dangers
             he
             exposeth
             himself
             to
             ,
             the
             French
             Arms
             would
             not
             flourish
             so
             much
             as
             they
             have
             done
             hitherto
             ;
             and
             whatever
             Advantages
             the
             French
             have
             really
             had
             ,
             or
             to
             which
             they
             pretend
             in
             this
             Campaigne
             ,
             yet
             the
             King's
             Subjects
             have
             not
             in
             the
             least
             disgrac'd
             the
             Renown
             and
             Glory
             of
             their
             Ancestors
             in
             it
             ;
             but
             have
             acquir'd
             to
             themselves
             such
             Reputation
             ,
             as
             has
             forc'd
             
             even
             a
             Commendation
             ,
             and
             I
             may
             safely
             say
             ,
             Fear
             from
             their
             Enemies
             .
             We
             have
             a
             sort
             of
             People
             ,
             who
             in
             magnifying
             the
             French
             Greatness
             ,
             and
             how
             useless
             our
             Efforts
             have
             been
             in
             Flanders
             to
             suppress
             it
             ,
             would
             insinuate
             ,
             that
             because
             he
             is
             Great
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             best
             to
             yield
             to
             what
             we
             cann't
             resist
             ;
             and
             since
             we
             have
             had
             no
             more
             success
             in
             Flanders
             ,
             't
             is
             best
             let
             it
             go
             ,
             and
             stand
             for
             the
             rest
             upon
             our
             own
             Defence
             ,
             which
             indeed
             is
             the
             only
             way
             to
             break
             the
             Alliance
             ,
             and
             have
             this
             very
             Power
             (
             which
             they
             so
             much
             magnifie
             )
             wholly
             upon
             our
             Arms
             ,
             so
             that
             a
             Man
             has
             reason
             to
             suspect
             ,
             that
             such
             Insinuations
             do
             underhand
             tend
             to
             introduce
             a
             French
             Power
             amongst
             us
             .
             If
             the
             French
             King
             is
             so
             Great
             ,
             all
             as
             a
             rational
             Man
             can
             infer
             is
             ,
             that
             therefore
             our
             Efforts
             ought
             to
             be
             so
             much
             the
             greater
             ;
             and
             that
             we
             are
             to
             make
             use
             of
             the
             utmost
             of
             our
             Powers
             ,
             not
             only
             to
             resist
             ,
             but
             to
             endeavour
             to
             humble
             this
             formidable
             Power
             ,
             to
             which
             the
             way
             seems
             already
             open
             by
             our
             Signal
             Victory
             at
             Sea
             ;
             't
             is
             very
             plain
             ,
             that
             if
             a
             stop
             can
             be
             put
             to
             the
             French
             King
             's
             Proceedings
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             by
             an
             English
             Power
             ,
             and
             that
             't
             is
             only
             by
             the
             Vigour
             and
             Greatness
             of
             our
             Efforts
             as
             he
             can
             be
             humbled
             ;
             which
             I
             am
             sure
             is
             a
             thing
             to
             be
             wish'd
             by
             all
             true
             
             English-men
             ,
             and
             to
             which
             every
             one
             that
             is
             such
             will
             contribute
             ,
             according
             to
             his
             Condition
             and
             Capacity
             ,
             to
             the
             utmost
             of
             his
             Power
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           PAge
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           line
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           read
           Dauphin
           .
           p.
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           r.
           Curiassiers
           .
           p.
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           .
           p.
           17.
           last
           l.
           Perteys
           r.
           Perweys
           .
           p.
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           26.
           a
           River
           r.
           the
           River
           .
           p.
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           l.
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           confiement
           r.
           confinement
           .
           p.
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           r.
           O
           Farrel
           .
           p.
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             Bois
             Seignerer
             Isaac
          
           r.
           
             Bois
             Seigneur
             Isaac
          
           .
           p.
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           afterwards
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           afterwards
           .
           p.
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           r.
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           .
           p.
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           Lanier
           r.
           
             de
             Liniere
          
           .
           p.
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           l.
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           r.
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           .
           p.
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           r.
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           .
        
      
       
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             .
             30.
             
          
           
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             /
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             Vide
             du
             Maurier
             
               in
               the
               Life
               of
            
             William
             I.
             
          
           
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             .
          
           
             June
             22.
             
             /
             July
             2.
             
          
           
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             2●
             .
             /
             July
             5.
             
          
           
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             29.
             
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             9.
             
          
           
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             3.
             
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             21.
             
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             2.
             
          
           
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             3
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             25.
             
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             4.
             
          
           
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             27.
             
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             6.
             
          
           
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             2.
             
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             23.
             
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             2.
             
          
           
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             3.
             
          
           
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             21.
             
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             1.
             
          
           
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             3.
             
          
           
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             26.
             
             /
             Octob.
             6.
             
          
           
             29.
             
             /
             Octob.
             9.
             
          
           
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             2.
             
             /
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             9.
             
             /
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