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A38874 An Exact and compleat journal of all the considerable actions of the confederate fleets and armys from the opening of the campaigne, for this present year, 1695, untill the conclusion thereof. 1696 (1696) Wing E3594; ESTC R21208 17,362 38

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or Newport as there shall be most occasion The French being enrag'd at this baulk and unexpected disappointment took their Revenge on the Country People plundring and burning in their march without any regard even to Religious Houses The King of England Congratulated and Complimented the Prince of Vaudemont upon his Extraordinary Conduct and told his Highness by Letter that he had outdone the greatest General of the Age and his Retreat was more Glorious and more advantagious to the Common Cause than a Victory The Princes Army was reinforc'd with 9 Battalions and the Earl of Athlone sent towards him to be near at hand 18th The Siege of Namur goes on very successfully the Besiegers made themselves Masters of the Forts on the Hill and a great Retrenchment that leads to the Town being the most considerable outworks on that side The attack was made with great Bravery and Conduct for after a dispute of about 2 hours the French were beaten out altho they had 5000 men to defend them of whom there was a great slaughter made viz. 1600. The Besiegers had about 4 or 500 kill'd and wounded amongst which several Officers of the Guards English and Scotch 4. and 5th O. S. The Lord Berkeley with the Fleet under his Command came to an Anchor before St. Malo and it ●eing resolved immediately to Bombard the Fort on th● Quince Rock to the Westward and the Battery the Enemy had raised to the Eastward on point Danbour between which is the Channel to the Town Collonel Richards was ordered to send three English and two Dutch Bombvessels to the Quince Rock and 4 other Dutch to the point Danbour which accordingly was done with good success against the Quince Fort they fitting several Bombs into it The next day every thing being ready to attaque the Town the Lord Berkeley at 4 in the morning made the signal which Captain Bembo with the English and Dutch Frigats appointed to guard the Bombvessels from the attempts of the French Gallies and Boats stood into the Channel leading to the Town and came to an Anchor near the Rock which is about a mile and half from the Town at the same time Collonel Richards with 9 English Bombvessels anchored between Captain Bembo and the Town and by 6 a Clock began to Bombard all this while the Enemy fired very briskly from the shore and considering the Batteries on the great and little Bay Isle Danbour Fort Vaubon Fort Royal Quince Fort c. lay all round the damage they did was inconsiderable The Gallies and Boats were most troublesome in taking the opportunity of the Tides and rowing so near as to gall the Line of Bombships about 8 a Clock a Fire broke out to the Eastward of the Town which smoked in several places the Lord Berkeley Admiral Allemonde and Sir Cloudesly Shovel came in their Boats to encourage their Men and were very well pleased with the disposition of the bombarding and one English and a Dutch Fireship attackt the Quince Rock and lay so well too that they set fire to the Wooden fort on the top of it which continued about two hours and employed the Enemy all that time about 4 in the afternoon another great fire broke out to the Westward of the Town so that 't was easie to perceive the Town was extremely shattered the bombarding was continued till 7 a clock at night when having shot away all the Bombs and Carcasses that were brought in from their Store-ships being 900 and odd Captain Bembo who commanded the frigats and Brigantines c. got 'em under Sail and about 9 at night they all came to an anchor by the rest of the Fleet. The whole number of men killed and wounded were about 60. 6th Five English and 3 Dutch Bombships were ordered to Granville which was soon set on fire there having been 500 Bombs thrown in The bombarding was continued till 6 at night when 't was left all in flames the Enemy fired from 3 pieces of Cannon and two Mortars but did little harm 9th Admiral Russel was forced by bad weather into the Gulph of Palma in Sardinia 10th The Allies had advanced their approaches to the Counterscarp of the Citadel of Cazal and were preparing to attack it which the besieged would not expect but agreed with the Allies that it should be surrendered after being demolished the outworks by the Duke of Savoy and the Principal Fortifications by the French and to that end there was a Cessation of Arms for a month The Allies found great quantities of Provision Ammunition Cannon Mortars and all Warlike Stores which they divied among ' em The Trenches had been open but 13 days 11th Fort Pollard at Namur surrendred to the besiegers in which was a Garrison of 55 choice men under a Captain two Lieutenants an Ensign and Engineer and Surgeon who were made Prisoners of War The Counterscarp near St. Nicholas Gate was attackt very vigorously and a Lodgment made which cost of English and Dutch about 300 men Mr. Godfery Deputy Governor of the Bank of England was kill'd with a Cannon ball near the King The Duke of Bavaria attackt the Salsine in which was 400 men and carried it as also other Works and Retrenchments without the Cohorn Fort upon the Hill towards the Sambre Dixmude surrendred to the French The Venetians obtained a Signal Victory over the Turks in the Morea 12th Ibrahim Bassa had an Army of 20000 Horse and Foot and General Steinau but 12000 who after 5 hours fair battle defeated the Infidels and made a great slaughter of them viz. 4000 kill'd upon the place besides many wounded and Prisoners and took 10 pieces of Cannon and 4 Mortars all their Tents and Baggage 20th The French Army repass'd the Rhine with great precipitation The Germans being close in their Rear and wou'd have given them battle but they deeamp'd and sneak'd off in the night 24th The French demolish several Places in Catalonia not tenable 28th Mareschal Joyeuse sent a Detachment of 16 battalions and as many Squadrons towards Flanders and Prince Lewis of Badon has sent also from his Army a Detachment of 10 or 12000 Horse and Foot which will be at the Camp before Namur before the French having a short cut to march 30th The French give out the Dauphin will go to the Relief of Namur but 't is not credited Aug. 3d. Lodgments being made on the Counterscarp after a sharp dispute which cost 400 English and Dutch and all things being prepared for an Assault on the Town of Namur the Enemy hung out a White Flag and desired a Parly which was granted and Hostages exchanged and on the 4th the Capitulation was concluded and on the 6th the Garrison march'd out of the Town into the Castle having the usual Conditions Dixmuyde and Deinse were betray'd to the French by Major General Ellenberg a Dane who went away immediately to Paris and by Collonel O Farrel an Irish Man who commanded in the latter The Garrisons were contrary