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A08780	A true and brief relation of the bloudy battell fought foure dayes and foure nights together betweene Duke Bernard van VVimeren, victour, and Iohn de Weerdt, with the Duke Savelli, both imperiall generalls, vvho were utterly overthrowne and beaten / translated out of authentick letters, as well out of the Duke of Wimeren his owne letter, as another written to a great lord from Basill.	Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, 1604-1639.	1638 (1638)	STC 1907; ESTC S245	2,932	15

A TRVE AND BRIEF RELATION OF The Bloudy Battell fought foure dayes and foure nights together Betweene Duke BERNARD van VVimeren Victour And IOHN de Weerdt With the Duke of Savelli both Imperiall Generalls Who were utterly overthrowne and beaten Translated out of Authentick Letters aswell out of the Duke of Wimeren his owne Letter as another written to a great Lord from Basill LONDON Printed by E. G. for Henry Overton And are to be sold at his shop in Popes-head Alley neere Lumbard-street 1638. The Translation BERNARD by the Grace of God Duke of Saxonie WE doubt not but your Excellency is informed how that the Enemy on Sunday last being the 18. of Februarie old Stile marched with his whole power foure daies and foure nights one after another and came with a great fury and noyse falling upon us when we had not all our Troupes together with a resolution to relieve Rhyns-field and to raise our siege Neverthelesse we found our selves in such a state that we durst make head against him and attend his comming and fought hard all that day not knowing who should have the better of it notwithstanding this long dispute the enemy lost many more men than we did and because the enemy drew on and the night overtooke us both sides held the field but wee marched the same night up towards Loopenburch to joyne with our Regiments which lay on the other side of the Rhine And on Tuesday after in the name of God wee marched againe directly upon the Enemy and gave him a brave charge And so upon Wednesday betweene Bucken and Rhyns-field the Enemy drawing into battaile wee fell upon them so hotly breaking their Battalions that it pleased the Almighty God to cast his gracious eye upon us and to give us a brave Victory over our Enemies In which battaile we tooke not only both the Generalls of the Emperours Army namely the Duke de Savelli and John de Weerdt and likewise two Serjeant Major Generalls of the Army to wit Erckefort Speerruyter but also all the Colonells and Lieutenant Colonells with other Officers yea all saving those that were slain most of them Horsemen and all their Foot are taken Prisoners yea so many that there escaped none but Lieutenant Colonell Lamboy besides a great number of Standards Colours and Cornets given into our hands with others brought unto us every day This blessing over our Armes which it hath pleased the Almighty God graciously to give us we hope by his helpe it may tend to the deliverance of many poore afflicted and distressed people but especially for the good and the strengthening of the Armes of the Kingdome of Sweden and for the succouring of many others which serve under the Command of the Lord Marshall Bannier as likewise for the good of our deare Countrey and to the comfort of the oppressed Churches in it that professe the Gospel which we hope may tend to the restauration thereof againe Wee have therefore cause from the bottome of our hearts to render thankes glory and praise unto Almighty God for this great and extraordinary benefit that it will please him to continue his fatherly helpe and assistance more and more unto us and to blesse governe and direct by his good providence our designes that they may all tend to the glory of his holy Name for the good of the Kingdome of Swethland and the State of the Evangelicall League that at last we may obtaine that long desired peace Given at Bucken Febr. 23. Stilo Antiquo 1638. BERNARD A LIST of the Emperours Officers Men Colours Standards which Duke BERNARDS men took from them in the Battell by Rhyne-field Feb. 21. 1638. Stilo Antiquo THe Generall the Duke de Savelli The Generall John de Weerdt Serjeant Major Generall Erkefort Serjant Major Generall Speerruyter The Earle ef Furstenberg Colonell Nieuwenich Colonell Goldt Colonell Hendricksheyne Lieutenant Colonell de Colli Lieutenant Colonell Sennaff Lieutenant Colonell Belle. Serjeant Major Kiannus The chiefe Serjeant Major Anthony de Weerdt 9 Horse Captaines 12 Lieutenants 12 Foot Captaines 10 Cornets 14 Ensigne bearers 2 Adjcutants 2 Quartermasters 21 Corporalls 42 Standards or Cornets 22 Foot Colours 3 Regiment Speeces 800 Horsemen 1200 Foot all taken prisoners They had no baggage nor Ordinance with them Upon the Emperours side were slain these Chiefes Officers and Souldiers following The Commander Wolligh The Commander Stovenfoole The Commander Gerthansen 3 Serjeant Majors 7 Horse Captaines 9 Foot Captaines 12 Lieutenants 9 Ensignes 500 Private Souldiers On the Swedes side were slain John Philips Rhyne-Grave The Horse Captaine Bansted and 150 private Souldiers Hurt The Duke of Rohan The Commander Lellerton Prisoners The Commander Erlach The Commissary Generall Scavilliski and Lieutenant Colonell Pennenergh Yesterday the 25. of February Old Stile Duke Bernard strongly besieged Rhynefield againe on both sides The Governor of Rhinefield will listen to no composition It will goe hard with him The Duke hath sent the Duke of Savelli and John de Weerdt in his coach to Lauffenburg and the two Serjeant Major Generalls rode on horseback Lieftenant Colonell Wyndenhem is sent from the Duke to the King of France with Standards Colours and Cornets The Confirmation of the abovesaid Letter written out of Basil the 23 of Feb. 1638. truly translated out of High dutch I Cannot omit to give your Lordship to understand by these the great Victory which Duke Bernard Wymer hath got over the Imperiallists Last Sunday about two of the Clock in the after-noone John de Weerdt the Duke de Savelli the Earle of Furstenbergh and Speerruyter came with nine Regiments of Horse two Regiments of Dragoones two Companies of Crabats and two thousand Foot among which there were many Swartwaldish Pesants through the Swartwalde to Bucken by Rhynefield with intent to fall upon the Duke of Wymer in Bucken unawares But the Duke having got intelligence of their comming rose with sixe Regiments of horse and sixe hundred Muskettiers to meet the Enemy and fought with them till evening many men falling on both sides but the most on the Dukes side in regard hee was much weaker than the Enemy for a great many of his men being sent abroad to get intelligence of the Enemy Whereupon hee presently quitted the siege of Rhynefield and gathered all his men and Ordinance together to make a head against the Enemy which were quartered upon the hills having but little forrage and victualls with them because of the mountaines so that in regard of the shortnesse of the time they could not bring much along with them About the middest of the last weeke at the breake of the day John de Weerdt brake up againe and for want of forrage was driven to march towards Friburgh whereupon Duke Barent tooke some Ordinance along with him and went to encounter the Enemy and met with him not far from Rhynefield at Overwylen and fell upon them with such a fury routed and beat them so that it is thought there is not above foure hundred men left of them escaped taking all their Standards Cornets Horse and foot Colours so that every one of the Dukes souldiers got two three or foure prisoners Also all their Chiefes and Officers as John de Weerdt the Duke of Savelli Furstenbergh Speerruyter Serjeant Major Generall Erkefort all taken prisoners so that the Wimerish account this a greater Victory than the Battaile of Nordelingen For verely it is a great and a brave Victory that three Generalls of the Emperours at a time and in one Battaile should be overthrowne and taken prisoners There were slaine dead upon the place 2500 men besides many that were cut in pieces by the Turne pikes The number of prisoners taken on the Emperours side are accounted to bee above two thousand but there are not many lost on the Dukes side among the which there was the Rhyne-grave John Philips the Commander Bredendorf Scavilliski and the Chiefetaine Erlach carried prisoners into Rhyne-field which by taking in of the towne will be all set at liberty For Duke Bernard hath besieged the Towne againe with all earnestnesse and hopes in a short time to become master of it The Imperiallists were two to one which is accounted a brave businesse among the Wimerish to beat their enemies so all to pieces These were those of the Emrours side Nine Regiments of Horse to wit LAmboyes Curassiers Walloes Harquebusiers Gelins Curassiers Horst Harqueb Nyenech Harq Metternicks Harquebusiers John de Weerdts owne Regim Harq Belle Curassiers Wolf Dragoniers The foure Foot Regiments were these The Regiment of Waal Gold Papenheym and Hendrickeson The two Regiments of the Crabats betook them to their heeles because they feared they should have no quarter