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A40533	A full account of the late siege and surrender of the city of Mons[.] With the number of the slain and wound[ed] as well within the city, as in the French ca[illegible.] To which is added, the articles of surrende[r.] With the Dauphin, and Monsieur Vauban's entry [into] the city: the manner of the governor's marching [illegible?] and his speech to the Dauphin: with the French behaviour and [illegible]ment of the inhabitants of Mons, and the towns and villages a[illegible] and several other material occurences, that has happened since th[illegible.] Licensed, J. Fraiser. 1691.		1691 (1691)	Wing F2269A; ESTC R215795	9,395	18

three several Assaults ●s the Deserters give account above ●00 Men among which were many ●fficers of Note the first Attack ●ey made was with 4000 the second with 6000 and this last with 7000. By Deserters that lately Arriv'd in the Town we understood that the French Army were increased to a vast Body there being the chief Force and Flower of France as likewise most of the English Gentlemen and Officers who were Retainers on the late King James that the French were judged to be in the whole that is in the Trenches before the Place in their Camp and upon the Lines in Flanders about 85 Battalions and 200 Squadrons that is about One hundred thousand Men of which there was already killed Sick and Wounded about twelve thousand That the Marquis de Boufler's Head-Quarters were at the Abby of St. Dennis and those of the Marshal de Luxenburg the same he had in the year 1678 when the Prince of Orange obliged him to quit the Bloccus of Mons That the great Officers of the French-Army were mightily surpriz'd at the Vigorous Defence made by the Besieged for that when they first set down before it they expected to have carried the Place in few days That besides Bouflers and Luxenburg there was in the Camp the Marshal de Duras and la Fevillade who Commanded as Generals and under them Commanded the Prince de Soubize the Marquis de Foyeuse the Sieur du Rubantel the Duke de Vendesme and the Sieur Rose as Lieutenant-Generals and the Marquis de Villars the Marquis de Congis the Duke de Bourbon the Prince de Conti the Duke de Maine the Grand Prior of France and the Count de Mont Chevrevil as Marshals de Camp The Fifth Letter HIS Britanick Majesty having receiv'd an Account at Loo by an Express from the Marquis de Castanaga That on the 15th past the City of Mons was Invested by the French Cavalry prepared for his speedy Return to the Hague and in the mean time gave Orders for the drawing together with all possible diligence the Troops of Holland Brandenburgh Liege c. and that they should March directly to the Neighbourhood of Brussels On the 21st in the Evening the King Arriv'd at the Hague Prince Waldeck waited on His Majesty that Night and having receiv'd His Orders 〈◊〉 the next day to Brussels On the 26th the King left the Hague taking his Journey to Flanders by the way of Breda The Duke of Zell followed His Majesty on the 27th accompanied with the Baron de Chauvet of the Lunenburg Forces His Majesty before His departure from the Hague declared the Count de Solms General of the Foot the Earl of Portland Monsieur Overkirk Monsieur Opdam and Monsieur Zulestine Monsieur Holsoppel Count Tilly and Monsieur Ittersum Major Generals of the Horse and Count Walraet of Nassau Monsieur Zobel Monsieur du Tel and Count Noyelles Major Generals of Foot On the 26th in the Evening the King Arriv'd at Breda where he was receiv'd with all possible demonstrations of Joy Respect His Majesty continued there till Sunday-Morning at which time He set forward for Vilvoord in his way to Hall in order to put himself at the Head of the Confederate-Army that was Rendezvouzing there which Place is about six English Miles from Brussels in the Road to Mons. On Saturday the first of April the King set forward for Vilvoord and Arrived there late that Night On Munday His Majesty viewed and on Tuesday Mustered His Army and Encamped in the Neighbourhood of Brussels On Wednesday the Army Marched to Hall where they expected the coming up of the Troops that had not joyned them as well as part of the Artillery On Thursday the 6th about Three in the Afternoon at which time all the Troops and Artillery were not come up but the King viewed then 30000 Foot and 15000 Horse The Train of Artillery is composed of 71 Pieces of Cannon and 14 Mortars This Evening the Scotch Regiments of Infantry and the Spanish Cavalry Arriv'd in our Camp to the Number of about 7000 Men. Great numbers of Switzers daily Desert and come into our Camp from the French Army they give an Account of the hard Treatment they have receiv'd in this Siege from the French King That they were always forc'd on the most desperate Attacks and yet refused the Exercise of their Religion They likewise tell us that a most Malignant Flux raged much in the French Camp great number of Waggons with Sick and Wounded Men going daily from the French-Gamp to the adjacent Towns and likewise That the French had lost many of their best Officers and Engineers in the Siege The Sixth Letter BY Deserters that lately come into the Town from the French-Camp we receiv'd an Account That the Sieur Megrim a Famous Engineer having been Wounded in both his Arms the French King had given Orders for his immediate carrying to Tournay and given directions for some of his own Chyrurgeons to take care of him That the King had forbid all the great Officers of the Army to quit their Posts not being without his Fears that he should be Attack'd by the King of Great Britain He likewise Commanded the Duke de Chartres not to go into the Trenches without his Order That on the 18th some of our Deserters came into the French-Camp who assured them That we had abundance of all things in the City and that every day some entred the Town by the Marshes and that we were daily in expectation of Succours on which they ordered the Marshes to be more narrowly Guarded and that they would make their utmost Efforts for the more speedy carrying the Place that the Duke de Maine and the Grand Prior of France were killed in the Trenches and that the Marquis de Boufflers and the Duke de Vendos● were dangerously Wounded That it the several Attacks they made on the Half-Moon of the Horn-Work they had lost above 6000 Men. We cannot sufficiently express the Courage o● the Besieged the Parents could scarce keep their Children the Wives their Husbands and those of the most Wealthy of the Inhabitants from running into the greatest dangers through Fire and Power And as the Garrison consisted of divers Nations they strove with a kind of Emulation every one to signalize himself for the Honour of his Country Last Saturday Night the Enemy made a great Assault upon that part of the Counterscarp that lies between the Horn-work and the Two Half-Moons but were beat back with very great loss having besides 2000 private Sentinels and Subalterian Officers Fifteen Captains Killed out of Twenty that Commanded the Party The Seventh Letter WE doubt not but the News of the Surrender of Mons will be very Surprising to you considering the Vigorous and Obstinate Defence they for some time made and the many and great Successes they had gained on the Enemy particularly in the Attack they made on the Seventh at Night upon the Counterscarp that covers the Hotn-work

A FULL ACCOUN● OF THE LATE Siege and Surrender OF THE City of Mon● WITH THE Number of the Slain and Wound●● As well within the City as in the French 〈◊〉 To which is added The Articles of Surrend●● WITH The Dauphin and Monsieur Vauban's Entr● the City The manner of the Governor's March and his Speech to the Dauphin With the French Behaviour ●…ment of the Inhabitants of Mons and the Towns and Villages And several other Material Occurrences that has happened since LICENSED J. Fraiser 1691. LONDON Printed for Robert Hayhurst at the Axe in 〈◊〉 Brittain 1691. An Impartial Account of the Late Famous Siege and most Noble Defence of MONS c. MONS as it hath been the Miracle of the Age and Wonder of its Enemies for unparalled Courage and Resolution ought now to be the Work of each Ingenious Writer and Discourse of every Martial Man Fame has already spoke sufficient in the praise of that undaunted City whose Actions I now mean to particularize But before I enter upon the particulars of the Siege I shall give the Reader an Account of the Province of Hanault and scituation of Mons. Hanault is so named of the River Hayne which runs through it It is the chief of the Walloon Provinces it bordereth on the North with Brabant and Flanders belonging to the King of Spain on the South with Champain and Piccardy two Provinces belonging to the French on the East with the Province of Namur and on the West with the Sheld and part of Flanders Gallican It is twenty Leagues long and sixteen broad the Air is wholsome and the Soil good by reason that the Country is watered with many Rivers as the Scheld the Sambre the Tender and many other small Rivulets There are also in it many Lakes Marshes Ponds Pools Fountains goodly Woods and pleasant Forests It aboundeth with fragrant and fair Pastures and Meadows for all kind of Cattle with good Fruits and profitable Trees and is replenished with great plenty of good Corn. In some part of it are Iron-Mines Lead and Quarries of Stone for all kind of Buildings with great Store of White-lime and Coal In this Country are Twenty Four Walled Towns namely Mons Valenciennes Bouchain Quesnoy Conat Landressy Amesnes Chimay Mariemburg Segny Brain le Compte Eughien Halle Lesme Cheure At h St. Guisline and Leaze There are also 950 Villages with many Castles and Signiories Many of the Villages are great and fair and have Titles of Honour annexed to them as Pequicourt Fontayn Laling Montigny Antonig Barlamon Barbauson Aimeries and many others The City of MONS or Berghen receives its Name from its Scituation which latter in their Language signifies a Mountain or Hill but the rise of the Earth there is so gentle as it cannot be said to be Mountainous The City is strong as well by natural Scituation as the mutual Industry of Fortifications It is cut through on the lower side by a little Rivulet called Trulla which as soon as it goes out of it falls into another somewhat bigger called Hayne which crossing through the Province before it be gotten quite out falls into the Scheld and on this side is a Moras the Earth here being very Spungy It 's Fortified likewise round about with strong and excellent Walls Turrets and Gates to which are joyned many Regular Works according to the Modern way as Horn-works Half-Moons Counterscarps Bastions Redoubts c. there are likewise three large deep Ditches or Moats with a strong Castle or Cittadel very good Ramparts and a River running by the Fortifications The Buildings of the City both private and publick were very fair and beautiful here is the noble Nunnery of St. Valdrude their Churches are Built after the Ancient manner of Architecture with sumptuous Arches and goodly Pillars of Marble and Porphyry the Stadt Heuse or Town-Hall is of excellent Workmanship This City was surprised by the French Hugonets in the Year 1572. who got in great quantities of Arms in Fatts under pretence of Merchandize and having seiz'd on the Gates they let in the Army of Count Lodowick of Nassau Brother to a William Prince of Orange but it was soon after retaken for the King of Spain by the Duke of Alva The Prince de Bergh who was the late Governor has his Title from the Place and most or all his Estate lies in the Province he is related to the House of Nassau The First Letter THe French King having had a longing desire to bring this City to his Subjection resolv'd by an early Campaign on the attempting of it this Spring pursuant to which Resolutions he caus'd to be laid up this last Winter in Valenciennes Cambray and other Frontier Places vast and almost Incredible quantities of Hay Oats and other Forrage for a numerous Army of Horse And having given Orders to his Generals to draw his Troops from their several Quarters as well on the side of the Rhine as in Flanders sending the very Troops of his Houshold Grand Musqueteers Gens d' Arms and Light Horse c. On the 14 of March New-Stile the French Army Commanded by the Duke of Luxenburgh and the Marquis de Boufflers c. directed their March towards Mons. On the 15th their Cavalry consisting of 42 Squadrons began to Invest it in a formal manner The 16th and 17th was spent chiefly in the Marching up of the Foot and the Regular placing them in their several Posts On the 18th the Marquis de Boufflers sent a Summons to the Prince de Bergue to Surrender the Town on Honourable Conditions telling him The King the Dauphine and all the flower of France would be there to oblige him to it But the Prince rejected his Proposals telling him That he was glad to hear that so great a King would be there in Person to be witness of the Gallant and Brave Defence he was resolved to make at the same time as well Burghers as Regular Troops with an unanimous Voice and undaunted Resolutions resolved to defend it to the utmost of their Lives and Fortunes which Answers not suiting with the French desire nor the hopes they had of an early Surrender made them prepare for Action This Evening the Garrison made a Sally on the Enemy with 1800 young Men of the Town on Foot and Four Squadrons of Horse and Dragoons Commanded by Colonel Harcourt and in this Action they cut off 500 of the French The 19th the French began to work on their Line of Circumvallation having forced in near 20000 Boors or Country People that Inhabit in the Neighbourhood of Mons imploying them as well in working on their Lines as diging drains for the Marshes which render'd the Town inaccessible on the side towards France and for the mor● effectual draining of the Moras the● brought along with them new Invente● Machines likewise great Planks so● their Cannon They work'd very har● in their Trenches the 19th 20th an● 21st On the other side the Garr●son was not Idle On