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An Exact diary of the siege of the city of Ments, from the time that the imperialists first sate down before it, to the surrender of the place
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twelve Pieces of Cannon and six Mortars upon a new Battery in which Action Coll. Schett was mortally wounded in the Trenches together with fourty or fifty common Souldiers Upon the 3d. of September the Garison sally'd out upon the Trenches but their number was much lessen'd before they got back not without some loss to the Besiegers among whom as has been said was Duke Christian of Sax-Hall who was wounded at the same time and dy'd within two or three hours after of his wounds And now Orders being given for the storming the Counterscarp between four and five in the Afternoon of the 6th of September after the firing of four Pieces of Canon and the shooting of a Bomb into the Air which were the Signals appointed the Besiegers began the Attack at three several places with 12000 Men at each place who were drawn up into several Bodies and Detachments to second one another as there should be occasion The Enemy on the otherside sprang their Mines but somewhat too early so that they did the Besiegers little harm But the Besiegers Mines had a much better effect for they made very large Breaches while at the same time the Assaylers Canon and Bombs play'd very furiously The Dispute lasted above four hours and a half and such was the Courage and Resolution of the Besiegers who press'd so hard upon the Enemy cutting all in pieces that oppos'd them that they not only made themselves Masters of the Counterscarp and lodg'd themselves upon it but pursued the Enemy to the Gates and had almost entred the Town with the flying Enemy The Hessians forc'd their way to a Fort which the Enemy had near the Rhine which they took by main strength with their Swords in their hands but afterward quitted it again For that not thinking they should have been able to advance so far they were not provided of such Necessaries as were requisite to make a Lodgment They also possessed themselves of the Galgenbergh where till then the Enemy had kept a very strong Guard. In this brave Action the Besiegers had about 2500 Men kill'd and wounded of which two thirds were Imperialists and Lunenburghers in regard the Enemy made the greatest Opposition on that side for that they believ'd the Bavarians and Saxons made only a false Attack meerly to allarum them which was the reason that the latter became Masters of the Counterscarp about an hour before the Imperialists A List of the Officers kill'd and wounded in the Assault of the Counterscarp of Mayence of the Imperialists Gen. Starenbergh died since of his wounds Gen. Souches wounded Gen. Wallis kill'd Count Lambergh who had both his Leggs shot off is since dead Schomberck wounded Holster wounded Major Haneke kill'd Ensign Sching kill'd Sekliger wounded Of the Regiment of Guards of Saxony M. Gen. Zahte wounded C. Fitterhof wounded Ensign Glitsing kill'd and Ensign Grettoff wounded Of the Regiment of D. Christian M. Gen. Zirgter wounded C. Dunhoff wounded C. Stange wounded Ensign Kaiser wounded Of the Regiment of the Count of Reissi Capt. Clunter wounded Lieutenant Zirgister kill'd Lieutenant Niswich kill'd Ensign Welmuth wounded Of the Regiment of Kupfer Capt. Pforter wounded C. Sander wounded Lieutenant Michel wounded Ensign Reiswick wounded Of the Regiment of Zinsendorf The Coll. and Lieutenant Coll. Rotel wounded Capt. Burgsdorf wounded Lieutenant Rumor wounded Lieutenant Walks Hoffen kill'd Ensign Winkell mortally wounded Ensign Herling kill'd Of the Regiment of Flemming M. Gen. Rodewitz wounded C. Beneck kill'd Lieutenant Hauwitz kill'd Ensign Walden kill'd Capt. Bistorians wounded Ensign Nostiz kill'd Lieutenant Mans Huffe mortally wounded C. Vicethumb wounded Of the Regiment of Saxony of the Imperialists side Lieutenant Coll. Bergholtz wounded Serjeant Major Geiersbergh kill'd C. Techler wounded in both Arms. Adjutant Remnitz wounded Lieutenant Grange mortally wounded Capt. Bonekam wounded Of the Regiment of Goet Six Captains kill'd of which number is Capt. Seietres Of the Lunenburghers Fourteen Captains kill'd and wounded but the number of the inferior Officers and Souldiers is not known Of the Hessians Coll. Gorts shot quite through the Body Coll. Schenk and Major Butler receiv'd two wounds apiece Major Lovensteme wounded in the Foot. Three Captains wounded and three kill'd Two Lieutenants wounded and several inferiour Officers And as for the loss which the Besieged received it was computed to be no less than Twelve hundred Men slain besides those that were disabled The next day the Besiegers continued playing upon the Town from their several Batteries and began to prepare for a general Assault upon the Town But then the Governor of the City being sensible of his loss by the taking of the Counterscarp and no less fearful of the hazard of a general Storm which he understood the Besiegers were preparing to make thought it his best way to beat a Parley Thereupon the 8th of September Hostages were exchang'd on both sides and the next day the Capitulation was sign'd and upon the 11th the Place was surrendred Of which the Dutch Resident in the Brandenburgh Camp gave the States an Account by the following Letter MY LORDS LAST Night arrived here an Express from before Montz being sent by the Heer Vandesloo Envoy extraordinary from the Elector of Brandenburgh with an account That on the 8th instant the Garison of that Place began to capitulate and this morning arriv'd the Son of General Dunewald with Letters from the D. of Lorain to his Electoral Highness which not only confirm the former Advice but add these farther particulars That the Capitulation was sign'd and that the Garison was to march out the 11th instant with Colours flying Drums beating c. and that they were to leave behind them the Mony which they had extorted from the Neighbouring Countries Vpon surrender of the Town the Magazines were delivered up to those Persons that were appointed by the Duke of Lorain to take an Account of them and then the Garison which at the beginning of the Siege consisted of about Ten thousand of the best Men the French had march'd out in all 4500 Foot 400 Dragoons and 280 Horse besides Six or seven hundred Foot that went in small Parties with the Baggage laden upon Three hundred and fifty Waggons and thirty one Mules with which were eleven led Horses and two Coaches with six Horses apiece all under a Convoy of Ten thousand Men to guard them to Lindaw The sick and wounded which amounted to Fifteen hundred Men which were all in the Electoral Castle of which the French had made an Hospital and the six Pieces of Cannon and two Mortars which the French were to take along with them were sent away by VVater to Philipsbourgh but the Garison Souldiers were convoy'd to Lindan as is said before And then the Boors were set to work to demolish the Trenches and other VVorks which had bin rais'd during the Siege So soon as the French Garison and their Luggage was march'd out which took up six hours complete and that the Marquess d'Uxelles the late Governour had taken his leave of the Imperial Generals who treated him with extraordinary Civility the Confederates entred and set up the Imperial Colours upon the Bastions None of the Churches or Monasteries were endamaged by the Bombs only one Nunnery but the greatest part of the private Houses suffered very much There was but very little Powder left in the Town which was the reason they were forced to capitualate For to say truth the Fortifications which the French had made during the nine Months that the City had been in their possession were very noble and if the French had been suffered to keep it any longer it had been almost impregnable General Thungue is made Governour of the Place for the Emperor According to the best Computation that can be made the whole Siege has lost the Imperialists about 8000 Men. 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very Glacis of the Counterscarp But their great Battery could not be finished so soon in regard the Engineers thought it convenient to make some Alterations in the first design of it However a thousand Men who had voluntarily offered their Service were continually at work upon it for which his Electoral Highness promised them a good Reward Much about the same time three French Disserters made their escape out of the Town by whose direction the Imperialists discovered three Mines out of which they took no less than fifty Barrels of Powder all which could not be done but that some Men must drop every day Among the rest on the Besiegers side the Counts d' Arco and Goli were wounded and several others were kill'd and hurt Nor did it a little conduce to the benefit of the Besiegers that Marshal d' Humiers was so far from being able to succour his Friends that he was about this time reduc'd to a worse condition than before by the Forces under the command of the Prince de Waldeck For upon the 25th of August the Foragers of the Dutch Army being abroad by nine of the Clock in the Morning discover'd from a Hill a great many Squadrons of French Horse being the Van of their Army which was upon its march who discovering the Dutch Foragers made up directly toward them Now between the Dutch and them was a Valley and a Village where some Squadrons of Dutch Horse and Dragoons and Coll. Hodges with Six hundred English Foot were posted to guard the Foragers The Dutch Horse being overpowred by the Enemies numbers retired But Coll. Hodges in the mean time having lin'd certain Hedges that lay very advantagous for him and kept firing till between ten and eleven a Clock at what time most of the Foragers were got home Upon this the French brought Foot and Dragoons to force Coll. Hodges from his Post who thereupon retir'd to a Mill which he maintain'd till he receiv'd Orders to retreat which he did with a Bravery more than ordinary still firing upon the Enemy till about twelve a Clock he came to a little Town call'd Walcourt about a mile from the Camp and the Pass to it where lay a Regiment of Lunenburghers who fired very thick upon the French. And thus with the loss of Lieutenant Coll. Graham Capt. Davison mortally wounded and thirty Men kill'd Coll. Hodges got safe to the Camp. But by this time Prince Waldeck had rais'd a Battery and posted some Horse and Foot upon a Hill which commanded Walcourt and the French also rais'd another Battery and brought nine Battallions of Horse and Dragoons to attack the Town in three several Places Upon that Prince Waldeck ordered the English Regiment of Guards and a German Regiment to force their way into the Town which they did with an extraordinary Resolution about two in the Afternoon And the Attack of the French continued till fix both with Canon and small Shot More especially about Two hundred of the French Guards came up to the very Gate of the Town with Fire and combustible Matter to have set the Town in a slame but of them the greatest part were slain and so between six and seven of the Clock the French retired in great disorder to their Camp leving behind them between five and six hundered of their Men that lay dead under the Walls of the Town besides a great many Prisoners among the rest Monsieur de Saint Gilain Feild Marshall killed with a Canon shot as he was speaking to Marshalld ' Humieres himself Monsieur de Metz Tiercelin Commissary of the Artillery the Chevalier Colbert Collonel of the Regiment of Champaigne mortally wounded and Monsieur de Tibergeau Lieutenant of the Artillery wounded Of the Guards The Count d' Artagnan killed Four Captains killed Three Captains wounded Five Lieutenants killed Eleven Lieutenants wounded The Adjutant Major wounded Two Gentlemen Voluntiers killed and one wounded Of the Regiment of Champaigne The Lieutenant Collonel wounded The Major mortally wounded Two Captains killed Five wounded Two Lieutenants killed and three wounded Of the Gendarmes An Exemp of the Guards wounded Out of Vilpians Regiment of Horse One Captain killed Two Captains wounded An Adjutant Major wounded Out of Greders Regiment of Foot. One Captain killed Two Captains wounded A Serjeant Major killed An Adjutant Major wounded A Lieutenant killed Of the Dutch side were lost not above thirty or forty Men and two Officers Upon the 25 of August being Saint Lewis's day the Besieged not having heard as yet of this Disaster intended to have made a very great Sally but were prevented by the firing of three thousand hand Granado's designed to have been made use of in the said Sally which was occasioned by one of the Besiegers Bombs falling in among them The same day the Imperialists threw a great many Bombs into the Counterscarp and the night following sprang a Mine at the lest Angle of the Attack of the Covered way and made a Lodgment there during the heat of which Action the Prince of Weldentz was mortally wounded in the Trenches The 26 the Besiegers continued sapping the Glacis of the Enemies Counterscarp and secured their own two new Redoubts with Palisado's Upon the 28 the Saxon and Bavarian great Battery of 36 great Guns and ten Mortars being finished that morning they began to play upon the Town and the Citadel the Elector of Bavaria having given Orders that all the Musketiers should first give three Volleys and that at each Volley eight Bombs should be shot into the Place which was performed accordingly with the sound of Drums Kettledrums and Haut-boys At the same time the Imperialists and Lunenburghers made agreat fire from their Battery of 18 pieces of half Cannon To which the Enemy answered with their Cannon and Haut-boys from the Rampart The same night the Besiegers continued their works at both Attacks and the Imperialists advanced with their sapping above sixty Paces on the right and left while the Bavarians made a line of Communication to their great Battery and a new place of Arms. The 29th the Besiegers discovered several of the Enemies Mines and play'd very fiercely on the Bastions of St. James St. Martin Alexander and Boniface as also upon the Curtins Upon the 30th one of the Bombs which the Besiegers threw into the Enemies Counterscarp fired another parcel of Hand Granado's which the Enemy had brought together to make use of our Men that were at work upon the Attacks In revenge of which the besieged sprung a Mine but without any damage to the Besiegers had not the Besiegers receiv'd a greater prejudice that night by the death of Duke Christian of Saxony who was kill'd in the Trenches the 2d of Setember at night However the Besiegers Cannon had made such large Breaches in the Works which defended the Town that they could see into the Streets of the City On the 2d of September the Besiegers finished their great parallel Line and the Saxons planted