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A38917 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 1689 (1689) Wing E3641; ESTC R8665 9,861 20

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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 Licensed and Entred according to Order LONDON Printed and are to be sold by R. Janeway 1689. AN EXACT DIARY OF THE Famous Siege OF THE CITY of MENTZ FROM The Time that the Imperialists first sat down before it to the Surrender of the Place THE City of Mentz by the Latins called Magontiacum said to have been Built by Moguntius the Son of Hector the Son of Priam King of Troy is the seat of an Archbishop who is one of the Principal Electors of the German Emperour b●ing the Place where Printing was first invented and is Scituated four Leagues distant from Francfort where the Main falls into the Rhin fortified with a Citadel and adorned with a fair Academy This City having for some months groned under the Tiranny of the French Conquests the Duke of Lorraine being numerously assisted by the Princes in Confederacy against the common Enemy of Europe resolved to wrest out of the hands of the French King and restore it to it 's former Imperial Freedom To this purpose the Duke of Lorraine upon the 29 of May departed from Francfort and took up his Head Quarters at Hockheim about a German mile from Mentz and the next day went with four hundered Horse to observe the Place advancing within Cannon shot of the Fort of Cassel which is over against Mentz tho the French at the same time fired a great many shot one of which killed two Men very near the Duke's Person The 31 of May ten Imperial Regiments five of Horse and five of foot encamped between Wisbaden and Morback His Highness having his Quarters near to Costheim The Troops of Hesse were quartered from Hocheim as far as the Rhine and the Forces of Wolfenbuttel were marched to Wisbaden and the Munsterian Troops to the number of 5000 Men lay encamped at Ratingen within two German miles of Keiserswert And in a short time after the Fort of Cassel lying on the other side of the River over against Mentz was taken by the Imperialists This done the Duke of Lorraine returned to Francfort in Expectation of the Elector of Saxonie and the Landgrave of Hesse there being already come to that Place the Dukes of Saxen Gothen and Saxen Coburgh the Bishop of Wirtsbergh and the Generals Souches Commercy Lippe and Fleming Toward the latter end of June Keyserwaert was Besieged by the Elector of Brandenburgh and upon the finishing his Batteries and their beginning to play into the Town was surrendered upon Composition From hence the Elector of Brandenburgh marched forward and invested Bonne while the Prince of Waldeck and the Prince of Vaudemont watched the Motions of the French under the Marshal d' Humieres who had suffered much by a great Tempest attended with such violent Rains and Floods that he lost a great part of his Baggage and several of his Men himself also with some difficulty escaping being drowned Other detachements there were of the Confederates which were ordered to have an Eye upon the Duke of Duras who was forming an Army and lay not far from Philipsbourgh The French being thus secured from doing much Mischief to the Besiegers of Mentz the Imperial Army encamped between Creutsnach and Altzey about six leagues from Mentz and there made a Halt till they had made themselves Masters of the Castle of Eberburgh which they attacked upon the sixteenth of June with their Cannon and Mortars the Castle being advantagiously scituated and of difficult Access and lately fortified by the French with additional out-works At the same time Letters were intercepted from Monsieur Louvois to the Marquiss d' Vxelles Governour of Mentz to let him know that the French King had sent the Arriere-Ban to the Coasts and that by reason of some disappointments he was not to expect very powerfull Succours for that there was every where too great Occasion for his Forces in regard the Enemy had never been so numerous in the Feild before And now all things being ready and the Methods of proceeding being concerted between the two Princes the Duke Lorraine advanced with the Imperial Army within two German miles of Mentz having sent four thousand Croats before who posted themselves near the Town upon whom the French Horse in the Garrison made a Sally but perceiving their Strength immediately retreated again The same day the Electour of Saxony with seven thousand of his Foot passed the Rhine in Boats and joyned the Imperial Army having sent his Horse to Gernsheime in ordet to pass the River there upon a Bridge of Boats. The forces of Hess and some Saxon Regiments to the number of eight or 10000 Men were posted on this side the Rhine where they had raised several Batteries at Costheim and Cassel from whence they very much annoyed the Besieged with their Bombs and great shot But the Confederates resolving to make quick work upon the eighteenth of July began to work at their Lines of Circumvallation to which purpose they summond in three thousand Peasants from the Country adjoinning And all the care imaginable was taken to supply the Besiegers with Ammunition and Provision by Water from Frankfort The Lines of Circumvallations and Platforms for the Batteries being thus compleated upon the twenty second in the Evening they opened their Trenches without any disturbance from the Enemy who were in a little disorder that night occasioned by the Bombs which the Hassians shot into the Town from their Battery on the other side of the Rhine and which set several Houses on sire The next morning by break of day some of the Horse came out of the Garrison to disturb the Workmen but were quickly beaten in again They had also placed several Feild Peices all along upon the Counterscarpe from which they fired upon the Besiegers Workmen by one shot from whence the young Prince Frederick of Newburgh was unfortunately slain and indeed the Enemy often shewed themselves in small Parties but retired again The 24th the Saxons posted themselves in the Monastery of the Carthusians and then it was that the Besiegers finished their Lines of Communication The next day the Imperialists removed their Bridge of Boats up higher towards the Mill and secur'd it with a Redoubt and by this time they had finished two Batteries the one of 15 the other of 25 pieces of Canon At the same time the Elector of Bavaria joyn'd the Imperialists and all the Saxons were posted on this side the Rhine And upon the 27th at night the Besieged play'd very smartly from the Town so that there were 10 of the Besiegers kill'd and 30 wounded All this while in order to a general Assault two Attacks were carry'd on one upon the left hand by the Imperialists and Lunenburghers and another on the right hand by the Saxons and Bavarians In the mean time General Dunwald was ordered to march with a body of 8000 Horse