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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	advance_v	army_n	horse_n	1,599	5	6.8729	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56490	A particular relation of the battel, fought on the 29th of July, 1693, between the confederate army, commanded by His Majesty of Great Britain and the Elector of Bavaria, &c. and that of France, commanded by the M. d'Luxemburgh with an exact list of the principal officers killed, wounded, and taken prisoners on both sides.		1693 (1693)	Wing P597A; ESTC R5912	7,029	12

d' Thian and Don Francisco Manriquez Thus the night passed in making these Preparations without any other Action but all were at their Arms and his Electoral Highness mounting on Horse-back at break of the day to visit the advanced Villages found that the Infantry that were posted there were not sufficient to maintain them nor to hinder the Enemy from finding means to pierce into our Camp and as soon as it was day it plainly appeared by the Enemy's Motion that their design was to attack our Front all together While these things were doing the King of England arrived at the Right-wing asking for his Electual Highness to conferr and deliberate about their last Resolutions The Cannon now began to play from the Batteries that were planted in the main Body upon the Enemy's Horse which now poured down from the neighbouring Hills into the Plain and his Majesty being told that it was necessary to post a greater Body of Foot into this place he gave Orders for two more Battalions and four Squadrons of Dragoons of Hannouer which served pritty well to stop some empty places altho' the conclusion shewed they were not sufficient with such Unequal Numbers to oppose the Mighty Multitudes of the Enemy In this posture we expected the French shewing a great deal of Satisfaction and more Joy then had been ever seen in the Army which was then so much the more surprizing in ours since it was Inferior to that of the Enemies in more then 30 or 36000 Men however this Enequality was in some manner repaired by that Presence of Mind that Activity and Diligence which our two Generals shewed every-where About five of the Clock in the Morning several other Batteries were ordered to play and we saw the Enemy approach taking their principal Forces as far as the Right-wing to encompass as a Serpent would do with his Tayl our Left-wing up to their Retrenchments made before our main Body but a little after we were made sensible to attack us every-where all at a time advancing with their Left to possess themselves of two small Villages where our Troops were posted which his Electoral Highness observing he pushed forward with the Generals that followed him to encourage with his Presence the foot that defended them and this affected for some time successfully exposing him in all places not as a General but as the most incosinderable Officer The King of Great Britain shewed himself Indefatigable on all occasions leading up several Battalions himself to charge after having shared the Command with the other Generals In the mean time the Enemy's Forces were so superior to ours in Number that two of our Battalions were obliged to give way and as it were at the same time the others that where placed at the Left during these Actions on both sides the Enemy's foot gained a Post on the Right where his Electoral Highness was by favour of which some Squadrons found an opportunity to advance into the Plain and thus broke the first and second Line of the Horse piercing as far as a River that was on the back of our Army which the Marquess d' Bedmar observing be beat them back to the Post they had gained upon the foot where very few of them escaped being cut in peices upon the spot and at the same time his Electoral Highness on one side with his sword in his hand and the Marquess d' Bedmar on the other rallyed these Battalions that had given way and led them to the Post which they had lost and now retook with a mighty slaughter of the Enemy and likewise established two Lines of Cavalry in such manner as if thy had not fought at all While they passed those who on the right had the management of a Battery of six Pieces abandoned it without orders so that the Generals at their return found themselves without Artillery which caused a great Confusion The Main Body was perpetually attackt and there was great firing on both sides on the left wing with a Vigour and Resolution that can hardly be equalled this hindred not the Enemy from reinforcing their left with Horse and Foot and attacking the post of the right wing of the Confederates afresh whose forces were much diminished and having no other Foot to relieve and support them this gave the Enemy an occasion to pierce unto our Camp and putting themselves in a posture to attack our Horse the second time the Count d' Arco General of the Bavarians charged them with bravery and success that he drove them back to their Camp with the same fury that the Enemy had made appear when they fell upon him At the same time his Electoral Highness returned with the Generals that followed him with a design to reinforce the Foot and to retake this post the third time The enemy rested some time without doing any thing either rendred wise by what had already happened to them or else expecting new recruits which soon after appeared then turning a little upon the right they threw themselves upon two Battalions of Hannouer who not being able to make a longer opposition retired after they had made a great slaughter and discovering the Flank of the Main Body the Enemy began furiously to fall upon the English Battalions the French having posted these new forces on their left 〈◊〉 stretched themselves as far as the place where his Electoral Highness was with a Battalion of the Blew Guards of his Brittannick Majesty's who observing the posture and numbers of the Enemy and foreseeing the mischief that might happen he sent the Marquess d' Bedmar to charge them in the Flank whilst the Elector attacked them on the Front then the Officers of the Blew Battalions and two others sent word to his Electoral Highness that they had no more Ammunition left after they 〈◊〉 fought for the space of six hours entire and while they went to bring up the right wing of the Infantry belonging to the Main Body began to retire not being able any longer to endure the great Firing that was made upon them both in the Front and in the Flank●… the Enemy finding a free passage open by the favour of the Foot came with the gross body of their Horse and attacked the Hannouer Cavalry which they broke and extending themselves from the Village as far as the River that was behind us immediately formed a Line and separated our right Wing of the Main Body which his Electoral Highness seeing as also that the left Wing had begun to withdraw and that the Main Body was doing the same as he followed it he ordered his ●uriaseers to make a Countermarch because they stood the nearest to make head against the Enemy and calling all the Generals together that were not far from him he told them they saw in what a condition things were that if it was necessary to Sacrifice themselves and throw away their own lives he would be the first to which they answered that there was no other way