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lieutenant_n make_v any_o reply_n to_o he_o but_o count_n schomberg_n say_v my_o lord_n i_o think_v major-general_n morgan_n will_v offer_v nothing_o to_o your_o lordship_n but_o what_o he_o think_v feasible_a and_o he_o know_v he_o have_v good_a fight_v men._n upon_o this_o marshal_n turenne_n ask_v major-general_n morgan_n how_o many_o english_a he_o will_v venture_v the_o major-general_n say_v that_o he_o will_v venture_v six_o hundred_o common_a man_n beside_o officer_n and_o fifty_o pioner_n marshal_v turenne_n say_v that_o six_o hundred_o of_o mounsieur_fw-fr la_fw-fr farty_n army_n and_o fifty_o pioner_n and_o six_o hundred_o of_o his_o own_o army_n and_o fifty_o pioner_n more_o will_v make_v better_o than_o two_o thousand_o man_n major-general_n morgan_n reply_v they_o be_v abundance_n to_o carry_v it_o with_o god_n assistance_n then_o his_o excellence_n say_v he_o will_v acquaint_v the_o king_n and_o his_o eminence_n that_o major-general_n morgan_n have_v put_v he_o upon_o 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half_a his_o man_n before_o he_o can_v come_v to_o the_o counterscarp_n the_o major-general_n say_v that_o he_o have_v a_o invention_n that_o the_o enemy_n shall_v not_o perceive_v he_o till_o he_o have_v his_o hand_n upon_o the_o stoccado_n next_o his_o excellency_n say_v for_o the_o signal_n there_o shall_v be_v a_o captain_n of_o mounseur_fw-fr la_fw-fr ferte's_n with_o twenty_o firelock_n shall_v leap_v upon_o the_o point_n and_o cry_v sa_o sa_fw-fr vive_fw-fr le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr de_fw-fr france_n and_o upon_o that_o noise_n all_o be_v to_o fall_v on_o together_o but_o major-general_n morgan_n oppose_v that_o signal_n say_v the_o enemy_n will_v thereby_o be_v alarm_v and_o then_o he_o shall_v hardly_o endure_v their_o fire_v his_o excellency_n reply_v then_o that_o he_o will_v give_v no_o signal_n at_o all_o but_o the_o major-general_n shall_v give_v it_o and_o he_o will_v not_o be_v persuade_v otherwise_o then_o the_o major-general_n desire_v his_o excellency_n that_o he_o will_v 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the_o manning_n of_o the_o halfmoon_n he_o do_v rally_v all_o the_o english_a with_o intention_n to_o lodge_v they_o upon_o the_o counterscarp_n that_o he_o may_v be_v free_a of_o the_o enemy_n shoot_v the_o next_o morning_n and_o they_o leave_v the_o other_o halfmoon_n for_o marshal_n turenne_n party_n which_o be_v even_o before_o their_o approach_n then_o the_o french_a fall_v on_o upon_o the_o other_o halfmoon_n repulse_v but_o be_v beat_v off_o the_o major-general_n consider_v that_o that_o halfmoon_n will_v gall_v he_o in_o the_o daytime_n and_o therefore_o do_v speak_v to_o the_o officer_n and_o soldier_n that_o it_o be_v best_a to_o give_v they_o a_o little_a help_n the_o redcoat_n cry_v shall_v we_o fall_v on_o in_o order_n or_o happy-go-lucky_a the_o major-general_n say_v in_o the_o name_n of_o god_n at_o it_o happy-go-lucky_a and_o immediate_o the_o redcoat_n fall_v on_o and_o be_v on_o the_o top_n of_o it_o knock_v the_o enemy_n down_o and_o cast_v they_o into_o the_o moat_n 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