numbers several of which are Italians and Spaniards taken Prisoners at the Battel of Marsalia in Piedmont and unjustly forced into the Service they all concur the Garrison consists of 21 Battalions of Foot and 8 Regiments of Dragoons 8th Twenty Battalions of Foot whereof Thirteen were English and Scotch from the Army in Flanders commanded by the Prince de Vaudemont joined us commanded by Lieutenant-General Count de Nassau and Major-General Ramsey 9th A great many Deserters came over to us amongst which were some Officers who say Boufflers is to stay and command in chief in the Town and Castle which he pretends to hold out till September and then does not question Relief 10th My Lord Cuts from the other Army joined us with Four English and Two Dutch Battalions more so that we had now in all Ninety Battalions of Foot the Horse under the Command of my Lord Athlone marched towards Piâ—ton to post themselves in that strong Camp and secure that of Masy 11th This day we finished our Lines and began to work on several Batteries and our Cannon and Mortars arrived from Huy the same time we had Advice that Villeroy was moving towards Pont d' Espierre and that Prince Vaudemont lay still at Wontegrem and Gramme near Deynse 12th The Trenches were opened Major-General Fagell commanding the Troops that had the Guard of them in the night the Enemy made a Sally with about a thousand men with an intent to disturb our Workmen and Works but were beaten in again with the loss of about forty men besides what were wounded We had three men killed on our side and thirteen wounded Major-General Fagell being shot into the Neck where the Ball remained until he came off that is was relieved 13th The Trenches were mounted by Major-General Lindeboom and our Approaches carried on with good success under the direction of Monsieur Tetteau Lieutenant-General of the Dutch Artillery and Monsieur Du Puy chief Ingenier who carry the Attacks on against the Town whilst Monsieur Cohorne carries on those against the Castle between the Sambre and the Meuse where the Elector of Bavaria has his Quarters we have this day three Batteries playing and more preparing A Convoy of Provisions that were coming from Lovain this day were attacked by a French Party during the Skirmish some Sutlers Carts were plundered but they were soon made to retire 14th The King received notice that the Mareschal de Villeroy had passed the Lys and was marching towards Prince Vaudemont and that his Highness had posted himself so as to receive him or make a good Retreat if he saw it necessary and that my Lord Berkley with the Fleet had bombarded St. Maloes and Granville with good success the latter being quite destroyed whereupon His Majesty did this day detach a Brigade of Foot to join the Earl of Athlone's Camp and with Orders to march from thence to Prince Vaudemont's if there should be occasion Deserters continue to come over upon all opportunities 15th His Majesty received an Express from Prince Vaudemont viz. That on the 13th in the Morning he had Advice that the Mareschal de Villeroy had passed the River Lys near Courtray over several Bridges laid for that purpose being strengthned by the Troops drawn out of all the French Garrisons in Flanders that Monsieur de Montall with the Forces under his command was on his march to join him and that together their Army would consist of 90 Battalions of Foot and 149 Squadrons of Horse and Dragoons Towards Eleven of the Clock a Signal was given by firing two Pieces of Cannon for our Army which consisted only of 42 Battalions and 48 Squadrons to put themselves in order of Battel which was immediately done And the Prince thought fit at the same time to change his Camp posting his Right at Arsele and his Left between Gramme and Hottom the Village of Wontregem on our backs after which we had notice that the Enemy advanced towards us and that they had already passed the River Mandell and the Defile of Dintergem where our Right was before the Night following the whole Army continued under Arms and we began to intrench our selves We thought the Enemy would have attacked us by break of day but they did nothing but amuse us while the greatest part of their Forces filed off towards our Right at Cannegem this kept our General in suspence until Three in the Afternoon when we saw the Enemy's Battalions begin to plant their Colours between Cannegem and our Right within two Musket-shots of our Intrenchment while their Horse and Dragoons moved towards the Village of Fink in order to get between us and Ghent and to attack our Right Wing in Rear and Flank whereupon our General gave Orders about four in the Afternoon for a Retreat and having sent away the Artillery the whole Army marched off in great order and made as fine a Retreat as ever was seen for notwithstanding the Enemy's Numbers who by reason of the Detachments we had made to Dixmuyde and Namur were stronger than we by almost 40000 men we continued our march without any other disturbance save that some of their Troops charged three or four of our Battalions that were in the Rear of all but they were soon forced to retire having killed some few on either side We marched the 15th all night and came to Ghent yesterday about Seven in the Morning and passing through that City encamped with the Schelde before us where we shall observe the Enemy's Motions and either march towards Brussells or Newport as shall be found necessary The French being enraged at their having thus missed their Aim took their revenge upon the Countrey people plundring and burning in their march without having even any regard to the Religious Houses the Duke of Wirtemberg was sent to join Major-General Ellemberg with a strong Detachment to cover Newport or Dixmuyde the Earl of Athlone marched likewise nearer Flanders to join Prince Vaudemont if need require 15th Major-General Salish relieved the Trenches and carried the Works on with good success 16th Major-General Lindeboom relieved the Guard of the Trenches 17th Major-General Hewklem relieved the Guard aforesaid 18th Our Works and Approaches being carried on within Pistol-shot of the Enemy's Outworks upon the Hill near the Brussell's-Gate His Majesty was resolved to attack the same and the necessary Dispositions being made for it accordingly the Attack was begun about Six in the Evening as followeth Major-General Ramsey was commanded with five Battalions of Guards to attack an old Tower below a place called la Bouge and the Enemy's Works descending towards the Counterscarp the disposition of the Attack was as followeth The first Battalion of the First Regiment of Guards the Battalion of the Coldstreamer's Regiment of Guards and the Battalion of Scotch Guards for the Right-hand Attack towards the bottom And the second Battalion of the First Regiment of Guards and one Battalion of Dutch Guards for the Left-hand Attack by the Old
was marched from the side of Lovain towards the Meuse to join the Forces of Brandenburgh and Liege which advances towards the Mehaigne a small River two great Leagues from Namur 21st The Elector of Bavaria sent Major-General Fagell with a Detachment of 2500 Foot and some Dragoons to attack a Body of French Foot covered by 60 Horse posted at a Mill on a Hill from whence the Enemy's Lines may be viewed which they performed without the loss of 40 men on either side 22d The Enemy in Fort-Knocque attempted twice to regain the ground our Forces took from them the 19th but were repulsed each time with considerable loss 23d They again attempted the same but with no better success and opened their Sluces which soon put a stop to our breaking farther ground Thiâ— day two Spies were tried and condemned at a Court-Martial formerly Sutlers in our Army and executed accordingly as were likewise several Deserters that attempted to go over to the Enemy who to delude our men and draw them from our Service give a Louis d'Or to each that goes over at least makes them fair promises of such a Reward His Majesty reviewed the Enemy's Lines with the ground adjacent with such care and exactness that we expected we should have forced them The 24th A Spy came into the Camp and gave an account that the Enemy had detached 600 of their Horse and Granadiers by the way of Mennin in order to intercept our Provisions coming from Ghent to our Army His Majesty thereupon immediately order'd 500 Dragoons under the Command of the Earl of Essex to march and reinforce the Convoy that were with the Provision-waggons which they met with and joined near Roaseler And at the same time another Detachment of about 1000 Horse and Dragoons under the command of the Earl of Portland were sent to find out the Enemy which they did in a Village called Morselle about midnight between Courtray and Menin the Enemy's Foot were drawn up in the Market-place and their Horse at a small distance to sustain them having notice of our march half an hour before we got up with them our Dragoons immediately quitted their Horses and charged the Enemy with great Bravery and were warmly received but after three quarters of an hour 's hot dispute the Enemy gave way and got off by the favour of a dark night for had this Action been in the day it had been morally impossible for the Enemy to have escaped being killed or taken 78 were left dead upon the spot of the Enemy and a Captain of Granadiers taken Prisoner On our side Lieutenant Web and 5 Dragoons were killed Captain Holdgate and Captain Collins with 11 men were wounded and the Convoy arrived safe in the Camp consisting of 500 Waggons besides the Sutlers Carts and Waggons with all manner of Provisions 25th The Earl of Rivers Collonel of the Third Troop of Guards and the Lord Cuts with several Officers arrived in the Camp from England they make no great progress in the Siege of Knoque Couriers come from the Duke of Bavaria's and Earl of Athlone's Camp every day the News they bring being as yet kept secret 26th A Squadron of the Duke of Scomberg's Regiment met this day with a Party of the Enemy's in their way to Bruges which they took Prisoners with the Officer that commanded them Forage grows very scarce we go 6 7 and 8 Leagues for ordinary stuff 27th and 28th The Army decamped from Becelaer and marched back to Roselaer the Duke of Wirtemberg marching from Knoque at the same time to Dixmuyde that Attack being nothing but a feint to divert Villeroy that way whilst Athlone c. 29th This morning His Majesty received an Express from the Elector of Bavaria that the Earl of Athlone was possessed of the Plain of Flerus and the Passes leading thence to Namur upon which the Elector decamped from Kirkhoven and marched to Ninove intending to continue his march and join Athlone and that he had got before Boufflers who with his Army moved towards Mortaigne in the way to Charleroy Upon which His Majesty left His Army under the command of the Prince de Vaudemont and went with a Guard of Horse and Dragoons to Distelberg a mile from Ghent 30th His Majesty came to Grimberg near Vilvord having on the way received Advice that the Earl of Athlone was encamped at Borsele between Charleroy and Namur and the Elector of Bavaria within a day's march of him the Siege of Namur being designed and the necessary Provisions and preparation of Cannon Mortars Ammunitions and other Stores of War being brought from Maestricht to Liege and Huy for that purpose and a great many Pioneers summoned thence July the 1st His Majesty lay at Park-Cloyster by Lovain and there received advice that the Brandenburghs with the Garrisons of Maestricht and Liege the whole Body consisting of about 24000 men under the command of Lieutenant-General Baron de Heyde had marched from Flerus and passed the Sambre between Charleroy and Numur and had invested Namur between the Sambre and Meuse and the Earl of Athlone on the side of the Town and the other side of the Meuse with 40 Squadrons of Horse and Dragoons and that the Pioneers summoned from the Province of Brabant were likewise arrived near Namur and those from about Maestricht hourly expected which together will make near 40000 to be employed during the Siege for making Lines of Circumvallation and Contravallation raising Batteries and carrying on Trenches 2d The Elector of Bavaria with the Army under his command after several great Marches came this day to Masy near Charleroy where His Majesty arrived about five in the Evening with a small Retinue the Baggage following by way of Ghent Macklyn and Brussels 3d The King with the Army marched nearer to Namur which was invested by the Troops commanded by the Earl of Athlone on this side the River Sambre and by the Forces of Brandenburg on the other side between the Sambre and Meuse His Majesty took his Quarters in the Village of Flawen about two English miles from Namur and the Elector of Bavaria is about a League from thence at the Abbey of Maloigne on the other side the Sambre 4th The Pioneers began to work on the Lines of Circumvallation and Contravallation and to lay Bridges over the Sambre and the Meuse for the communication of our Quarters The Mareschal de Boufflers threw himself into the Town with Eight Regiments of Dragoons two only are mounted the Duke de Villeroy moved his Camp towards Courtray and Prince Vaudemont his Army to Wontregem 5th Continued to work on the Lines and put all things in readiness against the coming up of the great Guns Mortars c. 6th Greatest part of our Horse and Dragoons marched towards Masy where the Earl of Athlone forms a Camp to cover the Siege and for the more conveniency of Forrage this day our great Baggage from the other Army joined us Deserters come over in considerable
Spies the Woman had several Letters 21th Very early this Morning we began to fire from several Batteries in the Town with about 70 Pieces of Cannon and 40 Mortars and Haawitzers the Enemy began to fire some shot about Noon and afterwards from 5 Mortars which we endeavour'd to dismount a Brandenburgher relieved the Guard The two Battalions of Guards and the four English Regiments which have been employed during the Siege were this day relieved from the Army by six other Battalions This Night we continued to repair and enlarge our Trenches 22th His Majesty had Advice that the Enemy were come to Senefs and had drained all their Garrisons in order to attempt the relief of Namur upon which his Majesty went to view the Army Commanded by Prince Vaudemont at Mazy where his Majesty dined and in the Evening returned hither Deserters continue still to come over every Night and say our Cannon and Mortars from the Town do the Enemy considerable damage The Guard of the Trenches was this day relieved by Major General Salish 23d His Majesty was pleased to make Colonel Selwyn and the Lord George Hamilton Brigadiers General of Foot in consideration of their good Services and more particularly at this Siege Our Batteries continued to play with great success making Breaches along the side of the Cohorn next to the Town About Noon the King received Advice that Villeroy had made a review of his Troops at Soignies and yesterday marched to Fellug between Nivelle and Senef The Forces of Hesse and Lunenburg came up to us this Morning and are to assist at the Siege they passed the Maese about Noon being about 7000 Foot the Horse and Dragoons making together 22 Squadrons joyned the main Army under the Command of Prince Vaudemont 24th We carried on our Trenches very considerably notwithstanding the Enemies continual Fire and who endeavoured to disturb us in the Night with three false Salleys My Lord Cutts and Major General Swerin relieved the Guard 25th Our Trenches these three last Nights were pushed on 500 Paces 80 yards distant one behind the other and we are now within 200 Paces of the Enemies Redoubt at the foot of the Cohorn near the Sambre being a Stone Redoubt to Attack which all things were prepared but upon sight of our Men the Lieutenant that Commanded with 15 of the Enemy surrendred and were made Prisoners at War Count de Rivera mounted the Guard 26th Early in the Morning his Majesty received information that the Mareschal de Villeroy was marching with the Army to Flerus his Majesty thereupon thought fit to leave the Camp before the Castle of Namur to the Care of the Elector of Bavaria and Duke of Holstien Floen and joyned our main Army under Prince Vaudemont taking up his Quarters at the Village of Bone See near Mazy This day Major General Salish mounted the Guard 27th The Enemy remained at Flerus and were joyned by the Detachments from Germany and the other Troops Commanded by Monsieur de Harcourt c. from the Sea Coasts 28th The Enemy marched to Gemblours and seemed to dispose every thing to a Battel in the mean time we were not idle in preparing to receive them notwithstanding their Superiority of at least 20000 Men And our Forces that carried on the Attacks against the Castle went on vigorously 29th The Enemy did actually leave their Tents standing in their Camp and marched towards us in Battalia as near as the Ground would permit them Whereupon his Majesty caused our Army to be drawn out likewise in which Posture we remained the whole Day his Majesty being on Horsback from four in the Morning until eight at Night riding from Right to Left and to the Right again appearing every where to give necessary Orders and view the Disposition of the Enemy and our Army ordered to lye all Night under Arms in a readiness to receive the Enemy if they please to come on In the mean time all things were ready for a General Assault 30th The Enemy only appeared in the Front of our Line and moved off again without daring to attempt any thing and with about 70 Squadrons took Post at Bonef on the Mehaigne extending their Line from that place to the Right near Perwys Whereupon his Majesty caused our Army likewise to move and extended our Right to Longchamp our Left being near St. Dennis and a Brigade of Foot left at Mazy Camp to secure that Post This Day a General Assault was made against the Castle and Cohorn The Disposition as follows The Lord Cutts attacked the Counterscarp and Breach of the Terra Nova with a Detachment of Grenadiers and four Regiments of Foot Count Rivera Major General in the Spanish Service Attackt the Cohorn on the side next the Terra Nova with 3000 Spaniards and Bavarians Major General La Cave Attackt the Cohorn on the Right of the Spaniards with 2000 Brandenburgers Major General Swerin Attackt the Cassotte with 2000 Dutch and the lower Town by a Colonel and about 2000 Men. The English advanced with great Order and Resolution and had gained the top of the Breach through a great deal of Fire on all sides but found the Enemy so advantageously posted and entrenched behind the Breach and the Ground on their side so very craggy and uneven that it was impossible to advance in any Front were forced to retire Count Rivera was kill'd upon his approach to the Counterscarp but the Bavarians took Post upon a Saliant Angle of the Cohorn and maintained a hot Fire with the Enemy who disputed hard to dislodge them and when most of the Officers of the Bavarian Guards was killed and wounded and that the other Regiments had suffered very much the Enemy continuing their Fire with great obstinacy the English that had left the Terra Nova not being able to do any thing on that side sustained the Spaniards and Bavarians under the Command of my Lord Cutts who at the same time ordered a Lieutenant of Colonel Maccay's Regiment with 30 Men to pass the Pallisado's and Attack a Battery of the Enemies which he executed with the greatest Bravery and Resolution turning seven of the Enemies own Cannon against them securing at the same time several of their Mines ready to spring and the English and Bavarians planting their Colours upon the Pallisado's made a good Lodgment While this happened Major General La Cave with the Brandenburgers and Major General Swerin with the Dutch made each of them likewise a Lodgment which they improve in order to an Attack and the Batteries are now ordered to play on the Terra Nova to make that Attack more practicable 31th The Enemy appeared with about 11 Squadrons near our grand Guard but were soon repulsed and the following List was given in of the kill'd and wounded Of the English in the Assault under the Command of my Lord Cutts Lord Cutts wounded of Coulthorp's Regiment the Colonel a Captain 1 Subalteran and 101 Soldiers killed The Lieutenant Colonel 3
command near Courtrey and the Marquis de Boufflers is arrived at Namur where he is drawing together a Body to be commanded by himself separate from the other on the Meuse and that Duke de Montall is forming a flying Camp between Furnes and Dunkirk June the 1st The Count de Styrum came to Loo from the Emperor to concert matters with His Majesty for the opening the Campaign on the Rhine where he is to return and serve under Prince Louis of Baden The 2d arrived at Loo the Count de Autell from the Elector Palatine and the Baron de Vetilen from the Bishop of Munster both on the same Errand to concert measures and receive Directions for the march of their Troops 5th His Majesty left Loo early in the morning dined at the Grave and lay that night at Breda where the Pentioner of Holland again waited on His Majesty for farther Directions c. 6th His Majesty sent all his Baggage forward toward the Army encampt near Deynse under the Command of Prince Vaudemont 7th At three in the morning His Majesty left Breda and arrived in his Camp about midnight taking up his Quarters at a Village called Arseele an hour from Deynse His Majesty passed through Ghent where the Elector of Bavaria being arrived some hours before waited on His Majesty at Monsieur Overquerk's Lodging the Burghers and Magistrates received the King at some distance without the Town and in their Formalities with lighted Flambeaux walked before His Majesty whilst the Guns were discharging round the Fortifications the King of Spain himself could be received with no greater Pomp and Ceremony The Elector left the Camp at Ninove purposely to meet His Majesty his Army consisting of about 40000 men 8th His Majesty began to review the Forces with those of the First Line of Foot And the 9th reviewed the Second Line which His Majesty found in excellent order the two Lines of Foot consist of 70 Battalions most English and Scotch 14000 more are encamped near Dixmuyde under Major-General Ellenberger The Horse and Dragoons cantoned in the adjacent Villages have this day Orders to join the Foot in the Camp in order to a review this day the Earl of Athlone marched from the Elector of Bavaria's Camp at Ninove with 40 Squadrons of Horse and Dragoons to observe Boufflers who 't is said is encamped near Flerus 9th His Majesty made a review of all the Cavalry which were in good condition and made 82 Squadrons well mounted the French Army marched yesterday to Escanaffe on the Schelde 10th and 11th The Earl of Athlone being marched with 40 Squadrons to observe Boufflers His Majesty detach'd the Marquis de Laforest with three Brigades of Horse to reinforce the Elector's Army which otherwise might be exposed to a sudden Attack for want of Cavalry Boufflers being in motion that way with some thousands of Horse 12th His Majesty decamped from Arseele and the Army marched in four Lines by reason of Inclosures to Roustaer near 5 Leagues with great chearfulness in our march we took a Party of about 50 Prisoners that had retreated to a Wood for shelter but were discovered by a Boor or Country-fellow whom they had pillaged although he was under the French Government 13th We continued our march about 3 Leagues to a place called Becelaer à Chatteau where the King had his Quarters a Party of ours met with and defeated two of the Enemy's killed and took many of them Prisoners pursuing the rest to the Walls of Ypres This day His Majesty had an Account that Villeray was marched behind their Lines and encamped between Menin and Ypres about three Leagues from us their Lines being between us and them and that he has sent a strong Detachment to reinforce Boufflers at Point d' Espierre and enable him to make head against the Elector of Bavaria who marched that way and who designs to be this Evening with the Army under his command within two Leagues of him between the Rivers Lys and Schelde 14th Villeroy detached another Body of men to join Montall who observes Major Ellemberg that lies with a flying Army near Dixmuyde whilst the said Mareschal intrenches himself behind their Lines 15th His Majesty had an Account that the Brandenburgers and Munsterians with the Garrisons of Liege Maestricht and Huy making together a Body of 24790 men were marching towards Namur The King is every day near the Enemy's Lines and from rising ground viewing them behind the same and our Foragers undisturbed go under those Lines in comparison which obliges the Enemy to destroy within themselves whilst we do the same without their Lines but in their Country and what they used to preserve for filling their Magazines on that side we and they now destroy 16th Major-General Ellemberg received Orders to make ready the Troops under his command to march and to carry Cannon and Mortars with him upon which he gave general Orders for every man to repair to his respective Colours upon pain of death the same day we seized a Spy who was got clear of our Out-Guards rubbing off to the Enemy in Boors Habit. 17th Early in the morning His Majesty sent the Duke of Wirtemberg from the Camp of Becelaer to Dixmuyde to take the Forces there under his command and march towarch Fort le Knocque which he accordingly did that Afternoon with 20 Battalions and encamped near to it taking up his Quarters at New Capell a small Chatteau or Castle 18th The Duke of Wirtemberg viewed all the ground and could see the Enemy busied in working on their Lines towards Ypres from the right of the Fort they saluted him with several Pieces of Cannon without any effect except killing of one Horse 19th Major-General Churchill was detached from His Majesty's Camp with 8 Battalions to reinforce the Duke of Wirtemberg which he executed in the Forenoon in the Afternoon they perceived the Enemy had possessed themselves of some Houses on their side of the Cannall and had set fire to others upon which the Granadeers were detached under the command of Collonel Maytland to beat the Enemy from thence which they performed with great vigour and resolution Further on the right Collonel Tiffany was sent with a Detachment sustained by a Regiment of Foot and there was a very warm Fire which lasted till night on both sides the Enemy had the advantage of a little Fort upon a Hill on the other side the Cannall from whence they galled our men notwithstanding which ours brought up six Pieces of Cannon to the side of the Cannall and made a lodgment several Officers and Soldiers were killed on both sides Major-General Churchill was shot through the Hat and Collonel Tiffany through the Hand Monsieur de Montall lay behind the Fort with a strong Detachment to succour the Place and relieve it from time to time as there appears occasion with fresh men and sends the wounded to Ypres 20th His Majesty received an Express from the Earl of Athlone that he
some of which were granted others disagreed unto 4th The Articles were Concluded and Agreed to and are as follow Articles of Capitulation demanded by the French for the Surrender of the Town of Namur with what was Granted them thereupon I. THE Exercise of the Roman Catholick Religion shall be preserved in the Town and no other permitted Granted II. All the Priviledges of the Inhabitants shall be preserved and their Goods that may have been confiscated restored Granted III. All the Inhabitants French and others may stay in the Town or remove in three months with their Families and Effects Granted IV. None of the Burghers or others shall be troubled for having served the French King and they as well as all Deserters shall be pardoned Granted Except what relates to the Deserters V. The Horses taken during the War and bought by the Burghers or others shall not be restored Granted VI. The Sick and Wounded shall be transported to Dinant with the Persons appointed to take care of them and Boats and sufficient Carriages shall be provided for them by the Allies they paying for the same with the necessâ—â—â— Convoy and Passports within six days after signing Capitulation The Besieged may provide Boats for their Sick and Wounded and shall have Passports to send for what Boats and Boatsmen they want from Dinant and may make use of what Boats there are at Namur provided they forthwith send them back again VII Such of the Sick and Wounded as are not in a condition to remove may continue at Namur and when they are well shall be furnished with Carriages and Passports to carry them to Dinant Granted VIII Six days shall be granted for the Garison of the Town to retire into the Castle with their Families and Effects during which time no Hostility shall be committed by either Party on the side of the Town or the Castle and to prevent all Disorder the Troops of the Allies shall only possess themselves of the Gate of the First Enclosure of the Attack and none of them shall enter into the Town until the Garison is entirely retired into the Castle and the Second Gate of the Second Attack shall during the said time be guarded by the Garison There are granted to the Besieged Two days only to begin from the 4th at Noon and they shall forthwith give up the Posts at the entrance of the Iron-Gate the Besieged may place a Guard jointly with the Allies at the Gate of the Old Enclosure to prevent Disorders IX The Garisons in the Redoubts of St. Fiacre Espiâ—â—y and St. Anthony may enter into the Town and thence retire into the Castle Granted X. All persons put by the French King into any Places of Judicature or others shall continue to enjoy the same Granted XI No Officer sick or wounded or others shall be stopt on account of Debt or on any other pretence but Security shall be given to such as shall make out their Debts for payment of the same Granted XII All Contracts and Agreements made between the French and the Burghers and with the Magistrates shall be faithfully performed Granted provided the same be not prejudicial to His Catholick Majesty XIII The Horse and Equipage of the Officers and Garison in the Town shall be conducted with a Convoy to Dinant and they may not be stopped or searched on any pretence whatsoever and no prejudice done to the said Equipages or those that conduct them Rejected XIV The Prisoners taken during the Siege shall be released on both sides Granted XV. All the Hostages may be conducted with a Convoy to Dinant Granted XVI There shall be given up the Town which is between the Sambre and the Attack of St. Nicholas as also the Iron-Gate and the two Towers which are at the end of the Bridge on the Meuse towards the Condros except the Draw-bridge which is to remain in the hands of the Besieged Granted XVII The Hostages given on both sides for the due Execution of these Articles shall be reciprocally restored after the full performance thereof Granted The Mines and the Magazines shall be discovered by the Besieged to those that shall be appointed for that purpose The Besieged shall commit no disorder nor insult the Inhabitants in quitting the Town 4th of August These Articles were Signed by the Elector of Bavaria and Count Guiscard Governour of Namur And in Pursuance of this Capitulation Collonel Ingoldsby took possession of the Gate of the Town with his Regiment 5th About Noon the Garison of the Town of Namur retired into the Castle according to the Capitulation and broke down the Bridge between the Town and them they left behind them to the care of the Allies 1430 Sick and Wounded men of which 140 are Officers and are all to be carried to Dinant as they shall be fit to be removed They had in the place 2400 Dragoons when the Siege begun who are reduced to 7 or 800 men and their whole Garison is reckoned now to consist of 7000 men most of the private Soldiers went with great unwillingness into the Castle and many hid themselves who have since surrender'd themselves as deserters to the number of near 500. His Majesty detached Count Nassau and Major-General Ramsey with 30 Battalions to reinforce Prince Vaudemont who is marched from Ghent to Diegem by Brussells upon the Duke of Villeroy's moving that way The Prince of Hesse Son of the Landgrave arrived to serve as Voluntier 6th The King sent the Marquis de Laforest from before the Town with 40 Squadrons of Horse towards Prince Vaudemont's Army to enable him to make head against the French who seem'd to have some great Design in hand and the Earl of Athlone has Orders to join him if it be necessary 7th His Majesty changed his Quarters and went to the Abbey of Malloign over the Sambre where the Elector of Bavaria had his during the Siege of the Town and the Elector took his Quarters at the Convent of Carmelites where the French King lay when he took Namur all the Troops being likewise disposed of there being none left before the Town on the Brabant side but the Garison In the Evening we had Advice the French Army was come to Hall three Leagues from Brussells 8th His Majesty had Advice the Enemy marched towards Brussells designing to Encamp at Anderleck and that Prince Vaudemont had drawn his Forces about Brussels for the security of that City and has posted some Troops along the Canal of Vilvord to prevent the Enemy passing on that side The 9th was taken up in raising Batteries and making provision to push on the Siege of the Castle and Out-works with vigour the Trenches being carried on with success notwithstanding the continual Rains about Midnight arrived an Express from the Earl of Athlone The Guard of the Trenches was relieved by Major-General Hewklem 10th About Three this Morning His Majesty upon advice that the Enemy approached nearer Brussels left the Elector of Bavaria to command against the