he proposed to march directly to the French and fall upon them while they were fatigued of a long March but Count de Souches General of the Germans did not assist at the Council of War and the next Day quitted the Trenches and pass'd the Scheld leaving some Pieces of his Cannon and the Town open to the French The Prince having notice thereof sent a Detachment to bring back his Cannon which he sent by Water to Ghent with his Baggage and was forced to raise the Siege and follow the Imperialists and Spaniards who had also left the Army His Highness complained to the Courts of Vienna and Madrid against these Proceedings of the Germans and Spaniards who would not fight tho they had so fair an Opportunity 22. 12. 1680 His Highness the Prince of Orange arrived at Zell being met out of Town by the Duke of Lunenburgh himself with 22 Coaches and 6 Horses apiece The Regiment of Guards and a Regiment of Dragoons were drawn up in two Lines and at his Entrance into the Town the great Guns were discharged round about the Ramparts 23. 13. 1688 The Prince came back to the Hague from his Journey to Minden and gave all necessary Orders to prepare every thing towards the execution of the Design agreed upon with the Princes he had conferred with 24. 14. 1680 The Prince came to Hanâ—ver where he was received with all Marks of Respect being met some Miles out of the Town by the Duke the Garison being in Arms and the Guns round about the Fortifications discharged 25. 15. 1668 His Highness was declared Chief of the Nobility of Zeland and President of the States of that Province 26. 16. 1672 The States General gave this Day an Edict whereby they conferr'd upon his Highness the Power to pardon such Criminals as he should think fit dit 1691 This Day part of our Army before Limerick passed the Shannon in sight of a Detachment of the Irish who endeavoured to oppose them but were beaten back   The same Day the Irish Garison of Slego having surrendred the Place the Day before to the Earl of Granard and Baldarick O Donnel marched out to the Number of 600 Men leaving behind them 16 Pieces of Cannon and 30 Barrels of Powder 27. 17. 1694 The Castle of Huy surrendred this Day to the Confederate Troops commanded by the Duke of Holstein Ploen Velt Mareschal of the Armies of the States General after 5 Days Attack 28. 18. 1672 A desperate Fellow had the Impudence to let his Highness know that if he would incourage him and promise a Reward he would kill the French King his greatest Enemy but that Offer was rejected with Horror and had the Prince discovered the Author he would have punished him Note that some time after the same Offer was made to the Prince who sent immediately Monsieur Dickvelt to Count d' Avaux to acquaint him with it and where that Villain was to be found yet that Generosity had so little Effect upon Lewis XIV that he has often since that time plotted against his Majesty's Life and protected and preferred the Villains who undertook to assassinate him 29. 19.  30. 20. 1688 King James being afraid of the Preparations in Holland had some time before summoned a Parliament to meet at Westminster and this Day a Proclamation was issued out whereby he declared that it was his Royal Purpose to endeavour a Legal Establishment of an Universal Liberty of Conscience for all his Subjects and that he was resolved inviolably to preserve the Church of England by such a Confirmation of the several Acts of Uniformity that they should never be alter'd by any other Ways than by repealing the several Clauses which inflect Penalties upon Persons not promoted or to be promoted to any Ecclesiastical Benefices or Promotions within the Meaning of the said Acts for using and exercising their Religion contrary to the Tenor and Purport of the said Acts of Uniformity He declared also that for the further securing the said Church and the Protestant Religion he was willing that the Roman Catholicks should remain incapable to be Members of the House of Commons October   1. 21. 1660 The States General resolved that the young Prince of Orange should be brought to the Hague to be there educated at their own Charges and assigned for that Purpose a yearly Pension of 20000 Florins It was resolved also that he should be a Member of the Council of State when he should come to 16 Years of Age. dit 1690 The English Fleet having on board several thousand Men under the Command of the Earl of Marlborough came this Day to an Anchor before Cork Harbour 2. 22. 1673 The Prince received a Letter of the Queen of Spain wherein in she gave him the Title of Royal Highness and offered him the Order of the Golden Fleece dit 1691 This Day General Ginket passed the Shannon with 10 Regiments of Foot and a Detachment of Foot and Dragoons and marched to Thomonds Isle and caused the Works that covered Thomond's Bridg to be attacked which our Men performed with such a Bravery that they did not only beat the Enemy out of them but pursued them to the Draw-Bridg whereupon the French Governour of Limerick fearing the English should enter the Town with the Irish durst not let the Draw-Bridg down to receive them and thereby left them exposed to our Men who killed above 600 of them and a great many who threw themselves into the River to avoid the Sword of the English were drowned 3. 23. 1679 Don Emanuel de Lira Ambassador Extraordinary to the States General having demanded the Restitution of Mastricht by virtue of a Clause mention'd in the Treaty of Alliance between Spain and Holland 1673. and not being satisfied with the Answer given by the States they answered this Day a second Memorial of that Minister and declared in express Terms that they could not restore that Place till his Highness the Prince of Orange had received Satisfaction of the Crown of Spain and was paid off all the Arrears due to him according as it had been agreed betwixt the States and his Catholick Majesty at the Treaty of Munster dit 1690 The English Fleet entred this Day into the Harbour of Cork notwithstanding the fire the Enemy made from their Batteries and our Forces landed at a Place called the Passage 4. 24. 1693 This Day was fought a bloody Battel at Marsaglia in Piemont between the Confederate Troops commanded by the Duke of Savoy and the French under the Command of Monsieur Catinat The Fight was very obstinate but at last the Allies were obliged to leave the Field of Battel and 10 or 12 Pieces of Cannon to the Enemy His Grace Charles Duke of Schomberg General of his Majesty's Forces who fought with his ordinary Bravery on foot at the Head of his Regiment received a dangerous Wound in the Thigh and was taken Prisoner but sent back immediately to Turin upon his
hiâ— Highness of their being disaffected to the Publick Good dit 1690 The Trenches were opened before Limerick dit 1692 A Detachment of the Garison of Namur commanded by the Prince d' Enrichmoâ—t the Marquiss d' Hocquincourt and the Marquiss d' Ecos was this Day defeated by a Detachment of the Allies belonging to the Garison at Huy The Dispute was very sharp and the French had above 300 Men killed and 356 taken Prisoners amongst whom were 30 Officers besides the chief Officers who commanded the Detachment 28. 18.  29. 19. 1689 The Ottoman Forces were this Day entirely routed by the Imperialists commanded by Prince Lewis of Baden on the River Morava in Servia They had 15000 killed and wounded and lost a great number of Standards and Colours with the Horse's Tail 105 Pieces of Cannon and their Baggage The Christians lost about 2000 Men. dit 1690 This Day his Majesty was going from his Quarters to Cromwell's Fort to direct the Batteries against the Town of Lymerick and just as his Horse was entring a Gap the Divine Providence directed a Gentleman to stop his Majesty to speak with him and in that Moment there struck a twenty four Pounder in that very Gap which would have certainly kill'd him but did him no harm at all except that it struck the Dust all about him dit 1692 The Confederate Army under the Command of the Duke of Savoy took this Day Possession of the Town of Gap in Dauphine 30. 20. 1672 The French attempting to relieve Worden were beat back by his Highness dit  The French were forced to raise the Blockade of Mastricht dit 1690 The King caused a Redoubt at Lymerick to be attacked which our Men took after a short Resistance and the Enemy having made a Sally with 2000 Men to retake it they were beat back with great Loss dit 1695 This Day was made a general Assault upon the Castle of Namur and Fort Cohorn The English Granadeers supported by 4 Regiments viz. Coulthrop's Frederick Hamilton's Mackay's and Buchan's were appointed to attack the Breach of Terra-nova under the Command of my Lord Cutts Count Rivera with the Spaniards and Bavarians to attack Fort William or Cohorn on the side next Terra-nova Major General la Cave with the Brandenburghers to storm Fort William on the other side and Major General Swerin with the Dutch was appointed to attack the Castle The Signal being given all the Forces advanced with an unparallel'd Intrepidity The English forced their way through the Breach and notwithstanding the Resistance of the Enemy and the great fire they made upon our Men they gained the top of the same but finding the French strongly intrenched beyond it and the Nature of the Ground not permitting our Men to advance in any Front they were forced to retire Count Rivera was killed upon approaching Fort Cohorn but nevertheless the Bavarians lodged themselves upon the Saliant Angle of the Counterscarp in which they maintain'd themselves by the Assistance of my Lord Cutts who came timely to their Relief The Action was very hot and a Battery which the Enemy had within their Pallisadoes much gauled our Men whereupon my Lord Cutts ordered a Lieutenant of Mackay's Regiment with 30 Men to pass the Pallisadoes and attack that Battery which he performed with an extraordinary Bravery turning 7 of their Cannon against them and securing some of their Mines Major Generals la Cave and Swerin forced the French from the Post they attacked and made each a good Lodgment on the same which they perfected that Night and the next Day and in the mean time our Batteries continued to play upon Terra-nova to make that Attack more practicable This Action was very vigorous and it is granted that had the English Granadeers been timely supported they would have carried the Post of Terra-nova The Allies had near 2000 killed and wounded and the French near as many 31. 21. 1689 The Town of Carickfergus was besieged this Day by their Majesties Forces commanded by the Duke of Schomberg September   1. 22. 1695 Our Batteries having inlarg'd our Breaches his Majesty returned before the Castle of Namur from his Camp at Masy where he was gone the Day of the General Storm to observe the French Army which was advanced to relieve the Place and durst not attempt to attack the King's Army tho they were 100000 strong but he met upon the way an Adjuranâ— of the Elector of Bavaria who was sent to acquaint his Majesty that the French seeing our Preparations for a second Assault and fearing to be put to the Sword had beat a Parley His Majesty being arrived at the Cloyster of Salsines Hostages were immediately exchanged and Propositions brought from the Castle They demanded to have ten Days to expect Relief and several other things which were denied them and their Propositions with the Elector of Bavaria's Answer were sent back to the Castle the same Evening and his Majesty returned to his Camp to observe Monsieur de Villeroy who was incamped at Bonef 2. 23. 1695 This Morning the Capitulation was signed by the Elector of Bavaria Monsieur de Boufflers and Count Guiscard whereby Fort William La Casotte and some other Works were immediately delivered up to our Forces and it was agreed that the Garison should march out three Days after viz. the 5th through the Breach with all the usual Marks of Honour with 6 Pieces of Cannon and 2 Mortars dit  Monsieur de Villeroy who was advanced to Boness with his Army in order to relieve Namur retired this Day in great Precipitation having notice of the surrendring of the Place 3. 24. 1695 The Confederate Fleet under the Command of Admiral Russel having appeared before Toulon the French were in great Consternation for their Ships and the whole Coast in a great Alarm but just as the Allies were preparing to make an Attempt upon that Place there arose this Day a violent Storm which carried them away from the Coast 4. 25. 1691 The Town of Lymerick was invested by his Majesty's Army commanded by General Ginkel and our Men possessed themselves the same Day of Ireton and Cromwell's Forts with the Loss only of three or four Men. dit 1692 The Lord Viscount Sidney made his Entry into Dublin and was sworn Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 5. 26. 1675 The Town of Triers surrendred this Day to the Allies The Mareschal de Crequi who had defended that Place since his Defeat the 11th ultimo would never capitulate and was delivered up Prisoner to the Allies with such Officers who refused to sign the Capitulation whereby it was agreed that the Garison should not bear Arms against the Confederates till after three Months The Officers were allowed to march out with their Arms and Baggage but the Horse Dragoons and Foot were allowed to march out only with their Swords leaving their other Arms and Horses behind them The English who were in the Place gained a great Reputation but as they
to her Majesty that the Regiments of the Militia of the City making 9000 Men were compleat that they had raised 6 Auxiliary Regiments and had resolved by a voluntary Contribution to raise a Regiment of Horse and 1000 Dragooâ—s desiring her Majesty to appoint Officers to command them The Queen gave them Thanks for their Zeal but the French Fleet which was then upon the Coast of Kent having sailed towards their own the same Day the Horse and Dragoons were not raised 22. 12. 1691 This Day at 4 a Clock in the Afternoon was fought the bloody Battel of Aghrim between the English Forces commanded by General Ginkel and the Irish Rebels commanded by Monsieur de St. Ruth The Irish had the Advantage of Numbers and were so strongly intrenched that it seem'd impossible to force their Camp which took up a Hill the Approach whereof was defended by two great Bogs and the Castle of Aghrim from which the Enemy fired upon our Army However those Difficulties did not deter our Men but they attacked the Irish with so much Vigour that they ran away leaving 5000 Men upon the spot their Arms Cannon Colours Tents and Baggage and 500 Prisoners besides 100 Officers Their General St. Ruth was killed in the Engagement and we must do him this Justice to say that he alone found the Art to make the Irish fight for they made a very noble Defence We had near 2000 Men killed and wounded in that vigorous Action 'T is impossible to express the Bravery of the Troops that made up his Majesty's Army either English French Danes Dutch c. or the Courage and Prudence of the General Officers who then gained an immortal Honour Our Army was commanded in chief by General Ginkel who had under him the Duke of Wirtemberg and Scravenmoore Lieutenant Generals Mackay Tetteau La Forest Ruvigny Talmash Count Nassau and Holstaple Major Generals and Villers Bellasis La Meloâ—iere Eppinger Levison Stewart Prince of Hesse d'Aâ—mstat and Schack Brigadeers The Irish were commanded in chief by Monsieur de St. Ruth and under him by D' Vsson Thesse and Sarsfield Lieutenant Generals Hamilton and Dorrington c. Major Generals These two last were taken Prisoners 'T is agreed on all hands that had not the Night stopp'd our Victory few of the Irish would have escaped tho they were 28000 strong the English Army contisted only of 17000 Men. dit 1694 The English and Dutch Fleet commanded by the Lord Berkley came this day before Diepe which they bombarded and said entirely in Ashes 23. 13. 1672 His Highness the Prince of Orange advises the States General to recal the Ambassadors they had sent to treat with the French King and King Charles and the said States having seriously considered of that Matter recalled them accordingly 24. 14. 1690 The Queen issued out this Day a Proclamation for apprehending the Earl of Litcisiâ—ld Arlesbury Castlemaine and the Lords Montgomery Preston and Bellasis with several other disaffected Persons for aberting and adhering to their Majesties Enemies 25. 15. 1690 The late King James returned this Day to St. Germains to give the French King an Account of his Defeat in Ireland and of the Loss of his Interest in that Kingdom The Return of that Prince convinced the French Mob that the Prince of Orange was not dead as they thought for it is observable that either the Wound he received the Day before he passed the Boyne or the Promises some desperate Villains had made to murder his Majesty in the Battel gave occasion to a Report in France that he was dead upon which the Magistrates of most Towns of the Kingdom ordered to the eternal Shame of the French Nation Bonfires to be made 26. 16. 1694 This Day the English and Dutch Fleet commanded by the Lord Berkley bombarded Havre de Grace 27. 17. Â 28. 18. 1695 Major General Ellenberg Governour of Dixmuyde surrendred this Day that Place to the French by a shameful Capitulation the Garison which contisted of near 5000 Men being made Prisoners of War tho there was no Breach made in that Place The Governour was tried afterwards for the same and received Sentence of Death which was put in execution 29. 19. 1695 This Day the French Army consisting of about 80000 Mea under the Command of Mareschal de Luxemburgh attack'd the Confederate Army incamped near Landen which was only 45000 strong because of the great Detachments that had been made therefrom to cover Liege and Mastricht exposed to the Attempts of the Enemy and for the Expedition of the Duke of Wirtemberg against the French Lines The King was advised to retire the Day before but his Army tho inferiour being made up of the finest Troops that ever were seen his Majesty did not think fit to hearken to that Advice and ordered some Intrenchments to be cast up in the Night The French attacked the Allies at 9 a Clock in the Morning with an extraordinary Bravery but were as bravely repulsed and it was 4 in the Afternoon before they had gained an Inch of Ground but our Ammunition being spent by so long a Fight and some of the Horse of Hanover giving ground the French possessed themselves of our Intrenchments where there was a most bloody Fight for some time between our Horse and the French the King charging himself at the Head of the Squadrons but at last being over-power'd by the great Number of the Enemy they were obliged to retire which they did in Confusion and Disorder because of a River that was behind our Army in which many were drowned The Enemy was so tired that they were glad to part with us All the Confederate Troops except some Squadrons I have spoken of behaved themselves to Admiration and especially the English but the Regiment of Horse of Windham and the French Regiment of Gallway distinguished themselves in a particular manner who broke three times the French Life-Guard and other Troops of the Houshold which are esteemed the best in the World The Relation printed at Paris says that his Majesty fought at the Head of the Regiment of Gallway and own that our Troops made an extraordinary Defence His Majesty received no other Harm than a small Contusion in his Side by a Musket-shot The Elector of Bavaria was also in the hottest of the Action as the meanest Souldier This was as bloody a Battel as any that has been fought these 50 Years for the French in the Relation they printed at Lisle own to have lost above 16000 Men but since it appears that they lost very near 20000. As our Army was not so numerous as the French by half we lost not above 9000 Men but a great many were taken Prisoners We lost no Baggage nor heavy Cannon but only some Field-Pieces We took 55 Standards and Colours and 400 Prisoners amongst whom was the Duke of Berwick and 30 Officers Count de Solmes General of the Dutch Foot died of his Wounds and the Duke of Ormond and Monsieur
made a most desperate Defence a great many of them were kill'd dit 1695 This Morning being the time appointed for the marching out of the French Garison of Namur 30 Battalions were drawn up in two Lines from the Breach of Terra-nova down to the Meuse to the Way that leads to Givet and about 10 a Clock the said Garison came out through the Breach Monsieur de Boufflers and Count Guiscard riding at the Head of their Men Sword in band with which they saluted his Majesty and the Elector of Bavaria Monsieur Dickvelt who knew the said Mareschal accosted him and rid with him to the top of the Hill and told him that the King of England had so much Reason to be displeased that the French King should detain the Garisons of Deinse and Dixmude Prisoners against the express Word of the Cartel that he was obliged by that open Injustice to secure his Person till he had received Satisfaction upon that Article and immediately Monsieur de L' Estang Brigadeer of the King's Forces arrested him with a Detachment of the Life-Guards The Mareschal was very much incensed at first with that Proceeding alledging the publick Faith of the Capitulation wherein he was expresly mention'd and said that his Master would revenge that Affront to the utmost of his Power To which Monsieur Dickvelt replied that as to his Threats the time of using such Language was over that the King of England was obliged to it since the French King had no Regard to Capitulations and Agreements that this was no Disrespect in particular to his Person seeing his Majesty might have detained the whole Garison whereas he had contented himself with his Person and then to shew him the Esteem he had for him he was ordered to offer him his Liberty if he would pass his Word for the sending back of the Garisons of Deinse and Dixmude or return himself Prisoner within a Fortnight The Mareschal having answered that it was more than he could promise he was carried Prisoner into the Town and treated with the Honour and Respect due to a Mareschal of France a Captain Lieutenant and Ensign mounting the Guard upon his Quarters with Colours The Garison conducted by Count Guiscard continued their March towards Givet being conducted by 2000 Dragoons consisting of 5442 Men.   Thus the important Place of Namur was surrendred to his Majesty in sight of an Army of above 100000 Men commanded by the most experienced Generals of France and in which were most of the Princes of the Blood who it seems came within sight of that Fortress only to be the Spectators and Witnesses of the Capitulation The French had made that Place so strong that they had the Confidence to cause this Inscription to be ingraven on the Gates Reddi â—sed Vinci non potest as if they had defied all the World to take it And when the News came to Paris of the Allies having besieged that Place and that Monsieur de Boufflers was in it with about 16000 Men 't is said the French King laugh'd at that Account and said it was but a Feint and that the Prince of Orange was too sensible a Man to be guilty of such a Folly but the Event did shew that there is no Place impregnable when attacked by brave Troops animated by the Presence of so great a General as his Majesty When the French took it they coined a Medal with his Motto Amat victoria testes which we may easily retort upon them for we had for Witnesses the whole Power of France The Allies lost about 9000 Men but the Loss of the French was at least as great since out of 16000 Men there marched out not 6000 besides about 2000 who were sick or were sent upon the Capitulation of the Town to Dinant One thing we must observe more is that tho the French were so numerous in the Place and commanded by so firy a Man as Monsieur de Boufflers yet they never regained any Post they were beaten off and ever since the Attack of the Envelope in the beginning of the Siege they seemed to be afraid of our Troops The Allies found in the Place 69 Pieces of Cannon 4 Mortars and 4 Hautwitzers with the Arms of France 281 thousand Weight of Gunpowder 50 great Bombs of 500 Weight each 2000 ordinary Bombs 1000 lesser Bombs 750 Granadoes of 24 Pound Weight 40000 ordinary Granadoes fixed 150 Barrels of Cannon-Ball Salt-peter and Brimstone 15 Tun and 800 spare Musquets besides several other Pieces of Cannon which were in few Days after found buried in the Ground The Landgrave of Hesse Castle who was come from the Rhine with his own Forces and a Detachment of Prince Lewis of Baden's Army continued in his Majesty's Camp till the Place was surrendred and the French retired   I have been somewhat long in this Account but the Reader will excuse me because of the Importance of the Action one of the most glorious that ever was performed 6. 27. 1689 The Garison of Carickfergus surrendred this Day to the Duke of Schomberg and marched out to the Number of 2500 Men. dit 1689 The Allies stormed this Day the Counter scarp of Mâ—ntz under the Command of the Duke of Lorain dit 1690 This Day the King ordered an Attack to be made on the Counterscarp of Lymerick which our Granadeers gained with a great deal of Bravery together with a Fort the Enemy had under the Walls but instead of lodging themselves as they were ordered to do and to go no further they mounted the Breach following the Irish that fled that way and most of them were actually in the Town but the Regiments that were to second the Granadeers stopping at the Counterscarp according to Orders the Irish rallied themselves beat back our Men who were forced to retire into the Trenches We had in that Action 44 Officers wounded and 15 kill'd Some pretend that this Attack was mysterious and that the Town had been easily taken had it not been prevented by some self-interested Persons whose Interest it was to continue the War in that Country but whatever it be I leave it to the Reader 's Inquiry it being out of my way at this time according to the Rules I have prescribed to my self 7. 28. 1672 The Prince of Orange went from Loo to the Frontiers of Germany to confer with several German Princes and there he laid the Foundation of that great Alliance that appeared soon after against France 8. 29. 1688 King James being frightned with the great Preparations the States were making commanded the Marquiss d'Albeville his Ambassador to present a Memorial concerning the same which he did this Day the Substance whereof is that his Majesty of Great Britain taking a just Umbrage of the great Preparations the States were making by Sea especially in a Season that 't is usual to disarm a Fleet he was commanded to demand what those Preparations were designed for hoping that in consideration of his
sick His Highness exposed himself very much in the Attacks and obliged the French to pay to the Inhabitants what was due to them 14. 4. 1674 The Prince of Orange having refreshed his Army for some time after the Battel of Seneff sat down this Day before Oudenarde 15. 5. 1690 Our Army being retired in good Order from before Limerick his Majesty left it under the Command of Count Solmes and having appointed the Lord Viscount Sidney and Thomas Coningsby Esq to be Lords Justices of Ireland he imbarked this Afternoon at Duncannon-Fort with his Royal Highness and landed the next Day in King's Road not far from Bristol 16. 6. 1673 The Prince of Orange received a Letter from the Emperor wherein his Imperial Majesty gave him the Title of Royal Highness the Queen of Spain did also the like but tho the Prince had a better Claim to it than the Duke of Savoy being descended from an Emperor of Germany and Grandson to Henry the IVth King of France and to Charles I. King of England he never for ought I know assum'd it but contented himself with the bare Title of Highness which no body could deny him 17. 7. 1676 The Town of Philipsburgh surrendred this Day to the Allies and the French marched out to the Number of 2000 Men. dit 1689 The Duke of Schomberg having secured Carickfergus resolved to march directly towards Dublin and came this Day to Newry which the Irish quitted the Day before tho it was such a Pass that General Rozen who commanded in Ireland for the French King said that with 10000 Men he would stop there 100000. They burnt the Place which so incensed the Duke that he sent a Trumpet to the Irish to let them know that if they burnt any more Towns he would give no Quarter to those of their Army who should fall into his Power 18. 8. 1692 This Day about 2 in the Afternoon happened in this City an Earthquake which lasted about a Minute It was felt in most Parts of England and in Flanders The King being incamped at Gramen was then at Dinner in an old decayed House which shaking very much his Majesty was obliged to rise from Table and go out of the House We received no Damage by that Earthquake neither in the City nor in the Country 19. 9.  20. 10. 1688 The late King James having formed the Design to subvert the Laws of England together with the Protestant Religion and being sensible that a Protestant Army was not very fit for that Service resolved to fill it with Irish Men as devoted entirely to his Service and accordingly ordered the Duke of Berwick to put into his Regiment 30 Gentlemen of that Nation but his Lieutenant Colonel Beaumont the Captains Paston Simon Parke Thomas Orme Will. Cooke and John Post generously refused to comply with their Colonel's Desire at which the Court was so enraged that they were tried in a Court-Martial and cashiered this Day dit 1688 The Prince set out for Minden to confer with the Electors of Saxony and Brandenburgh the Landgrave of Hesse Cassel and the Princes of the House of Lunenburgh It was there that in Offensive and Defensive League between those Princes was concluded and then was laid the Foundation of that great Alliance which appeared soon after and whereby England and the Liberties of Europe have been preserved As that Affair required a great Secrecy none of the Ministers of those Princes were acquainted with it and to avoid the Disorder and Slowness that commonly attend the Confederate Armies when they are commanded by several Generals of an equal Dignity the chief Command of the Troops of those Princes was conferr'd without any Competition on his Highness the Prince of Orange and they gave Order to their respective Forces and Generals to be ready to march at his first Orders It was observed that that Day was the most stormy and rainy Day that had been seen for many Years past and some time after one of the Courtiers of the Elector of Brandenburgh complaining in his Presence of the Fatigues and of the bad Weather he met with that Day the Elector inrerrupted him and said that it was the finest Day for Europe that ever shone dit 1690 His Majesty returned this Evening to Kensington from Ireland and was received with all possible Demonstration of Joy The Streets of London were filled with Bonfires the Houses illuminated and the People omitted nothing that might testify the extraordinary Joy they had of his Majesty's safe Return dit 1691 The Mareschal de Luxemburgh having notice that the King had left the Confederate Army under the Command of Prince Waldeck and that the said Army was marching from Leuze to Cambron thought it a favourable Opportunity to attack them and accordingly parted from his Camp with 40 Squadrons of Horse and Dragoons in which were the Troops of the Houshold with a Design to charge our Rear There happen'd this Morning 〈◊〉 pretty thick Fog which was the Reason that his March was not discovered and about Noon just as our Rear was passing a little River and Defile near la Catoire the French charged them with such a Vigour that some Squadrons were put into Disorder but being supported by the Foot who in the mean time had lined the Hedges they maintained their Post till they were reinforced by some other Troops who had already pass'd the Desile and after a sharp Dispute repulsed the Enemy Prince Waldeck caused the Army to stand in Battalia till 4 in the Afternoon and then continued his March to Cambron The Action was vigorous on both Sides and about 1000 Men in all lost their Lives in that brush The French took some Prisoners and the Allies did the like and amongst them a Major of the Life-Guards We lost also 7 Standards and took 5 of theirs 2 of which did belong to the 2 Troops of Guards du Corps commanded by the Duke of Lorges and Duke of Noailles The young Prince of Anhalt and Count Benthem were killed on our side and Count Maulevrier Count Mouthrun Lieutenant Generals Count de Forghes and Count Mortagne were killed on the side of the French and a great many Persons of Note in both Armies were wounded dit 1695 His Majesty having left the Command of the Army to the Elector of Bavaria arrived this Day at Loo and the Mareschal de Boufflers having given his Parole that the Garisons of Deinse and Dixmude should be released as soon as he should come to Dinant his Majesty gave him leave to depart and accordingly he set out from Mastricht where he was Prisoner the 17th Instant N. S. 21. 11. 1673 The States sent Monsieur Fagel to compliment his Highness on the taking of Naerden dit 1674 The Prince of Conde knowing the Extremities Oudenarde was reduced to marched to relieve it and came in sight of the Allies the 20th who resolved to attack them the next Day The Prince of Orange called a Council of War wherein