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A narrative of the progress of his most Christian Majesties armes against the Dutch, with the names of the several places taken. Liewise a letter from his said Majesty to the Queen of France, giving an account of his passing the Rhine at Tolhuys : with a list of the French nobility killed and wounded in that action.
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1672
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Wing N222; ESTC R223309
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on the Right and Left of the Batteries while I was making a Bridge of Boats in the mean time to passe over the Foot upon upon the Information brought me by the Count de Guiche I commanded Two Thousand Horse of the Left Wing to passe the River under the command of the said Count at the Ford which he had discovered over against Tolhuys The Regiment of Cuirassiers was to passe first of which ten or twelve commanded men to passe over sometimes by Fording it and sometimes by Swimming espy'd Three Squadrons advancing towards them from behind the Hedges and Willowes and were at first briskly charged by the Officers of the first Squadron they Drawing back some few steps in the River till those that followed to second them could come up made their way afterwards with their Swords in their hands so bravely and resolutely that the Second and Third Squadron with the fright of it discharged at random in the Air and ran The first which hitherto had set a good face upon it gave back as well as the other to which the continual Fire of our Canon did not a little contribute and now the rest of the Horse were all passed over at the Ford one party of them advanced towards the Enemy under the Command of the Count de Guiche and the rest stood in Battalia on the Bank of the River This Action was accompanyed with all the Success and Glory we could desire having lost very few Horse in the Passage Nogent being the onely Person of Note that was drowned But afterwards as ill Fortune would have it the Prince to whom I had sent not to passe the River was already gone before my Orders reach'd him in a small Boat to see what Men we should put into the Castle of Tolhuys and to informe himself better of what passed on the other side of the Water so that not knowing any thing of my Design and seeing the Prince of Condé and Duke de Longueville advance upon the Spur towards a Barricade where the Three Squadrons I mention'd before had joyn'd themselves with some other Horse and Foot he made all the haste he could thither and was follow'd by several others who now began to keep no Measures after such an Example At first the Prince and those other Gentlemen astonished the Enemy with their Threatnings and their Presence and besides the Count de Guiche surprising them in the Reare with some Squadrons had pressed them so close that they put themselves in a posture of yielding on Condition they might have Fair Quarter But Monsieur de Longueville having passed the Barricade and crying Kill kill No Quarter and as some say discharged a Pistoll upon them out of pure despair they made one Volley more in which the Prince of Condé had the bone of his Left wrest broken Monsieur de Longueville and Guitry were killed upon the Spot and severall others were killed and wounded which you will see in the following List If we had had a little patience not one of those men had escaped our hands the Comte de Guiche had begirt them close on one side and should have fallen upon them on the other with the other Squadrons and the Foot which by this time were almost all passed in their Boats whereas through our own precipitation the routing them has cost us very dear this excepted all things are in a very good condition as to the Bettaw and I have much cause to praise God for the happy Success of this Enterprize and to promise my self great advantages by it Dead and Wounded Dead Monsieur de Longueville de Guitry De Nogent drowned Danbusson Marq. de Tooâon Brouilly mortally wounded Some Gentlemen wounded The Chevalier des Essars dead of his Wounds Wounded The Prince his Wrist broken Mons de Marsillac his Shoulder-Bone broken Mons de Vivoâne lost his Hand The Comte de Sauls wounded in the Chin. De Beringhen through ãâã Body The Duke de Coastin his Haâ⦠broken Termes cut cross the Face La Salle Ayde de Camp Fâ⦠Wounds with a Sword Reâelle of the Cuirassie wounded in three places Du Mesnil Montanban wouâded with a Partizan The Marq. D e Aâbeterre The Marq. de Manrevert Fâ⦠wounds Beauvan Ayde de Camp ãâã Mons Rochefort woundâ⦠in the Face FINIS