Castle and went with two Troops of Guards the Troop of Granadier Guards and several Squadrons of Brandenburg Horse to the Earl of Athlone's Camp at Watterloo three Leagues from Brussels where was likewise joined the Detachments sent from Namur under the Command of the Count de Nassau and Major-General Ramsey the Enemy Encamped the same day within a League of Brussels 11th The King detached 10 Battalions of Foot from Watterloo to reinforce the Prince of Vaudemont by Brussels Deserters come over to us from the Castle in great numbers Major-General Salish relieved the Guard of the Trenches and undisturbed carried on the Works considerably 12th Prince Vaudemont arrived at Watterloo from Brussels to concert Measures with His Majesty for the Security of that City which the Enemy threatens with a Bombardment After Dinner a Council of War was held after which his Highness departed for Brussels again and His Majesty returned to the Camp before the Castle of Namur This Night Lindeboom carried on our Trenches about 150 Paces before the Coehorn-Fort towards the Sambre and made a very good Lodgment 13th We advanced our Trenches near 200 Paces more notwithstanding the Rain continued to wash the Earth down again In the Afternoon one of our Bombs fell into a Magazine of the Enemy's where they had a quantity of Grenades and Powder which blew up and by the Deserters we were informed it did them considerable damage Major-General Salish relieved the Guard of the Trenches 14th This Morning His Majesty had an Account that the French possessed themselves of the high grounds near Anderleck Gate the Night before and was Bombarding Brussels upon which the Elector of Bavaria went away immediately with a good Guard of his own and the Brandenburgh Horse to be present and give the necessary Orders in that City Last Night the Enemy made a Sally upon 600 of our Men Commanded by Colonel Seymour who were Posted near their Palisades to cover the Workmen that were to carry on the Trenches but they were repulsed and several of them killed on our side 4 Men were killed and Colonel Seymour's Major a Captain and 12 Men wounded we continued our Works with good success advancing 150 Paces though the ground was stony the Guard being relieved by Major-General Hewklem 15th 115 Deserters came over last night and this morning to us who were in the last Sally which they all agree in that Boufflers design'd it on purpose to favour his Escape by forcing his way through with his Horse but he found our Troops well posted and too vigilant for his purpose they say likewise that our Cannon and Bombs do great Execution and harrass the Soldiers that they know not where to shelter themselves with security Major-General Lindeboom this day made a new Trench of about 300 Paces in the plain of Salsine behind the other and run a Line from our Lodgment to the old Trench at the foot of the Mountain to secure it against Sallies the Enemy made but little fire we did not lose one Man only 5 or 6 wounded The Landtgrave of Hesse arrived in the Camp and was by His Majesty received with great Respect 16th We advanced our Trench in the Plain of Salsine and enlarged and mended that at the foot of the Mountain which was much endamaged by the continual Rains that loosened the Earth cast up and made it shoot down again to the bottom of the Trench and lay there like mud and rendred it very troublesome to pass and repass 17th We advanced our Trench Salish at the foot of the Mountain about 100 Paces and carried on that of the Salsine towards it The Enemy made a great fire in the Night both with the Cannon and small Shot and made two Sallies to disturb our workmen but were presently beat in again a Colonel of the Brandenburghs and 10 Soldiers were killed and some wounded our Cannon and Bombs play without ceasing day and night on the Castle and Coehorn and according to the reports of Deserters do greatly annoy the Enemy having killed great numbers of them and dismounted some of their Cannon this Evening arrived here from Maestricht 32 Twenty-four Pounders to be employed against the Castle from Count Tilly's side the Batteries had had good success and done the Enemy considerable mischief and we prepare more on all sides in order to a Breach in the Coehorn and Castle the Forces of Hesse and Lunemburg which came from the Rhyne are Encamped between Liege and Huy This Morning His Majesty received an account that the Mareschal de Villeroy had raised Batteries on the high Ground of Anderleck from whence he Bombarded Brussels from the 13th about Six in the Evening untill the 15th about Noon when he drew off and marched towards Engheim by way of Hall that the Lower Town had suffered the most and several Houses as high as the great Market are ruined but all the Magazines in general have escaped but the Electoress of Bavaria with the Fright miscarried but is in no danger and was removed to a great House in the Suburbs 18th The Count de Rivera Master of the Horse to the Elector of Bavaria and my Lord Cutts relieved the Trenches and we advanced our Trenches 150 Paces notwithstanding the disturbance we met with from the Enemy who near Midnight made a Sally with 200 Dragoons mounted and 500 Grenadiers they first made an Attack on our Right with 160 Grenadiers when the Count de Rivera was visiting the Night Posts immediately repulsed them and then they made an Attack on our Left where my Lord Cutts had just posted the advanced Guards to cover the Workmen 100 Dragoons came upon Lieutenant Sutton of Seymour's Regiment who being posted in the Plain of Salsine with 37 English Fusiliers let them come on until they were within a few Paces of him and then firing upon them retreated softly towards our main Guard or Body and the Dragoons pressing again upon him he gave then a second Volley at which time the Spanish and Bavarian Horse who were posted in the Plain of Salsine to sustain the Infantry fell in with the Enemy Sword in hand and followed them to the very Gate of the Castle killing several and taking some Prisoners 19th The Communication between the Trench of Salsine and that at the foot of the Mountain were joyned without any manner of interruption from the Enemy who were sick of their last Sally They own to have lost 100 of the 200 Dragoons and the Officer that commanded them Major General Hewklem relieved Count de Rivera and my Lord Cutts 20th This Morning we had Advice that the Enemy was marched from Enghien to Soignies upon which Prince de Vaudemont with the Army under his Command came from Genap and encampt at Mazy two Leagues from Namur a Camp advantagious and strong This Night was employed in repairing the Damage in our Trenches occasioned by the continual Rains Major General Swerin relieving the Guard and two Men and a Woman seiz'd for
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
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
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
Tower at the head of each of these Attacks were 120 armed Fusiliers carrying Fascines before them and 120 Granadiers followed by 100 Workmen with Tools and Gabions On the Right of the Body on the Right-hand were 100 Granadiers carrying Fascines before them followed by 50 Workmen and the same numbers of Granadiers and Workmen on the Right of the Body on the Left-hand betwixt the two Attacks The Signal being given a little after Six in the Evening the several Battalions marched forward in the order before-mentioned with the greatest Courage and Undauntedness that was ever seen without taking any notice of the Enemy's Fire which was very furious and the Fusiliers in the front carried their Fascines to the very Pallisadoes where laying them down they fired upon the Enemy and the Granadiers threw their Granadoes into the Tower and Works while the Battalions marched close after them in order with their Arms shouldered till they came so near that they presented over the Pallisades drove the Enemy from thence and pursued them through a large place of Arms to the bottom of that Work The French making fresh fire from the Counterscarp and a Redoubt on the other side of a hollow way on our Flank my Lord Cuts with Three Battalions from our Trenches viz. Tidcomb Stanley and Collingwood's came immediately to sustain our Men with the first Battalion he marched to the lowest Pallisades and with the Guards again repulsed the Enemy a great number of them into the Water and the rest where they could best escape Brigadier Fitz-Patrick marched at the same time with the Regiment of Lord George Hamilton his own Regiment of Fuseliers Ingoldsby Saunderson Lawder and Maitland the two first of these were sent to relieve the Dutch Guards and those with the Lord Cuts at the lowest Pallisades and the rest were drawn up by the Tower to sustain as the Action should require except the Regiment of Lawder which was posted on the other side of the hollow way to prevent being flanked or surprized in the mean time Major General Ramsey ordered all the Pikemen to carry Fascines and to dig till a Work was made sufficient to resist Musket shot where he Posted the Regiments of Ingoldsby Saunderson Lawder and Maitland and at break of day drew off the rest of the Troops to the first Parade the heat of the Action lasted about Two hours during which time we possessed our selves of the Enemies Works which were defended by great numbers of Men the General Officers Colonels and all the other Officers and private Soldiers behaving themselves in their several Stations with the greatest Vigor and Bravery forcing the Enemy to give ground where-ever they came and made them pay for their Ill Language of Come on you English Dogs You English Rebels The Chief Officers Killed and Wounded in this Action are of the first Regiment of English Guards Colonel Robinson Killed and Lieutenant Colonel How and Lieutenant Colonel Davis Wounded of the Coldstream Guards Colonel Matthews Lieutenant-Colonel Edgworth Lieutenant-Colonel Jones Wounded and Lieutenant-Colonel Pierce and Lieutenant-Colonel Morrison taken Prisoners of the Scotch Guards Colonel John Hamilton Wounded of the Dutch Guards Lieutenant-Colonel Goudaker Major Hetzler and Lieutenant-Colonel Pannie Wounded of the Royal Regiment Major Mac Ilvan Killed and Lord George Hamilton Wounded of Colonel Ingoldsby's Regiment Lieutenant-Colonel Sabin Wounded feveral Captains Lieutenants and Ensigns in the Regiments before mentioned and the others that were Engaged in the Attack were likewise Killed and Wounded the whole Loss of private Soldiers as given in by the several Colonels is 308 Killed and 604 Wounded Deserters inform us that the Enemy had 1600 Killed and Wounded in this Action 19th Major-General Hewklem relieved the Guard of the Trenches the Enemy made a Sally yesterday on the Brandenburgh Quarter and Killed the Colonel that Commanded and about 100 men surprizing them in the Trenches but Coehorn's Regiment put a stop to the French and gave the Brandenburghs time to Rally and Beat back the Enemy 20th Major-General Salish Mounted the Guard of the Trenches the same day a Deserter came over to us and brought with him a Priest that he stopp'd making off from our Army into the Town whom he knew to be a Spie upon search Papers were found about him of Consequence the Deserter was Rewarded and the Priest sent to the Provost the Soldiers that remain in the Camp Wounded in the late Attack had daily Meat and Broth from the King 's own Kitchin-Tent 21st We finish'd several Batteries for 24 Pounders besides Mortars Major General Ramsey relieved the Trenches and the Works were pushed on with good success the Trenches being carried to the foot of the Bridge and Batteries preparing for 32 Mortars Prince Vaudemont continues at his Camp of Ostacker the Duke of Wirtemberg at Plassendaele between Bruges and Ostend and Sir Henry Bellasis near Newport with strong Detachments to observe the Enemy who have an eye on Dixmuyde where is a Garison of 8 Battalions under the Command of Major General Ellemberg who has caused the Sluces to be opened which covers one side of Dixmuyde with Water 22d The Batteries for Mortars were got ready to play against the two Bastions on each side St. Nicholas Gate we had now Eleven Batteries playing upon the Enemy the Breaches in the Bastions widen considerably but they have the old wall of the Town with a wet ditch and Retrenchments behind that Major-General Lindeboom relieving the Guard of the Trenches 23d The King had Advice that the Earl of Athlone was marched from the Village of Aubay to his former Camp of Pont a Selle where he covered the Seige Major-General Salish relieved the Trenches 24th Our Artillery-Horses were sent from hence towards Mechlyn to bring hither the Flanders train of Artillery in which are Eight Pieces of whole Cannon to be employed against the Castle Major-General Hewklem relieved the Guard of the Trenches this Evening 25th Major-General Ramsey relieved the Guard of the Trenches and carried on the works with great success in order to make a Lodgment having advanced above 300 paces in three days 26th We carried our Lines so far as to cut off the Communication between the Town and Fort Pollard which hindered our approaches to the Counterscarp and the Enemies other Works near St. Nicholas Gate whereupon the French Posted there were summoned to Surrender which they refused to do unless they might have leave to retire into the Town which was denied them and our Miners set at work who having made a considerable advance in the night lodged themselves under the Counterscarp of the said Fort The Garison consisting of a Captain Two Lieutenants an Ensign an Ingenier a Chirurgeon and 55 chosen Men of the Dauphin's Regiment Surrendred early the 27th at Discretion and were made Prisoners at War soon after our Guns were brought down and a Battery raised upon the said Fort to play upon the Counterscarp near St. Nicholas Port where we have been for some days
making a Breach and undermined the dams that keep up the Water in the ditch of the Town in order to drain the same by blowing them up 28th Major-General Lindeboom relieved the Guard of the Trenches and our Lines being carried on to the edge of the Maese near the Counterscarp all things were disposed for the Attack of it in order to a Lodgment on the Glacis and accordingly about 4 a Clock in the Afternoon it was begun by the Granadiers English and Dutch who with continual fire and Hand-granadoes with the help of our Batteries soon obliged the Enemy to retire and made a Lodgment on the Glacis but the Enemy having many works within this as the Counterguard the Ravelin and the Town-walls they very much annoyed our Men being also continually relieved from the Town however ours Fortified themselves and kept their Post our Granadiers were sustained by Colonel Ingoldsby's Regiment which suffer'd very much in this Action by the accident of Fire taking in the Woolsacks and Gabions that were to cover their Men Colonel Saunderson and Colonel Collingwood's Regiments sustained next to Ingoldsby's the Dutch Granadiers were sustained and relieved by Detachments of the Regiments of Ploen Tetteau Weed and Heyden Sweeds and Dutch Lieutenant-Collonels were Killed and another Wounded Mr. Godfrey Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England who was come from Antwerp to wait upon the King standing very near his Majesty in the Trenches was Killed by a Cannon Ball Lieutenant-Colonel Eck of the Fourth Troop of Guards had his Arm taken off by the same Shot 29th Our Lodgment being thus made on the Counterscarp on the side of the Maese as was intended our Batteries will be advanced nearer to the Enemies Works and a further Breach made for an Assault of the Town in the Attack of Yesterday we lost that is Killed and Wounded of the English and Dutch about 300. The Elector of Bavaria made an Attack at the same time upon the Cloyster of Salsine wherein the Enemy had a Garison of 400 Men and possess'd himself of it with little Loss by which means he can now make his approaches nearer to the Enemies works Upon the arrival of an Express from the Duke of Savoy with the good News of the Surrender of Casal all the Foot made a treble Discharge round the Town and Castle whilst our Cannon and Mortars did the same against them both as rejoicing upon-such an Occasion Major-General Salish relieved the Trenches 30th About Four a Clock in the Morning the Elector of Bavaria with a Detachment of Granadiers and 15 Battalions of Foot of his own the Brandenburgh and other Foreign Troops made an Attack upon the Works and Retrenchments the Enemy had without the Coehorn Fort upon the Hill towards the Sambre which hindred our approaches upon that side in about Two hours time we beat the Enemy out of them and pursued them to the very walls of the Castle so that we are now Masters of their great Line drawn over the Hill from the Sambre to the Maese on which the Enemy had two Batteries we are now Fortifying our selves there in order to Attack the Coehorn work it Rained violently all the while of the Attack notwithstanding which the Men continued it with great Resolution and we lost about 100 Men the Enemy are much disheartned at our being Masters of this strong Work which they gave out would cost us many Thousand Men the ascent of the Hill was difficult by reason of its rocky steepness and the Enemies Cannon playing on all sides yet sometimes on all four up they got and made themselves Masters of the pretended impregnable Line made by Monsieur Vauban the French Chief Ingenier Major-General Hewklem relieved the Trenches 31st The rest of the wounded in each Regiment were by water sent to Liege to the Hospital Erected there on this occasion well furnished with Doctors Chirurgeons Nurses and all manner of Conveniencies and Necessaries whatsoever This day the Guard of the Trenches was relieved by Major-General Ramsey August 1st His Majesty caused an Attack to be made on the Counterscarp before the Half-moon and on the Demi-bastion on our left near the Maese which was begun about Seven in the Morning by the English Guards under the Command of the Lord Cuts on the Right and by the Dutch Commanded by Brigadier Dedem on the Left and notwithstanding the fierce and continual fire of the Enemy by Ten a Clock we had made our Lodgment on the Right and secured the same and the Dutch lodged themselves on the point of the Demi-Bastion not being able to maintain the Work it self the King was all the while in the Trenches which His Majesty visited every day and because no time should be lost in giving necessary Orders His Majesty frequently eat in and near the Trenches the Provisions when drest being carried from His Majesty's Quarters thither Major-General Lindeboom relieved the Guard of the Trenches and carried on the Work with good success In this Action we had about 400 men killed and wounded of English and Dutch the Trenches were relieved somewhat after the usual hour by particular Order and then Major General Ramsey and Brigadier Fitzpatrick who came on the Guard visited the Works which they continued and carried about 50 Paces farther to the Right in this as well as all the other Actions of this Siege our men behaved themselves with such undaunted Courage and Bravery that they carried all before them for whatever they attacked they carried and what they took they maintained to the great disheartning and discouragement of the Enemy who found it in vain notwithstanding their numbers to pretend to resist such Vigour Nay the most Experienced Officers declare they never saw Attacks made with greater Vigour and Resolution 2d Preparations was made for a General Assault of the Town the Breaches being wide enough for 100 men in front We had an Account that the Dauphin with the Houshold Troops was marching from Court to join Villeroy and attempt the Relief of Namur cost what it would and that the French King in Person would come to the Frontiers At the same time arrived some Officers that made their escape from Dixmuyde after the surrender of that Place by Major-General Ellemberg amongst the rest Collonel Brewer who gave His Majesty an account of the whole Treachery and that Brigadier d' Offerrer had delivered up Deynse upon no better Account the Garisons being made Prisoners at War and the Enemy had Razed the Fortifications and carried the men towards Ypres 3d Major-General Salish relieved the Guard of the Works and Trenches and all things were disposed for an Assault of the Town when about Two in the Afternoon the Enemy hung out a White Flag and desired a Parley which being granted Hostages were exchanged Collonel William Seymour and Major Stork on our side and Count Nogent and a French Major on the Enemy's and Articles were sent out and demanded by the French for the Surrender of the Town
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