Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	foot_n	horse_n	squadron_n	1,059	5	11.6685	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40533	A full account of the late siege and surrender of the city of Mons[.] With the number of the slain and wound[ed] as well within the city, as in the French ca[illegible.] To which is added, the articles of surrende[r.] With the Dauphin, and Monsieur Vauban's entry [into] the city: the manner of the governor's marching [illegible?] and his speech to the Dauphin: with the French behaviour and [illegible]ment of the inhabitants of Mons, and the towns and villages a[illegible] and several other material occurences, that has happened since th[illegible.] Licensed, J. Fraiser. 1691.		1691 (1691)	Wing F2269A; ESTC R215795	9,395	18

A FULL ACCOUN● OF THE LATE Siege and Surrender OF THE City of Mon● WITH THE Number of the Slain and Wound●● As well within the City as in the French 〈◊〉 To which is added The Articles of Surrend●● WITH The Dauphin and Monsieur Vauban's Entr● the City The manner of the Governor's March and his Speech to the Dauphin With the French Behaviour ●…ment of the Inhabitants of Mons and the Towns and Villages And several other Material Occurrences that has happened since LICENSED J. Fraiser 1691. LONDON Printed for Robert Hayhurst at the Axe in 〈◊〉 Brittain 1691. An Impartial Account of the Late Famous Siege and most Noble Defence of MONS c. MONS as it hath been the Miracle of the Age and Wonder of its Enemies for unparalled Courage and Resolution ought now to be the Work of each Ingenious Writer and Discourse of every Martial Man Fame has already spoke sufficient in the praise of that undaunted City whose Actions I now mean to particularize But before I enter upon the particulars of the Siege I shall give the Reader an Account of the Province of Hanault and scituation of Mons. Hanault is so named of the River Hayne which runs through it It is the chief of the Walloon Provinces it bordereth on the North with Brabant and Flanders belonging to the King of Spain on the South with Champain and Piccardy two Provinces belonging to the French on the East with the Province of Namur and on the West with the Sheld and part of Flanders Gallican It is twenty Leagues long and sixteen broad the Air is wholsome and the Soil good by reason that the Country is watered with many Rivers as the Scheld the Sambre the Tender and many other small Rivulets There are also in it many Lakes Marshes Ponds Pools Fountains goodly Woods and pleasant Forests It aboundeth with fragrant and fair Pastures and Meadows for all kind of Cattle with good Fruits and profitable Trees and is replenished with great plenty of good Corn. In some part of it are Iron-Mines Lead and Quarries of Stone for all kind of Buildings with great Store of White-lime and Coal In this Country are Twenty Four Walled Towns namely Mons Valenciennes Bouchain Quesnoy Conat Landressy Amesnes Chimay Mariemburg Segny Brain le Compte Eughien Halle Lesme Cheure At h St. Guisline and Leaze There are also 950 Villages with many Castles and Signiories Many of the Villages are great and fair and have Titles of Honour annexed to them as Pequicourt Fontayn Laling Montigny Antonig Barlamon Barbauson Aimeries and many others The City of MONS or Berghen receives its Name from its Scituation which latter in their Language signifies a Mountain or Hill but the rise of the Earth there is so gentle as it cannot be said to be Mountainous The City is strong as well by natural Scituation as the mutual Industry of Fortifications It is cut through on the lower side by a little Rivulet called Trulla which as soon as it goes out of it falls into another somewhat bigger called Hayne which crossing through the Province before it be gotten quite out falls into the Scheld and on this side is a Moras the Earth here being very Spungy It 's Fortified likewise round about with strong and excellent Walls Turrets and Gates to which are joyned many Regular Works according to the Modern way as Horn-works Half-Moons Counterscarps Bastions Redoubts c. there are likewise three large deep Ditches or Moats with a strong Castle or Cittadel very good Ramparts and a River running by the Fortifications The Buildings of the City both private and publick were very fair and beautiful here is the noble Nunnery of St. Valdrude their Churches are Built after the Ancient manner of Architecture with sumptuous Arches and goodly Pillars of Marble and Porphyry the Stadt Heuse or Town-Hall is of excellent Workmanship This City was surprised by the French Hugonets in the Year 1572. who got in great quantities of Arms in Fatts under pretence of Merchandize and having seiz'd on the Gates they let in the Army of Count Lodowick of Nassau Brother to a William Prince of Orange but it was soon after retaken for the King of Spain by the Duke of Alva The Prince de Bergh who was the late Governor has his Title from the Place and most or all his Estate lies in the Province he is related to the House of Nassau The First Letter THe French King having had a longing desire to bring this City to his Subjection resolv'd by an early Campaign on the attempting of it this Spring pursuant to which Resolutions he caus'd to be laid up this last Winter in Valenciennes Cambray and other Frontier Places vast and almost Incredible quantities of Hay Oats and other Forrage for a numerous Army of Horse And having given Orders to his Generals to draw his Troops from their several Quarters as well on the side of the Rhine as in Flanders sending the very Troops of his Houshold Grand Musqueteers Gens d' Arms and Light Horse c. On the 14 of March New-Stile the French Army Commanded by the Duke of Luxenburgh and the Marquis de Boufflers c. directed their March towards Mons. On the 15th their Cavalry consisting of 42 Squadrons began to Invest it in a formal manner The 16th and 17th was spent chiefly in the Marching up of the Foot and the Regular placing them in their several Posts On the 18th the Marquis de Boufflers sent a Summons to the Prince de Bergue to Surrender the Town on Honourable Conditions telling him The King the Dauphine and all the flower of France would be there to oblige him to it But the Prince rejected his Proposals telling him That he was glad to hear that so great a King would be there in Person to be witness of the Gallant and Brave Defence he was resolved to make at the same time as well Burghers as Regular Troops with an unanimous Voice and undaunted Resolutions resolved to defend it to the utmost of their Lives and Fortunes which Answers not suiting with the French desire nor the hopes they had of an early Surrender made them prepare for Action This Evening the Garrison made a Sally on the Enemy with 1800 young Men of the Town on Foot and Four Squadrons of Horse and Dragoons Commanded by Colonel Harcourt and in this Action they cut off 500 of the French The 19th the French began to work on their Line of Circumvallation having forced in near 20000 Boors or Country People that Inhabit in the Neighbourhood of Mons imploying them as well in working on their Lines as diging drains for the Marshes which render'd the Town inaccessible on the side towards France and for the mor● effectual draining of the Moras the● brought along with them new Invente● Machines likewise great Planks so● their Cannon They work'd very har● in their Trenches the 19th 20th an● 21st On the other side the Garr●son was not Idle On