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A relation of the most remarkable transaction of the last campaigne in the Confederate Army, under the command of His Majesty of Great Britain and after of the elector of Bavaria in the Spanish Netherlands, Anno Dom. 1692
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D'Auvergne, Edward, 1660-1737.
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1693
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the Burying-place of St. Levinus a Scotch Man and sometimes Bishop of Ghendt a Martyr beheaded there as the Legend will have it and buried in this Church as we came up to our Ground in this Camp it being all high Trees and Inclosures a Party of about 100 French were surpriz'd Prisoners between our two Lines the Defiles being such here that one Line could not see the other The next day the Army march'd and pass'd the Scheld at Gavre a little Town belonging to the Count d' Egmont where he has an old ruinous Palace which gives him the Title of Prince of Gavre the other side of the Scheld between this River and the Lys is all close Ground full of Trees belonging to the Count d' Egmont which made such difficult Defiles that the Army cou'd march but very slowly this made the French before-hand with us in their passage of the Scheld between Audenarde and Tournay in this March before we came upon the Scheld we had a very fine prospect of the whole Province of Flanders which on the other side of the Scheld is all a perfect Level not as much as a Hill to be seen so that the Hills on the Brabant-side give a full view and prospect of it we had the Town of Audenarde and the Hills and Plains of Tournay upon our Left Ghendt upon our Right and before us all the Low Flanders which gave us such a Prospect that we cou'd see as far as Bruges and Antwerp this Night we encamp'd amongst the Woods between the Scheld and the Lys the King taking his Head-Quarter at Nassaret The Army march'd towards the Lys being now joyn'd by that Detachment as was made at Genap under the Command of Count Horn Master of the Dutch Artillery we had a very difficult March through the Defiles till we pass'd the Lys at Deynse which was very late in the Evening tho' but a short March by reason of the narrowness of the ways the Army encamp'd late at Night on the other side of the River the King took his Quarter at Grammen and the Elector of Bavaria in the Town of Deynse situated upon the Lys about three Leagues higher than Ghendt and gives the Title to the Marquess Deynse Colonel of a Walloon Regiment as we reliev'd at Damme The Saturday following we were joyn'd by three Regiments of Horse lately come from England viz. that as was Sir John Lanier's now Col. Lumley's my Lord of Athlone and Col. Schack's who then took their Post in the Line The Mareschal of Luxemburg marching as we did to observe our motions came about the same time with his Army to Harlebec where he encamp'd between that place and Courtray along the Lys Luxemburg made the more hast to cover Courtray a place which lies open all the Summer and which the French have hitherto pallisado'd and fortify'd every Winter for a Garrison and of which we might have otherwise possess'd ourselves and made it a Winter-Quarter for our Troops here Luxemburg lay ready likewise to cover Ipres or Dunkirk in case the Army had march'd that way The King order'd this day a Detachment of Six Regiments towards the Canal of Bruges five being English and Scotch viz. Bath Castleton Mackay Graham and Leven and the Sixth Major-General Wey's Regiment of Dutch commanded by Count d' Ohna this Detachment march'd accordingly towards the Canal of Bruges and pass'd it about half way between Bruges and Ghendt upon a Bridge of Boats and encamp'd the other side of the Canal under the Command of Brigadier Ramsey the next day the said Detachment continu'd their March towards Bruges and encamp'd within a quarter of a mile of that place about Katarina Port where they halted the next day to expect Lieutenant General Talmash who was detached the 22d of August O. S. Sept. 1. N. S. from the Army with five Battalions most English and Scotch viz. his own of Guards Second Battalion of Scotch Guards Col. Trelawney English Fuziliers commanded by Col. Fitz-Patrick and that Regiment as was Col. Hodges now Col. Stanley's who came up to Bruges by the same Road as Brigadier Ramsey's Detachment had march'd and encamp'd just under the Walls The same day the Dutch Regiment commanded by Count d' Ohna march'd through Bruges and joyn'd four Dutch Regiments of the Garrison of Bruges and Sluys who were put under the Command of Major-General Count de Noyelles who march'd the same day towards Newport This Day the aforesaid Detachment of ten English and Scotch Battalions under the Command of Lieutenant-General Talmash march'd through the Town of Bruges and so kept along the Canal of Ostend till they came to Placendael where we turn'd to the Left upon the Canal of Newport and so encamp'd at Oudembourg an old ruinous Town about half a League from Placendael where the Canal of Newport falls into that of Ostend and so goes on to Bruges there are still some ruinated Ramparts about the Abbey of St. Pierre in this old Town of the Order of St. Benoist where Lieutenant General Talmash took his Quarters for that Night This Detachment of ten Battalions from the King's Army under the Command of Lieutenant-General Talmash was sent to joyn the Duke of Leinster who on the 22d Aug. O. S. Sept. 1. N. S. came with the Transport-Ships under the Convoy of a Squadron of our Men of War into Ostend Harbour having on board fifteen Regiments viz. Selwyn Beaumont Hastings Sir David Collier Tiffeny West-Meath Brewer Venner Sir John Morgan Lloyd Beveridge Earl of Argyle La Meloniere Belcastel and Cambon these Troops as they landed march'd to Mariekirk about a League from Ostend towards Newport where they encamp'd some days to refresh themselves the Duke of Leinster at his landing order'd a Detachment of Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Officers and Men proportionable out of his Transport-Troops to keep Guard at all the Passes along the Canal from Placendael to Newport The Detachment under the Command of Lieutenant-General Talmash march'd from Oudenbourg along the Canal of Newport and so came to Newendam a square Fort within half a League of Newport where there is a Spanish Governor and a small Garrison detach'd from time to time from the Garrison of Newport Majer-General Count de Noyelles who was since Bruges still a days march before us enter'd this day into Furnes without any opposition with the five Dutch Regiments under his Command and took possession of the place This Town lies upon a Canal between Newport and Berg St Winnox within two Leagues of Newport three of Berg St. Winnox and about five from Dunkirk and in all the Wars between the two Crowns since Dunkirk and Berg have been in the French hands this Town has still serv'd for a Winter-Quarter to the French which in the Spring they still abandon'd to have their Garrison in the Field and return'd their Pallisades to Berg or Dunkirk and in the Winter they took care to fortifie it so as