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A47019	A compleat history of Europe, or, A view of the affairs thereof, civil and military from the beginning of the Treaty of Nimeguen, 1676, to the conclusion of the peace with the Turks, 1699 including the articles of the former, and the several infringements of them, the Turkish Wars, the forming of the Grand Confederacy, the revolution in England, &c. : with a particular account of all the actions by sea and land on both sides, and the secret steps that have been made towards a peace, both before, as well as during the last negotiation : wherein are the several treaties at large, the whole intermix'd with divers original letters, declarations, papers and memoirs, never before published / written by a gentleman, who kept an exact journal of all transactions, for above these thirty years.	Jones, D. (David), fl. 1676-1720.	1699 (1699)	Wing J928A; ESTC R13275	681,693	722

French Army was above 40000 strong Luxemberg having drawn a great Number out of the Frontier Garrisons and having been reinforced 3 days before by a Detachment of the Marquess de Boufflers consisting of 18 Batallions 45 Squadrons and the flying Camp commanded by the Count de Gournay The Prince indeed had some Notice of this Conjunction but it was very uncertain and some say the Governour of Namur gave notice of it by a Letter but that it was not to be believed upon any good Grounds However it were the Fight being resolved upon the Command of the Right Wing was assigned to the Prince of Nassau General of the Horse accompanied by Lieutenant-General d' Huby a Spaniard and the Prince of Birkenfield with his Brigadiers the Prince of Nassau Governour of Friezland and Mareschal de Camp and the Lieutenant-Generals d' Alva and Webbenum had the Charge of the Left Wing and the main Battle Some Horse also before the Fight-began were sent to line the Right Wing of the Army which lay in a good Post but whether none were sent to line the Left or that they who were commanded thither did not do their Duty they did not perceive that the Enemy slipped several Troops behind a rising-Ground and a small Wood next the Sambre who posted themselves behind the 2d Line of the Left Wing which constrained them to face about and turn their Backs to the Line whereby being much weakened some Batallions of the Right Wing were sent to secure their Flank and assist to keep their Ground Which was no sooner observed by the Duke of Luxemburg but he said to the Duke of Main who was then next him Do you see what the Enemies are doing I foretel they will be beaten In short the Left Wing was attack'd at the same time in Front Rear and Flank the 1st Line from which as has been said one Batallion was taken to reinforce the 2d after they had fought some time were forced to give Ground Whereupon the Enemy who knew how to make use of that Opportunity advanced to the 2d to fall upon their Rear Now that Line was already advanced to make head against the Cavalry which they had before them and which they had routed and drove back in disorder upon the French Infantry But the French had 3 Lines so that no sooner was one over-turned but fresh Batallions renewed the Fight and with more ease repelled the Dutch quite tired with the Brunts they had already sustained Prince Waldeck perceiving the Left Wing in that Condition and that the Horse weary of such hot Service had for the most part given Ground sent to their Relief the Horse of the 2d Line of the Right Wing from whence the Foot had been already drawn for the same Reason While this was doing on that side the 1st Line of the Right Wing was also engaged with the Enemy and had bravely routed them several times and General du Puy who charged them in Flank had gained 10 of their Cannon But the Enemy having 3 Lines on that side also and being continually relieved by fresh Numbers the Dutch Cavalry were dispersed and broke to that Degree that the whole Body could never be rallied again However the Count of Flodorp got together about a 1000 or 1200 about an hours riding from the Camp and brought them on again but then it was too late for that the Infantry were retreated But however Matters went with the Dutch Cavalry in this Action they have had the Misfortune to be esteemed ever since the worse Horse among the Confederates And certainly if they had behaved themselves as well as the Infantry did upon this Occasion I think there had been no room left to doubt of their attaining a compleat Victory For it may be truly said without any Exaggeration That never Foot performed greater Wonders for after they were forsaken by the Horse they alone sustained the Charges of the French Cavalry and Infantry both being charged in Front Flank and Rear at the same time and yet could not be broken They let the Enemies Squadrons approach within Pistol-shot of them and then let fly with such an unconcern'd and steddy Aim that the whole Squadron together seemed to sink into the Ground at once hardly 30 of the whole Number getting off and this Course they so accustomed themselves to observe that at length they laughed at their Enemies crying out Let them come on we will give them their Belly full The French on the other side were so dasht with the Execution done upon them that they fled as soon as they saw them but once present their Musquets nor durst they any more come near them but suffered them to retreat in good Order without ever offering to pursue them Which made the Duke of Luxemberg say That they had out-done the Spanish Infantry at the Battle of Rocroy Where notwithstanding the Spaniards performed Wonders Adding withal That it was for Prince Waldeck to remember the French Horse and for himself never to forget the Dutch Infantry But what-ever some have said in Justification of the Dutch Horse the Deputies of the States General when they took a View of the Army at Hawn to see the Damage they had sustained seemed to be of another Opinion for as they went from Company to Company in every Regiment they gave every Foot Soldier a Piece to the Value of 3 Franks as a Reward of their Bravery but gave the Horse nothing at all as being accused of fa●ling in their Duty This Battle was very bloody on both sides the Dutch themselves owning they lost 4600 Men upon the Place a great many wounded and near 3000 taken Prisoners besides part of their Cannon which they needed not to have done had not the Waggoners cut their Harness to facilitate their Flight And yet of them the Garrison of Charleroy brought off 25 Pieces and 3 of the Enemies two days after The most remarkable Persons among the slain were the Prince of Saxon Masquerg the Count of Stirum one of the young Counts of Nassau the Baron de Heide and several Colonels Captains and inferiour Officers And however Prince Waldeck might have been mistaken as to his Intelligence concerning the Constitution of the French Forces before the Fight yet 't is certain he did all that could be expected from a General of his Age and so unweildy as he was during the Battel and retreated that Evening with the rest of the Army in very good Order to Nivell and next day to Bruxells as the Duke of Luxemberg did to Villain and from thence to the Place where the Prince encamped before at Pieton having put all the Country round about under Contribution which besides the Honour of a Victory was some amends for the many Men he lost in the Battel some computing them to 12000 slain wounded and made Prisoners though themselves would never own nothing near the Number But what Inequality soever there was in the strength of the Armies when they engaged

de Starembergh marched also to the Bridge being followed by the Baggage and encamped in a very advantageous Post where they could not well be forced by the Enemy the Cavalry of o●e Left Wing advanced up an Hill and those of the Right into a Plain near Rossava And that the Enemy might think their Design only was to secure the Passage of the Infantry one part of the Horse were ordered to dismount Whereas while this was doing Colonel de St Croix with some hundreds of Horse together with the Counts of Chakey Deak and Buduani with the Hungarians Rascians and Hussars getting before the Cavalry through a Valley wherein they could not be discovered flew with full speed upon the Enemy and were seconded by the Cavalry who had opportunity during the Shock to mount again The Turks retired slowly thinking to draw the Christians into a Wood behind which they had planted 10000 Men Tho' when they found themselves charged by all the Imperial Cavalry they fell into some Disorder and were pursued by the left Wing to a narrow Place where they made an Halt But when the Prince of Baden and General Veterani came up with the Regiments of the right Wing they retreated in Confusion to another Wood where they were pursued for an Hour and an half till they came into a Plain Here it was the Christians drew themselves up in good Order of Battel and fell upon the rallied Turks with that resolute Bravery that above 400 of their best Horse were defeated upon the Place and a great number of Prisoners taken among whom was the Commander of the Janisaries together with 12 Coronets and some Kettle-Drums The Hungarians and Hussars pursued them a considerable way killed a great Number and got a very large Booty because the Fliers threw away their Baggage and their Arms that they might the readier make their Escape The Cavalry returned the same day to attack the other Party of the Turks before they could join the Fugitives To this end 500 Foot were detach'd to make themselves Masters of a narrow Lanc at the Entrance of a thick Wood about an Hour and an halfs March long into which there was but one Way to enter and beyond it the Enemies Army was encamped in a large Plain They quickly beat off 3000 Janisaries and some Horse that lay concealed to hinder the Imperialists from gaining it which however was not done without some loss on both sides There they stayed till the 30th where all their Infantry came to encamp in a Plain beyond the Wood by the Favour of a thick Mist having a Wood behind them to the Right another Wood that ran out as far as the Morave and the River it self on the Left The Prince of Baden who had rejoyn'd the Foot the Evening before ordered the Horse to re-pass the River and post themselves in the same place where the Infantry had encamped the Night before leaving on the other side no more than 7 Squadrons of Hungarians and Rascians and some Horse and Dragoons a foot to guard the Baggage As soon as the Mist cleared up the Turks appeared drawn up in Battel-array and the Prince had hardly time enough to range the second Line of his Foot behind the first before the Turks both Horse and Foot advanced upon him notwithstanding whole Peals of Cannon and Showers of small Shot poured in upon them The Conflict lasted about 2 Hours during which time both sides kept continually firing but General Castelli having got out of the Wood with his Dragoons the Enemy no sooner heard the Trumpets and Kettle-Drums of the first Squadron but they began to retreat into another Wood and thereby gave the Imperialists an opportunity to plant their Horse behind their Infantry It fortunately happened at the same time that a Bavari●n who had been taken at the Siege of Buda having made his Escape discovered that there was another Plain behind the Wood to which the Enemy retreated where the● lay entrench'd Upon this Count Staremberg having first view'd the Road within the Wood and finding it broad enough and withal that it was not above 500 Paces long and that the Turks lay in their Entrenchments that were as so many Fortresses for them the Prince commanded him thither with 300 Men a Battalion of his own and one of Staremberg's and was followed by a good body of Infantry With these he bravely drave the Enemy from their 1 st Entrenchment who thereupon retreated to their second about 100 Paces further and environed with a Moat full of Water that was not accessible on that side However they continued firing from one Entrenchment unto another for above an hour and an half so that many Soldiers were lost here by the Germans together with 4 Captains and a great many men wounded While this was in agitation the first Entrenchment was levell'd for a Post for the Cavalry and then Picolomini who had the Command of the Vanguard that day advanced both with the Horse and Foot in good Order to the second Entrenchment Count Palsi in the mean time advanced cross the Woods with his Heydukes and making an hideous Noise with his Trumpets to terrifie the Enemy as if there had been some considerable Body that was coming to attack their Rear This Stratagem took so well that as soon as they heard the Noise of the Trumpets and Kettle-Drums and saw Picolomini moving towards them notwithstanding all their Vollies of small Shot they retreated athwart another thick Wood into their Camp being pursued by the Imperialists though the ways were very narrow But when they came into open ground Colonel Zand was sent with a Regiment to fall on their Rear being followed by all the Horse Regiment by Regiment Zand with his own Regiment and that of Serau drave the Infidels from the Wood and forced them into their Camp which was upon an Hill near Patochin and then staid till other Troops came up with him But a great Shower falling at that time and the Night coming on he fell upon the Enemy now under great Consternation with those 2 Regiments only put them to the Rout and forced them to quit their Camp of which the Christians became Masters and where they sound 105 Pieces of Cannon 3 Mortars several Bombs a great quantity of Ammunition Provision Waggons Camels Oxen Bufalo's Tents and other Riches Some of the Enemy escaped to Jagodin others to Krakolovez being pursu'd still by the Hungarians who kill'd divers of them and found some Pieces of Cannon and other Arms in the Mountains Though the number of the Slain was not so considerable in these Onsets yet the Advantage therein as well as in the great Booty the Imperialists got was manifestly on their side every way which will yet farther appear by the succeeding Actions of this Campaign I am loth to make any interruption in this Place in the rest of the Successes of the Imperial Arms and the rather since it has not been my Custom upon other

Walls and Hedges adjoyning and it is reported that St. Ruth seeing the English Horse draw that way and beginning to scramble over a place where two could only go a Breast and that not without great Difficulty asked what they meant by it and being answered That they would certainly endeavour to pass there and attack them on the Left he was said to reply with an Oath They are brave Fellows it is pity they should be so exposed However the Horse made good the Pass and my Lord of Oxford's Ruvigni's Langston's and Bierly's Regiments together with Levison's Dragoons repulsed and beat the Enemy several times making their Party good on that side tho' not without Loss But the English Foot all this while laboured under very great Disadvantage in the Center which being observed by the brave Major-General Talmash he hasted to their Relief with some fresh Men and gave Orders to the broken Regiments to halt and face about which they did immediately and bravely charged the Irish who had advanced upon them to the Center of the Bog killed above 300 of them before they could retreat out of it and then marched boldly up to their old Ground again from whence they had been lately beaten Major-General Mackay had at the same time fallen upon the Enemy with a good Body of Horse on their Left while Major-General Ruvigni went along the side of the Bog with another Party of Horse who did very great Service and bore all down before them but then the Horse and Foot of the English Right and the Irish Left being mixed there was nothing but a continued Fire and a very hot Dispute all along the Line the Irish doing all they could to defend their Ditches and the English to beat them out from thence But the thing was not doubtful much longer for tho' Monsieur St. Ruth when he saw the English Foot in the Center repulsed in a great Extacy told them about him That he would now beat the English Army to the Gates of Dublin yet seeing the Horse press over towards the Castle he ordered a Brigade of his own Horse to march up then riding to one of his Batteries and giving Orders to the Gunners where to fire as he was marching toward the place where he saw the English endeavour to go over he was killed with a great Shot from one of their Batteries as he rid down the Hill of Kilcomodon the place where the main stress of the Battle was fought being just under the Irish Camp When the General fell one of his Retinue threw a Cloak over his Corps and soon after removed him behind the Hill his Guard going off at the same time which the Irish Horse perceiving a great many of them drew off also and in a short time their Army was driven to the Top of Killcomodon Hill where their Camp had laid which being levelled and exposed to the English Shot more openly they began now to run down-right the Foot towards a great Bog behind them on their Left and the Horse on the high way towards Loughreah But during all this Action in the Right Wing and Center of the Army those towards the Left that first engaged kept their Ground and little hapned on that side for near 2 Hours and neither did the Danish Horse and Foot that were on the Left of all disturb the Enemy as yet but stood opposite to several Bodies of Horse and Foot that faced them on the other side of the small Brook But then perceiving Mackay's Battalions to drive the Enemy before them least these Bodies that faced them should fall back to the relief of the flying Party they engaged them and for about half an Hour it was hot work But the Irish being then upon the decline they all fled out of the Field their Foot being miserably slaugter'd by the English Horse and Dragoons and their Horse pursued nigh 3 Miles yet the Night coming on with a thick Misty Rain prevented the English from getting between them and a very advantageous Pass near Loughreagh which gave many of them an opportunity to escape However it was computed there were no less than 7000 of them slain upon the Spot and of the English 600 Soldiers killed besides 73 Officers and 960 wounded to which number if we add Officers they will amount to near 1100 in all which still makes this Battle to be the more considerable since the English Army did not make up above 17000 Horse and Foot and the Irish about 20000 Foot and 5000 Horse and Dragoons The English Army lay upon their Arms all that Night but then taking some days of Refreshment the General having received divers Informations concerning the State of Galloway the most considerable place now left in the Hands of the Irish next to Limerick resolved to direct his March thither when he had posted his Troops he sent in a Trumpet to summon the Garrison who was answered by the Lord Dillon the Governour that Monsieur d' Vssone who commanded in chief was of the same opinion with himself and the rest of the Officers that they were resolved to defend the place to the last But for all this Resolution when the English had passed part of the Army over the River and taken the Fort the Irish were building they beat a Parley and Hostages were exchanged But the Irish demurring upon the manner of Surrendry made the General impatient who sent once or twice to hasten their Resolutions and at last Lieutenant Colonel Burk one of the Hostages was permitted to go in whom Major-General Talmash being as was believed inclined to lay the Treaty aside desired When they were ready to begin again to give the English a sign by firing a Gun into the Air but the other replied That they would not fire from within till the other provoked them to it from without And so after some time the Articles were agreed on and the Town surrendred on the 20th of July into the hands of the English the consequence whereof was the Submission of Baldarick O Donnel who had a considerable number of Men under his Command and in some time after the marching of the English Army towards Limerick with a full intention by the Conquest of that place to compleat that of Ireland There they arrived on the 25th of Aug. where my Lord Tyrconnell died some Days before and that same day possess'd themselves of Ireton's and Cromwel's Forts which were now ordered to be called Mackay's and Nassau's because gained under those Commanders Two days after Castle-Connell and another called Carruk a Gunnel standing upon the River 3 Miles below the Town were attacked by Detachments from the Army and the Garrisons of both made Prisoners of War and at the same time the English Ships came up the River and fired some Shots into the Irish Horse Camp that was then near the River which put the Irish out of Countenance who till then were made to believe that either the English

Prisoners notwithstanding some small Detachments sent to their Relief who could do no good against such an unequal Number and the Loss of this Regiment was not only confirmed the same Day by an Adjutant of Caprara's Regiment who made his Escape but that the Recruits of the Regiments of Hoffkirken and Caprara had fallen under the same Misfortune and that all the Baggage Women Wagons and led Horses were lost with 200 Wagon Load of Provision and 1200 Oxen that drew them In the mean time they perceived that the Enemies Army lay posted along the Danube upon rising Grounds much more advantageous than those possest by the Christians and that they were at work to fortifie them and to cut off the Christians Communication with Peter-Waradin The Prince of Baden saw plainly he had a desperate Game to play and that he must either force the Turks in their Entrenchments or perish in a Station where there were no Provisions to be had from any other place whereupon the former was resolved on and to be the next Day which was the 19th of Aug. at what time all things were ordered in the following manner Duke Christian of Holstein who was on that part of the Right Wing next the Danube with his own Regiment and that of Neuburg was to make himself Master of the rising Ground that separated the Imperial Army from the Enemy and by that means to open a way for the Body of the Army and these were to be seconded by 20 Battalions under the Command of General Souches and Camp-Mareschal Staremburg and the Army which followed in order of Battle had orders to extend it self as much as possible from the Danube to the Plain while the Left Wing had orders to march through the Plain and attack the Enemy in Flank and Rear and this was to be the principal Attack because the Turks had posted almost all their Janizaries and planted all their Cannon upon the rising Ground against the Right Wing of the Christians having nothing to secure their Flanks but only some Wagons bound together and lying almost open in the Rear It was very difficult for the Germans to approach them because of the Hills Vallies and Miry Ways which they were to cross and tho' they had decamped very early in the Morning the Attack was not begun by the Right Wing till 3 in the Afternoon and they labour'd hard to carry the Trenches But in regard the Left Wing which was to fetch a great Compass through very bad ways required a considerable time to get near the Enemy those of the Infidels who perceived it had leasure to advance with their Horse and with the same design to fall upon the Imperialists in the Rear In the mean time the 2 Battalions of the Right Wing attack'd the Entrenchments and advanced where the greatest number of Janizaries were drawn up in very good order of Battle and very strongly entrenched having a wide Moat before them defended with good Redoubts 100 Paces one from another with which the Imperialists were strangely surprized who knew how little time the Turks had to do it But however all this could not hinder them from bravely advancing to the Trenches at what time some of the Granadiers went down into the Moat crossed it and got up to the very Trenches But all this was attended with much Loss for besides the playing of the Enemies great and small Shot continually upon them the Janizaries came also 3 times out of their Trenches with their Scymeters in their Hands and fell with extraordinary Fury upon the Imperial Foot that were almost tired and suffocated with the Fire and Smoak Holstein and Newburg's Regiments of Horse and 2 or 3 others suffered very much thro' the continual Firing of the Cannon of the Janizaries And at the same time all the Left Wing of the Enemies Cavalry fell upon the Right Wing of the Christians and very rudely handled the Regiments of Caprara Serau and Beck that were the first exposed to their Fury At that time the Prince of Baden seeing them in some disorder and perceiving his Left Wing was got at some distance from the Enemy advanced with some Troops that had not yet fought and flew with that Vigor upon the Infidels that he forced them to give Ground whereby a stop was put to the Fury of the Enemies Left Wing for a while But they resuming fresh Courage fell again upon the Regiments of Caprara and Serau whom they drave upon the Battalions of Beck and Kaunisch who were by that means utterly ruined before they had time to make their first Discharge upon their Adversaries yet the Troops of the second Line that began already to totter being supported by two Regiments more took fresh Courage and all things were well again in that Wing Now the Prince of Baden whose design was only to amuse the Enemy on that side and whose principal drift was to charge them in Flank and Rear seeing all things well restored in the Right Wing hastned with other Generals to the Left and being arrived at the Turks Camp ordered the Hungarians and Rascians to the number of 5000 to break in who presently overthrew all before them making a most dreadful Slaughter of the Infidels and this was the beginning of the Turks ruin For the Hungarians and Rascians being seconded by the Regiment of Hoffkirk and 4 or 5 more that composed the Left Wing the Spahi's and Janizaries defended themselves well for a time but at last were utterly defeated the Spahi's brake thro' the Battle of the Imperialists and the 2 Lines of their Horse received the bloody effects of all their Shot But the Janizaries who stood a little longer fled some one way some another Night only putting an end to the Slaughter However they continued the pursuit next Day and the Days following and killed a great number that hid themselves in the Bogs among the Rushes and in other by-places And the immediate consequence of this Defeat was the Imperialists possessing themselves of the Field of Battle of all the Tents Cannon and all the Baggage and of all the Enemies Ammunition and Provision The Mony also for the Payment of the Soldiers fell into the Germans Hands but that proved to be no great Purchase for they found the greatest part of the Coin they made use of was Copper But for all that the Booty must certainly be very great though at the same time it cost the Christians dear For besides the advantage of their Camp it is past all doubt that the Infidels never fought with so much Obstinacy and Courage as at this time there being not a Battalion or Squadron that was not oblig'd to Fight nor an Officer that was not in the thickest of the Action and forced to discharge his Pistols several times like the meanest private Soldier The Loss on both sides is almost incredible the Conquerors themselves owning they had about 7000 killed and wounded in all and among them a great number of

rest were hasting to pass it All this while the Imperialists could not imagine that the Infantry could stay alone on this side the River because that the Night before they had done no more than only begun to make a second Retrenchment according to the Report of the Bassa and other Prisoners This obliged Prince Eugenius to advance with the Cavalry and some Artillery within an Hours March of Zenta receiving divers Confirmations in his March of what had been reported The Prince being come to the Place before-mentioned staid there for the Foot which being arrived he drew up the Army in Battle-Array the Right Wing was secured by the Theysse the Left was extended as far as the Men could take up any Ground the Left Flank was reinforced with a Second Line In this Order he made a Halt till 3 of the Clock and half an hour past at what time the Army marched in Battle-Array Being come near Zenta they could perceive but Two Thousand of the Enemies Horse The Van Courriers also reported That they viewed the Turks Bridge over which Troops were continually passing insomuch that there was a great deal of Confusion upon the Bridge Upon which Prince Eugenius took three Regigiments of Dragoons out of both the Wings and two more out of the second Line of the Flank with some Pieces of Cannon and putting himself at the Head of that Detachment advanced towards the Enemy with all the Speed he could giving Order for the rest of the Army to follow him in order of Battle All this while the Enemy's Horse made over the Bridge as fast as they could so that the Prince could easily perceive the Confusion that was upon the Bridge there being a World of Baggage still on this side Being thus advanced within Cannon-shot of the Enemy's Detachments the Turks began to play upon the Imperialists with their great Guns which the Christians answered while the Army still advanced and the six Regiments which had been detached were ordered to their Stations in the Army In this Order the Army advanced within half Cannon-shot of the Enemy's Entrenchments there remaining no more than two Hours of Day-light The Right Wing was then as it were lin'd by the River together with some Regiments of the Flank of the Left at what time they perceiv'd the Enemy's Horse were endeavouring to slide between them and the River and so fall upon that Wing but they found that impossible In the mean time they planted some Pieces of Cannon upon that Wing with which they plaid continually against the Bridge and the same Order was observed in the Right Wing and immediately after the Fight began on every side I have already told you that the Turkish Cavalry endeavour'd to slip between the River and the Left Wing which the Imperialists perceiving and observing that there was a Space of Ground between 30 and 40 Paces broad between the Enemy and the River from whence they might fall upon the Enemy's Rear they planted some Cannon there with all speed and ordered the Enemy to be attack'd by the Infantry of the Flank and the Left Wing some time before the main Body and the Foot of the Right Wing could do it This succeeded 〈◊〉 notwithstanding the thick Fire of the Enemy with their great Guns laden with Cartouches and the continual Vollies of their Small-shot so that the Infantry of the Left Wing broke in upon them and then the Army as well Horse as Foot fell on at the same Instant that the Enemy was already in some Disorder by reason of those who had already fallen upon their Backs There were two Entrenchments one behind another besides a Barricado of Waggons and they were so good that it is not easie to apprehend how the Foot could force them The Victors passed them both in half an Hours time during which there was nothing but Fire and Smoak on both sides The Horse also advanced at the same time with the Infantry to the Moat of the Entrenchment where they stood the Enemy's Fire and charged in the same manner as the Foot which perhaps was hardly ever seen before So soon as the Infantry of the Left Wing had broken into the Entrenchments all the Army acted together with equal Force nor was it possible to restrain the Soldiers One part of the Cavalry alighted from their Horses and passed the Moat over the slain Enemy In the mean time the Germans of the Left Wing and Flank cut off the Turks way to the Bridge whence followed a most horrible Slaughter as well within the Entrenchments as upon the Bridge and in the River into which they threw themselves to escape the Imperialists For the Soldiers were so eager after Blood that they gave Quarter to no Body neither Bassa's nor Officers tho' they promised large Ransoms Hence it came to pass that so few Prisoners were taken and those only such as were found among the Slain or in the Barks that composed the Bridge By those it was understood that all the Turkish Infantry was in the Fight there being not any on the other side of the River but about 2000 Men for the Grand Seignior's Guard Whence it may be concluded That the Foot were all destroy'd and that several Thousands were slain The Fight ended with the Day nor can we sufficiently set forth the Valour and Courage of the Generals the Officers and Soldiers from the highest to the lowest but principally the Skill and Dexterity of Prince Eugenius is to be extolled who tho' much inferiour to the Enemy knew so well how to watch his Opportunity that he made himself equal to him in some sort by falling upon him at a time that but one part of his Army could fight the other being on the other side of the River and not able to succour those that were distress'd All the Imperialists retreated out of the Trenches after two Hours within Night and spent the rest of it as well as they could However it were so order'd that the greatest Number was posted along the Theysse but it was impossible to rally them all again under their proper Colours Some were appointed to Guard the Bridge beyond which was set an advanced Guard The next day being the 12th a Camp was marked out for the Army and it was found that the Action was much more advantageous than it was thought as well for the Number of the Slain as the Number of great Guns the vast quantities of Bombs Carcasses Granadoes Ammunition and Provision besides great and small Cattle by reason of the Enemy's Camp beyond the River which was half a League wide and which the Turks had quitted The Fugitives reported That the Grand Seignior fled in great Consternation to Temeswaer In their Camp were found all their Tents with that of the Grand Seignior's himself several Camels and other Beasts heavy Artillery Bombs Carcasses and other Ammunition besides a prodigious quantity of Provision and about 6000 Waggons on both sides the River and some Men