horneworke it selfe finding much difficulty to clime vp after the breach was made Howsoeuer the order was followed and the Lieutenant of the Fire-locks with his Sariant passed the Damme and fell vp to the breach with as many as were able to follow in regard of the breaking of the flagg-bridge yet they scrambled vp entred carrying themselues very well but the Horne worke being cutt of in diuers places were driuen to a retreate for the Lieutenant was hurt the Sargiant of the fire-locks slaine with diuerse of his men which stood so open to the Ennemies shott They being beaten of and the Ennemy defending the ropp of the breach with clubbs flailes stones Handgranadoes casting in rize-busshes vpon the topp of it to make a blinde for thē Lieutenant Gladstone seconded them and brooke in againe through the breach with diuerse of his men but the Ennemy returning with a new furie vpon the breach kild the Lieutenant and some that entred with him and beate of the rest Afterward Captaine Iohn Leuiston mounted vp to the breach with a few pikes the discommodity of this passage was such that half his men could not come vp at length Captaine Kilpatrick fell on with as many of his pikes as he could gett ouer was seconded with some muskettiers commaunded by Lieutenant Blake of Coronell Gorings Regiment with these Lieutenant Coronell Iames Henderson Captaine Balford of Coronell Sandalins Regiment with Captaine Williamson Ensigne Hamelton Lieutenant Turuill all Voluntiers and seeking honour charging vpon the right hand with a more furious charge then the former striuing to enter entred beate the Ennemy to a retreate from of the topp of the breach where Captine Williamson dyed valiantly and the Ennemy finding themselues ouerprest with a more furious assault then the former were forced to retire from the breach and turne their backs insomuch that wee entred the worke beate them vp to their Counterskarfe out of all the trauerses they had cutt of in their Horneworke but one which lay vpon the lest winge of the Horne-worke being both exceeding high and Canon proose with a moate of 16 foote broade and water in yt before it from whence they flew our men with musketts and Hand-granadoes hauing no deffense against it neither were wee able to offend them And our cōmanded men who should haue cast vp a Brest-worke in some kinde for our deffence could not come vp through the discommodity of the passage and though they could haue come vp yet our mē had all be slayne ere they could haue cast vp a place of defense for our safety so that the impossibility of the mainteyning of the worke being such did cause a retreate with the losse of 150 men slaine and hurt and diuerse Officers among whom was Licutenant Coronell Iames Henderson Captayne Williamson Ensigne Hamelton Ensigne Fargeson all slayne Captaine Balford Captaine Kilpatrick Ensigne Niece quarter-master Egmonds Inginier hurt Sariant Corbitt Sariant Inglish and Sariant Lindsay kild and so returning out of the Horne-worke that night the Ennemy sensible of their losse and possessed with a feare that the Dutches and Scocth would haue areuenge fall on with a more furious assault Monsieur Puchler commanding the next night they quitted the worke voluntarily leauing an number of Armes bagged behinde them wee possessed the the Horne-worke quietly Vpon Fryday night the eleuenth of September Coronell Herbert had the Commaund in the Approaches vnder whose Companic these worthy Voluntiers marched downe namely Mr. Herbert Sonne vnto the Lord Herbert Earle of Castle Iland and Baron of Cberburie Mr. Roper Sonne vnto the Lord Roper with diuerse other Gentlemen of quality About this time also Sir Faithfull Fortescue Captaine of a Troupe of Horse in his Maiestie seruice in Irelād with Mr. Bryan came to the Army and trailed pikes vnder his Companie This night and the day following the work was well aduanced and there was sett vp foure posts in the English Gallerie Vpon Satterday the 12 of September the French Gallerie being more forward then the English who began theirs at the brinke of the moate hauing this day 20 posts the Ennemy with their Cannon beate downe 5 posts kild a work-maister and some two Souldiers more but the next day all was repaired and the posts sett vp againe On Satterday night the 12 it was Lieutenant Coronell Holles turne to commaund in the Approaches and when he was relieued on Sunday night the 13 the English Gallerie was aduanced to 22 posts and the French to 25. On Sunday night the 13 Coronell Colepepper relieued Coronell Gorings Regiment this night and the next day our men sett vp foure posts more so that on munday night wee had 26 posts in all This night a man was sent out of the Towne from the Gouuernor and taken with a letter written to the Cardinall Infant in charactars the contents whereof were these that vnlesse his Highnesse could relieue the Towne within fiucteene daies he could not well hold it out any longer This Euening also the English and the French Batteries with sixe halfe Canon were readie planted vpon the Counterskarfe and the brink of the moate which seowred along the moate and curtaine of the wall to dismount the Ennemies Canon which played vpon our Galleries Vpon Munday night the 14 Lieutenant Coronell Thienen relielieued Coronell Colepepper this night and the day following a great many Ris-busshes and a great deale of Earth was cast into the moate and there was sett vp 29 posts in the English Galerie On Tewsday night the 15 my Lord Morg an commanded in the Approaches and aduanced the Gallerie very much so that vpon Thursday at night when he was relieued there was 33 posts sett vp so that we were gott 6 rodd into the moate This night Sir Symon Harcourt returned with the foure English Companies that he had a long with him to the Army The French Gallerie this euening was aduanced to 36 posts And this day Count William on his side had putt vp 4 posts and had gott twelue foote into the moate towards Anwerps Bulwarke Vpon wensday the 16 Count Solms relieued my Lord Morgan this day the Ennemy shott twelue Canon shott through our Gallerie and had sunck one peeee so lowe in their Bulwarke that they shott into the mouth of the Gallery which Bullett flew cleane through it and went out at the Entrance into the Gallery and with the very wind of it kild a man in the Gallerie this night and the day following the English Gallerie was aduanced to 36 posts and because the Ennemie had men lurking in the Hathorne hedge vnder the Bul-warke and a long the curtaine which shott diuers of our men that wrought at the end of our Gallerie three Drakes were brought downe which shott cartridge shott and musket-bullets amonge them to driue them from thence Vpon Thursday night the 17 Coronell Herbert commaunded in the Approaches and made a good nights worke for there was throwne from the ende of
side putting some men in boates to crosle ouer the riuer into the Iland of the Vorne were discouered on Saterday night the 15 of August A man of warre and our men discharged many shot among them which slew diuerse of their men and leauing their Scaling ladders behind thē were driuē to retreate being reported that these two places had warning intelligence of them by a Boore that rann from them so that if they had falne on our men were prouided to entertaine them In the Interim the Cardinall Infante his army who came to second them buzzed vp downe with hopes that this dessigne of his would take effect and cause the Prince of Orange to rise from his seige of Breda but his expectation was frustrate The Ennemy being marched away his highnesse that euening sent for Coronell Wyne-bergen Sir Symon Harcourt Sariant Maiour to Coronell Gorings regimēt to attend the Ennemy gaue them the command of 25 corpanies out of euery regiment among the rest of our natiō Sir Simons owne company Captayne Ropers Captaine Herles Captaine Duncums that night they marched towards Ghetrudenberke and comming to Hemersward by Heusden Coronell Wynebergen marched away with his 14. Companies vp towards the Bettow to desend with Coronell Pincen the riuer those parts lying vpon the Rhene the Whale Sir Simon Harcourt staying in Hemersward with his eleuen companies to gard that place but on the 18 of August receiued order from the Prince to march with his men to the Graue for the securing of that Towne if the Ennemy who drew that waies should haue beseiged it There he stayed some ten or twelue daies untill the Ennemy was marched away to Venlo Roermont The Ennemy being gone he receiued order againe to march from thence to Nemwegen where he did embarke his eleuen companies for Wesell but before his arriuall there he receiued a Counter-command from the Prince to returne againe with his men to the Army This by the way On Satterday the 15 of August in the night there were 150. English and 150 French workemen commanded to goe downe with Monsieur Perceuall the quartermaster Generall to breake ground this night aduanced some 300 paces forward frō the two first workes aboue named towards the hils vpon which they made the first battery for foure or fiue peeces of ordinance to fauour our workemen and to keepe the Ennemy from sallying out Vpon Sunday the 16 that nights worke was repaired and in the afternoone the Prince with a great traine went to view the Ennemies quarters in what forme they lay Also vpon Sunday at night following the English from the first battery Northward on the left hād cast vp a Trench and gott 76 Rod towards the towne at the end whereof they made a good Redoubt the French doing the like from the right hand of the batrerie and gott as much ground or rather more casting vp also an other Redoubt there were commaunded men the next morning sent downe to repaire that nights worke On Munday the 17 Sundaies nights worke being repayred the the first battery of fiue peeces was made to hinder the Ennemy from Sallying out vpon our approches our trenches was enlarged to 12 foote broade that ordinance and waggons might be drawne downe the day following our trenches were heightned and some blindes sett vp On Tewsday night the 18 of August My Lord Morgan and Monsieur Hauteriue as Eldest Coronels went downe to breake ground and to aduance the approches Monsieur Hauteriue from the first batterie as eldest Coronell takeing the right hand and my Lord Morgan the left and so the English and French ran their lines each Coronell commanding ten companies to wit eight English and two Dutch one of the Lord of Bredroods Regiment and an other of Count Solms and the French Coronell ten Companies of their owne nation the Gards and the Walloons which garded with them There was appointed to goe downe with these two Coronells to breake ground 250. Commanded men with matterials and our English that night in running an oblique line gott forward 72. rodd or 864. foot from the left corner of our first batterie and at the end thereof made a large Corps of Gard to defend that approach The French did the like that night from the right corner of the batterie and hauing 50 men more then the English they gott 80. rodd The Ennemie Shott much this night vpon our men that garded the workemen with some fiue or sixe of their men gaue vs an alarme and my Lord Morgan shott through his briches which bullet grazed vpon his buttock without doing him any further harme This night Captaine Francisco who commaunds Captaine Francis Veres Companie had three of his men mortally wounded whereof they all dyed with in two or three daies after Vpon wensday morning being the 19. there was sent downe into the approches a Sariant and 30. men of euery English and Dutch Regiment to repaire heigthen and enlarge the approach made that night Moreouer about eleuen of the clock that day the Ennemy sallied out of their workes about fifty men upon the French approaches thinking to haue cutt of some of those that had the point But Captaine d' Escars Lieutenant de Brett and Monsieur la Terriere who commanded Coronell Hauteriue his companie with some French Voluntiers fell out of their trenches and beate the Ennemy back againe into their workes In this sallie the Ennemy lost a Captaine a Sariant and seuen or eight men and had an other Sariant shott in his thigh who had behaued himself so stoutly that afterwards when there was a parley the Prince of Orange being in the approches sent him foure double-pistols as a reward of his courage So much he prizeth valour though in an Ennemy The Ennemy being retreated into his workes within halfe an hower after they beate a Parley desiring that they might fetch off their dead bodies especially to seeke for the Corps of a Captaine of theirs that was slaine vpon this seruice His Highnesse the Prince of Orange being acquainted therewith granted them a Parley for an howers time presently after dinner the Prince came downe himself into the French approaches and while the cessation of armes dured there were appointed Officers on both sides to meete half way betwixt the Ennemies workes and our Trenches till they had sought out fetcht of their dead The Prince on our side with a french officier commanded Monsieur Perceuall the quartermaster Generall and chiefe Inginier for the directing of the French Approaches to take vpon him the habit and quality of a Sariant with a halbert in his hand and to goe out and entertayning discourse with the Ennemies Officer which should come out on their side should cast his eye about him now and then to discouer how the ground lay and the Ennemies workes that he might the better know which way to run his approches towards them neither was the Ennemy failing
herein for they sent also out of the Towne their chiefe Inginier to espye how our line and Trenches lay These two chiefe Inginers meeting together the Ennemies men to show their curtesy brought out of their Horneworke good Renish wine and the best Bredaes Beere they could gett and there they dranke two or three healths to the Cardinall Infantes the Prince of Oranges and at last the Ennemies Inginier enquiring how Monsieur Perceuall did dranck a health vnto him who vnknowne vnto the Ennemies Inginier pledged his owne health On Wensday night the 19 Count Solms commanding in the English and Dutch Approaches two Sariants with Sixty workemen were sent downe into the Trenches and from the last nights corps de guard ran a line slooping some sixty rod and cast vp an other Corps de guard at the end of it on the left hand began to make a batterie we gott this night almost within two stones cast of the Ennemies Horne-worke the French likewise this night gott as much ground made likewise a Corps de guard and aduanced their Approaches wel The next day this nights work was repaired On Thursday night the 20 of August Coronell Herbert went downe to command in the Approaches and had a Sariant and 30 men out of euery Regiment to aduance the worke this night they gott 23 rod towards the Horne-worke from the point braunched out ten rodd on the right hand vpon which the great batterie for twelue halfe Canon was made This night Captaine Stanton was shott in his legg and Lieutenaut Baxter a liltle beneath his hipp with seuen others that were shot besides them The next day that night worke was repaired and the Trench heightned and made broader It was Coronel Gorings turne on Friday night the 21 to releiue Coronell Herbert and to command in the approaches with whom the Earle of North-hampton my Lord Grandison with many other braue Volunteirs worthy Officers and gentlemen of quality came downe to accompany him that night and the next day in the trenches The Ennemy to hinder our men from working and Sapping forward shott much but the Coronell to encourage the workemen for the aduancing of the Sapp went oftentimes into the Sapp this night with Captaine Watkins cheife Inginier for the guiding of the English Approches as likewife to Sariant Adams master of that Sapp with 27 sappers which he had taken on who did not onely receiue his direction but also tasted of his liberality for besides that which the States gaue them which was two Rixdallers a peece wherely he did not onely encourage them for the present but wonne their hearts for any further employment as did afterwards appeare in effect And because the worke which they had done that night might be repaired the next morning the Coronell sent vp his quartermaster to the quarter for 15 workemen and a-Sariant out of euery English Regiment which he brought vp to his Coronell by three a clock in the morning who presently fell to worke in heightning the Sapp on both sides fetch rise-busshes made blinds and set vp a hundred musket-baskets vpon the topp of the Trench flanks where our Muskettiers might offend the Ennemy most This morning Sariant Bagnall Coronell Gorings Sariant was shott through his chapps and some of his teeth strooke out and one Abraham Gunly of the Coronels Companie receiued there his mortall wound where of he dyed a day after Satterday night the 22. of August Coronell Colepepper relieued Coronell Goring this night the Ennemy shott very much and cast diuerse Handgranadoes into our Sapp among the Sappers and yet thankes be to God there was but one man slaine This night our men gott 6 rod forward towards the Ennemies Horne-worke and the next day that nights worke was heightned and the Sapp made broader Vpon Sunday the 23. there was planted sixe halfe Canon vpon the great Batterie which was made for 12 peeces Two other batteries were a makeing ready for 8 half Cannon an other for foure peeces in the French Approch as likewise a batterre for two great morters in the Corps of gard on the right hand These ordinance played and beate furiously vpon the wall and Ginnekins Bulwarke to dismount the Ennemies ordinance Vpon Sunday morning also being the 23 of August Sir Iames Sandalien Coronell of a Scotch Regiment commanding then in Count Williams approches standing vpon a place that was somewhat higher thē the rest to show the Inginier which way was best for him to Sapp towards the palisadoes of the Counter-skarfe which lay without the Horneworke receiued a dangerous shott through his left hand which raked along the blade of his arme vp towards his elbow and brake some small bones in his hand This afternoone the Ennemy shott a great granado out of one of their morters of the bignesse of a Canon bullet two French men running after it and imagining it to be a Cannon bullet one of them stooping to take it vp it brake in peeces betweene his armes toore him all to peeces and blew his bones and flesh vp into the aire that a peece of him could not be found On Sunday night the 23. my Lord Morgan relieued Coronell Colepepper this night our men sapped two or three rod towards the Ennemies Counterskarse our men and the Ennemies this night gaue fire exceedingly one vpon an other This night also the line of Communication was begun betweene the French and the English and the next day being munday that nights worke was repaired and more ordinance planted vpon the batteries Vpon Munday night the 24 Count Solmes relieued my Lord Morgan who commanded the approaches The workmen sapt forward this night till they came to a morras which did hinder them much so that they were constrayned to turne the line and sapp along it till they were past it howsoeuer they gott a matter of 30 foot this night and set vp blinds of rize-bushes to shelter them The next day that nights worke was repaired and more Cannon planted vpon our batteries This afternoone Monsieur Perceuall the quartermaster Geneall who had the direction of the French approaches as is said before going to visite the French Sapp was dangerously shott through his left shoulder where of he hath layne in great weaknesse a long time God in his good time restore him to his former health This afternoone also towards euening Count Henry of Nassau Coronell of the North-Holland Regiment commanding in Count Williams approaches The Ennemie sallied out of their workes on that side a matter of 200 choise men comming vp to the very point surprized the Dutches that had the Gard there beating them back through the trenches where Captaine Scheur a worthy man who commanded at the point in regard his men did abandon him after he had defended himself as long as he could was slaine notwithstanding that Count Harrie himself very brauely did what was possible to resist their retreate and to second him but could not till at length
Lieutenant Coronell Erskins his Companie aduancing from an after guard charged vp to the Ennemy with Count Harrie and Alexander Hammilton Ensigne to the said Companie beate back the Ennemie out of our Trenches fell into the vpon feild vpon them and comming to push of the pike with them the Ensigne grapled hand to hand with one of the Ennemies Ossicers and kild him and afterward tooke an Italian prisonner and so forced the Ennemy to retyre very sadly and with a great losse though but of a few persons for one Cantelmo a gallant yongman an Italian and much favoured by the Cardinall Infante who had stolne into the towne not long before in Boores apparell was vnfortunatly shot vpon this sallie in the belly of which hurt he dyed two dayes after Moreouer vpon this day being the 24 of August Bredroode the Commander of Venlo with some other Captaines gaue ouer this Towne very vnworthily into the hands of the Cardinall Infante after he had layne with his army a day or two before it and marched out of it aboue eleuē hundred able men besides officers who might well haue defended it a month or three weekes at the least for which they had their condigne sentence from the high Councill of Warre of the vnited prouinces as an example to others On Tewsday night the 25 Coronell Herbert marched downe to commaund in the Approaches and relieued Count Solms and notwithstanding the Ennemie shott much this night yet our workemen sapped forward a matter of some 24 foote towards the Ennemies Counterskarfe and set vp blindes vpon it and the next day repaired that nights worke On Wensday night the 26 Coronell Goring haueing the command in the Aproches relieued Coronell Herbert the Ennemy this night shot much especially vpon the French aproaches and cast aboue 30 hand-granadoes towards and into their sap The English aduanced their Sapp this night some two rod. An hower before day two of the Ennemie with long firelockes came out of their counter-skarfe and crept vpon their bellies to the end of our Sapp and peeping into it Seing the light shot the workemaster therof and one of the Sappers stark dead iust as Coronell Goring came from visiting them The death of these two retarted and hindred the aduancing of the Sapp for a while till the Coronell perswaded some expert souldiers of his owne company notwithstanding this disaster to vndertake it againe causing them towards morning to make blindes that the Ennemie might not discouer our Sappers who vnder the fauour of our Canon and musketteiers which he caused to play cōtinually aduanced the Sap the next day 12 foote forwards and vpon wensday morning there were sent downe into the Approches two hundred commanded men with his quartermaster and a hundred muskett baskets to be set vp to heigthen and diepen the sap and to make a foote-banke vpon the trench that our muskettiers might the better giue fire vpon the Ennemy betweene these musket basketts This day and the daie following we beate continually with 12 or 14 peeces of half Canon vpon Ginnekins Bulwarke and the Curtaine of the wall to dis mount their ordinance Vpon Thursday the 27 the Ennemie about eleuen of the clock sallyed out of their Countersckarfe with pitch ropes to fire the Blinds which were made vpon the point of the French Sapp and comming vp cast a great many Hand-granads into the sapp among the workemen Monsieur Charneze Coronell had then the command in the French Approaches and fell out brauely vpon the Ennemy with a hundred French beate them back from the Approaches to the topp of their Counter-skarfe and there came to push a pike and sword to sword with them yea he beate them out of their Counter-skarfe but lying open to the Horn-worke and the flankes of the Towne hauing noe couuert nor time to turne it vp in the day retreated againe into his Approaches Vpon this seruice a peece of a Granado breakeing strooke Monsieur Charnaze vpon his cheeke which raized the skin and drew a litle blood and though the Ennemy shott much and cast a great many Granadoes into their Sap yet they aduanced it so forward that they came to the foote of the Counterskarfe and their digd out one of the Ennemies Palisadoes and sent it to the Prince for a token the Prince rewarding him that brought it as he promissed before with as much mony as would buy him a new suit of cloaths cloake and all On Thursday night the 27. Coronell Colepepper relieued Coronell Goring The Sapp this night was aduanced three rod and the workemen sapt to the very foote of the Countreskarfe before the Horne worke and the Sappers digd out three Palisadoes and on Fryday morning the Inginier and he that puld them out presented them to the Prince who rewarded him in the same manner as he did the other the daye before Without all question the English had bin first in their Counterskarfe if they had not mett vnfortunately with the Morrase abouesaid which did hinder them and cast them Behinde hand two daies at the least On fryday the sap was heightned on both sides made deeper and broader and muskets-baskets blinds set vp On Friday night the 28 my Lord Morgan commaunding the Approaches being come to the foot of the Counterskarfe sapped forward into it and notwithstanding that the Ennemie shott very hard vpon our men both with their small shott and Canon to hinder our men from aduancing yet that night the sappers sapped forwards 12 foote my Lord Morgan commaunding to giue fire from al Corps de guard and flankes vpon the Ennemies Horne-worke that vnder the fauour thereof our men might goe on The next morning being Satterday that nights worke was repaired and blindes sett vpp Vpon Satterday night the 29 Count Solmes releiued my Lord Morgan and sapt forward being now in the Counterskarfe our men had elbow roome to braunch out on both sides vpon the Counterskarf cast vp two Corps of guards one on the right hand an other on the left hand makeing blindes and setting vp musket-baskets for our muskettiers to play through and to annoy the Ennemy that gaue fire vpon our men from their Horneworke and other of their out-workes the next day being Sunday and the 30 the sapp and these gards were repaired On Sunday night the 30 of August it was Coronell Herberts turne to commaund in the approaches and notwith-standing that the ennemy and our men that night shot exceedingly one vpon an other yet the English sapped forwards heigthned and repaired the two Corps a guard aboue named and Coronell Herbert by encouraging the workemen sapt this night within 12 foote of the brinke of the moate of the Ennemies Horne-worke the next day that nights worke was repaired This night also Coronell Hauteriue who commanded in the French Approches hauing sapt to the brinke of the moate attempted to put a damme ouer it but after the losse of some men found it not fecible The night before
being the 30 of August Coronell Hauteriue had attempted to lay a Damme of Rize-busshes ouer the moate of the Horne-worke in the French Approach but sustaying the losse of about sixeteene persons besides hurt men was constrayned to forbeare noe others being willing to vndertake it The Englisst sapp yet was not quite aduanced to the brinke of the water notwithstanding Coronell Goring perceiuing how desirous the Prince was the worke should be hastned and hearing him offer fiue and twentie hunderd gilders to the French who were in it before obtayned the same allowance for his Approaches And before he marched downe on Sunday night the 30 of August sought out the most expert and bould workemen of our Nation Sixe men vndertooke it that themselues with some others whome they would hire should doe it for fiueteene hundred gilders the Coronell reseruing the other thousand gilders to pay bringers of Rise-busshes and to hire others in case these should be to few or to reward them aboue their expectation if they did succeed After the Sappers had wrought twelue foote to come to the water for so much was yet wanting these sixe men begann their taske and proceeded to good effect but were all slayne or hurt in a short space onely the chiefe of them being assisted by a succession of sixteene others who likewise were all either slaine or dangerously shott liued worked forward till sixe of the clock the next morning being the 31 at which time the damme was laid within 15 foote of the other side Here this workeman out of a brauerie would needes sound the depth of the moate remayning and dis-couering himselfe too carelessly was slaine by which meanes many men were lost for that he had neglected to make blindes as he went which made other souldiers timerous vnwilling to vnder take it In all this time and danger yow may imagine how paynfull a part the Coronell acted who did not onely most vigilantly place Muskettiers to discharge without intermission in euery foote of ground from whence they night annoy the Ennemy but oftentimes visited the Rise-bringers that matterials might not be wanting and vpon the failing of any workemen by his singular dexterity of perswasion gott new in their places himself being an example vnto them of singular dilligence and boldnesse Yet now they were at such a stand that for two howers space the discourse of all was that it could not be done till another night might contribute some shelter to them At last the Coronell not being able to satisfie himselfe with what was alreadie effected though it were enough to haue gained honor for two nights besides that he saw the feciblenesse of that litle remaynder gott first some men to laye blindes of bushes on that which was made and then foure other workemen to finish the rest for the reward of two hundred and fifty gilders a peece which they receiued being not so much as one hurt and ended their worke about twelue of the clocke at noone The Prince comming downe and seing what was done so much aboue his expectation gaue the Coronell Many thankes with expressions sutable to his merrit and hastned the Miners vnto him that noe time might be lost One of them was presently sett a mining vnder the Barme of the Horne-worke But his feare makeing him willing to finde excuses he quickly came back and complaind that the damne was not easily passable Wherevpon the Coronell sent others to perfect it if any thing were amisse and when all was finished the Miner being returned to his worke that noe more neede-lesse excuses should be made the Coronell himselfe went quite ouer it and in his returne receiued a shott with a sling bullet in his left legg it strock him in the iuncture where the foote is fastened to the legg brake assunder all the vpper Sinnews toore away a greate deale of his flesh bruised the huckle bone and broke the end of the great shinn-bone where it ioynes vnto it At first the resolution of all the Chiurgians was to cutt of his legg but seing the admirable courage firmnesse of his minde wherwith he boare it and trusting much to this perfectnesse of health and temper of his flesh they concluded they might deferre it for a time without danger of a Gangrene and after two dressings resolued to goe on in the cure without any thoughts of cutting it off Which I expresse here as that which was the matter of ioy not onely to our Nation but also to the whole Army as his greate wound was and is the sorrow of all that loue honour virtue and Souldiers But I must forbeare to enlarge my selfe in relating what a vniuersall dampe of sadnesse seized on the hearts of all men or what praises and honours were payed vnto his incomparable worth not onely by his Highnesse the Prince of Orange but by all others of qualitie for I am to remember I write but a Diarie though indeed in one daies worke he hath giuen penns worke for many daies for if you consider the space of ground to be sapped through before he came to the water the bredth of the moate about 60 foote the depth of it 6 foote and the bredth of the Damne 15 foote it will appeare a worke of greater bulke then euer was done in the seruice of this state since their warres began Besides the difficulty of the action from the strength of the Garrison and encouragement they receiued the night before from the ill successe of the French attempt A while after the Miner whom the Coronell had sett to work makeing an other passage backe had his braines shoot out with the same sling peece And the rest of that day was sorrowfully spent in mending and perfecting the workes Captaine Syden-ham whose actiuity and vigilancie was not wanting in all this buisinesse remayning there Vpon Tewsday night the first of September Coronell Colepepper relieued Coronell Gorings Regiment and the Damme as is said being layd ouer that night our men begann to sap a long the Barme of the Horne-worke and on the right hand of the Horne of the worke began to mine the Ennemy shott hard vpon the damme that night from the other horne of the worke which flankered it and slew hurt foure or fiue of our men This night also Monsieur Charnaze Ambassador for the King of France with the Lords the States and Coronell of a French Regiment commaunding in the French approches receiued a shot in his head whereof he presently dyed Vpon wensday night the second my Lord Morgan relieued Coronell Colepepper this night our men repaired and heightned the Corps of gard on both sides of the damme and began a left hand sap a long the moate side of the Horne-worke the day following was spent in repairing the workes makeing of blinds and setting vp musketbasketts for the safeguard and defense of our men Vpon Thursday night the Lord of Brederoods Regiment tooke their turne and his Lieutenant Coronell Monsieur
the Gallerie into the moate that night 750 Rize-busshes each Souldier hauing fourteene Rixdallers for the casting in of a hundred and ere Coronell Herbert was relieued they sett vp 5 posts three foote distance on from an other in the space of 24 howers The next day Lieutenant Airs was shott through his shoulder This night and the day following also Count Williams Gallerie was well aduanced my Lord Aumont commanding then in those Approaches Monsieur Couts his Lieutenant Coronell receiued a greeuous shott through his thigh which brake his thigh bone in peeces of which wound he is not yet cured This day Count Harrie of Frizeland attempted to fall on vpon the Ennemies Horne-worke on the Castle side but the bridge breaking our men with the losse of some slaine and others drownd the water being very deepe were driuen to retire into their workes his men gaue fire exceedingly vpon the Ennemy with Cannon small shott so that they could not choose but loose a great many men Vpon Fryday night the 18 of September Lieutenant Coronell Holles relieued Coronell Herbert this night there were foure hundred Rize-busshes and a great deale of earth cast into the moate and the English Gallerie aduanced to fiue and forty posts some three foote distant one frō an other The next day in the morning old Sariant Goddard Captaine Killegrews Sariant hauing the guard sitting at the end of our Gallerie with the very winde of a halfe Cannon Bullett of 24 pound weight had his thigh bone broken with out euer drawing a dropp of bloode from him This day there was brought into the Armie one of the Ennemies Lieutenants and some sixty prisonners that were taken prisonners with him in Gulick-land Vpon Satterday night being the 19 Coronell Colepepper commaunded in the Approaches This night for the aduancing of the Callerie there were cast into the moate aboue eleuen hundred Rize-busshes and many hundred wheele barrowes of earth so carefull was the Coronell to aduance the worke and yet thanks be to God notwithstanding the Ennemy shott very much he had but three men slaine and hurt The French likewise cast in a great many rize-bushes this night into the moate and came with them within three pikes length of the barme of the Bulwarke which the Ennemie discouering what a great nights worke they had done the next morning had sunck two peeces which shott iust into the mouth of their gallerie that beate downe sixe or seuen of their posts which disaster cast them a daies worke behinde hand ere they could repaire the Gallerie sett vp their posts againe On Sunday night the twentith Monsieur Thienen the Lotd of Brederods Lieutenant Coronell releiued Coronell Colepepper and this night and the day following besides the Earth that was cast into the moate there was cast into it aboue fiue hundred risebushes yet had but three or foure men slaine and hurt This euening there was some of our Leger boates brought downe into the Horne-worke and launched into the moate of the halfe-moone behind the morter batterie and the next day there were great backs or chests built vpon thē with high oakē boards musket proof the chests filled with Rizebushes and earth with pluggs in the bottome of them which being puld out vpon any occasion they sunck 6 7 or 8 foote deepe and had likewise oares on both sides of them that the men which rowed them might be vnder couert and shott free This Afternoone Monfieur D'escard a worthy French Captaine who had carryed himself very brauely vpon the first sallie which the Ennemie made vpon the French Approaches before mentioned receiued a dangerous shott into his mouth and throate whereof within fiue or sixe dayes after he dyed was much lamented Vpon Munday night the 21 my Lord Morgan went downe to commaund in the Approaches two of his owne Companie taking vpon them to cast Rize-busshes into the moate for twelue Rixdallers a hundred were slaine and the Ennemie hanging out two great lights ouer the wall not witstanding that our Canon and small shott playd much vpon them to see what our men did in their moate yet they slew and hurt sixe or seuen men more howsoeuer towards morning there were found some resolute Souldiers which for 14 Rixedallers a hundred cast in 250 Rize-busshes into the moate and gott 4 posts more sett vp so that wee had in all 49 posts vp which reached more then halfe way ouer the moate and we found that the moate grew shallower after wee had passed ouer the midst of it This day the great chests and boates aboue mentioued were made ready musket proofe with thick oaken plankes and oares fitte to them and the backs or chests fild vp with rize-bushes and earth and lay ready whensoeuer his highnesse should haue occasion to vse them The 22 being Tewsday night Count Solmes relieued my Lord Morgan and thanks be to God had but one man shott He gaue fire exceedingly this night vpon the Ennemie with his muskettiers from all Corps de guards and flankes and being moone-light our Cannon also played vpon them which kept them from peeping ouer and vnder couert This night there were noe Ris-busshes cast neither into the English nor the French Galleries but our men cast in earth to fill vp the moate and to gett forward so that this night wee had one and fiftie posts sett vp in our English Gallery On wenscay night the 23 of September Coronell Herbert releiued Count Solms and aduanced the work very much for that night and day there were three posts more got makeing in all 54 the French gott likewise three or foure posts forwards The prince gaue the workemasters order to cast noe rizebushes this night into the moat but should worke out that which was cast into the moate already and sett vp posts in the French and English Galleries till they came to the end of the Rize which lay in the water The Prince now euery day going downe into the approaches to view encourage and aduance forward the workes hazarded his person much escaped some dangerous shott that came neere him for Coronell Wynebergin this afternoone being in his Highnesse traine receiued a dangerous shott vpon his Eybrow which if the bullet had perced a litle deeper it had slaine him Vpon Thursday night the 24 Lieutenant Coronell Holles relieued Coronell Herbert this night the work was reasonable well aduanced but towards morning the Ennemy hauing sunck new peeces shott downe three of our posts sett vp in the English Gallerie the day and night before On Fryday night the 25 of September Coronell Colepeper commaunded vnder whose Companie as voluntiers marched downe ordinarely Lieutenant Coronell Thomas Essex Sir Charles Slingsby Mr. Campian Mr. Fothers by Ensigne Throghmorton Mr. Brankard Mr. Dauis Captaine Roockwood Mr. Bradly Mr Parsons Mr. Hankinson and divers other Gentlemen on Satterday night when Coronell Colepeper was relieued there were two posts more set vp and not aman shott Vpon Satterday
night the 26 Lieutenant Coronell Thienen commaunded in the English and Dutch Approaches and this night there was cast into the moate 550 Rize-busshes and the Gallerie advanced to 65 posts and the French Gallerie also was well advanced Vpon Satterday towards euening the Ennemy shott a Granado of some seuenty pound weight just into our Horne-worke and fell close by our Battetie neere vnto seuen Barrels of Powder it brake and toore a Marriners thigh all to peeces The very same day also wee shott a great Granado of 180 pound weight which flew into the Towne almost as farre as the great Church and breaking with a great violence a peece of the bullet rebounded and flew back againe into our Horne-worke Vpon Sunday the 27 Count Harrie Gasimir Gouernour of Frizland hauing made a Gallerie of 21 posts ouer the moate of the Horneworke on his side attempted to haue taken it in but finding it not feisible at that time leauing the Horneworke sapped forward towards the Counterskarfe of the maine moate before the Castle and there to lodge himselfe in it and so to begin a gallerie ouer the moate Vpon Sunday night towards euening when Lieuetenant Coronell Thienen was relieued the English gallerie had 68 posts sett vp and the French 42. This euening a Kicker or a peeper of Flushing a proper man had his right Arme shott of cleane from his body with a Canon shott Vpon Sunday night the 27 it was my Lord Morgans turne to commaund in the approaches our men shott exceedingly this night and my Lord Morgan aduanced the worke so much that this night and the day following there was sett vp fiue posts more so that there was in the English Gallerie 73 posts in the French 55 and in Count Williams gallerie 59. On Munday night the 28 Count Solmes releiued my Lord Morgan this night the Ennemie and our men shott much yet notwithstanding there were a great many rize-bushes throwne into the moate and ere Count Solmes was relieued there was 77 posts sett vp in the English gallerie Vpon Tewsday night the 29 Coronell Herbert relieued Count Solmes and commaunded in the Approaches our men shott exceeding hard this night and the next day for ouer aboue the ordinarie pouder which was in the muskettiers bandeliers and the pouder bagges they brought downe our muskettiers shott away that night and the next day eleuen hundred pound of powder extraordinarie as appeared by the Coronels hand Towards morning the Ennemie hauing sunck two halfe Canon vpon the wall lower then ordinarie hoising vp the briches of their Canon with an Instrument and great cables they shott so low that they shot and brake downe sixe or 7 of our posts in the English gallerie and though our Ordinance shott much to dismount theirs yet they could not find them in the night This hindred the aduancement of the English Gallerie much and cast vs behinde hand but the carefulnes and the vigilencie of his highnes was such that comming downe into the Approaches the next morning he gaue order that the Gallerie should be repaired with all expedition and new posts sett vp in their places which was done with all speede by ten a clock on wensday night following Vpon wensday also his highnes gaue order for the makeing of two new batteries for the finding and dismounting of the Ennemies Canon which played vpon our gallerie The one was made vpon the top of the Horneworke not farre from the place where our English mine was sprung The other where the Coronels Companies held their grand Corps de guard These being planted beate vpon the Ennemies port holes and put one of their halfe Canon presently to silence Vpon wensday night the last of September it was Lieutenant Coronell Holles his turne to commaund in the Approaches This night the worke was so advanced that their was diuerse Rize-busshes cast into the moate and three posts more sett vp This night also there was one Iohn Trotter of Coronell Gorings Companie that vndertooke the pyling of the moate from the ende of our Gallerie to the barme of the Bulwark and hauing stript himself naked hauing a long match bound about his Armeholes he was lett out at a hole on the right side of the Gallerie and being come to the end of our Rize-busshes found the water to be betweene fiue and sixe foote swiming two or three stroakes further felt ground and came to foure foote deepe and wading a litle further came to three foote water and so gott vp vpon the barme of the Bulwarke and vp to the quick sett hedg or Pallissado vpon it And then being puld back by those that were within the Gallerie which held the end of the match came safely back againe and found by the markes vpon the match that wee wanted yet a matter of some 40 foote from the end of our Rize-busshes to the foundation of the Bulwarke this Souldier for his discouuerie was rewarded with twentie Rix-Dallers On Thursday morning the next day Captaine Willmot my Lord Wilmots Sonne Captaine of a Troupe of Horse going downe into the Approaches and looking too long through our Muskett-basketts receiued a dangerous shott which grazed along his right Jaw-bone and so by his throat whereof he is now recouuered This day also Iohu Williams a Work-master of Gurcum in giving some direction about our Gallerie was slaine with a muskett-bullet Vpon Thursday night the first of October Coronell Colepepper relieued Lieutenant Coronell Holles the worke was well advanced notwithstanding that the Ennemie shott much this night both with their Canon and small shott to hinder vs. This night also there was a planck bridge on Count Harries side layd ouer the moate of the Horne-worke before the Castle which twise had ben attempted before in makeing a Dam but was then not found fesible Vpon Fryday night the second Lieutenant Coronell Thienen relieued Coronell Colepepper and aduanced the worke much and this night there was a mine a preparing on Count Harries side in the corner of the Horne-worke where the Ennemie had cut it of Vpon Satterday the third betweene eleuen and twelue of the clock Count Harries mine on the Castle side being readie his Highnesse gaue commaund that this mine should be sprung and that Count Harrie hauing sapt a long the Horne-worke towards the Raueling which lay before the Castle should assault both the Horn-worke and the Raueling at once and withall to giue the Ennemy worke on all sides gaue order also that the Frēch this day being come within two pikes length of the Bulwarke should fill vp the moate with Rize-busshes from the end of their Gallerie to the barme of the Bulworke These two peeces of seruice were to be done at one time Count Harries mine being then sprung at the time appointed fell on brauely with his men vpon the Horne-worke and the Raueling which lay vpon the side of it gaue fire by whole volleys vpon the Ennemie for the space of an hower beate the
night with a great confusion leauing be hinde him a great many sick and hurt men amunition victuals and other matterials The Marquesse Spinola then being Iealous of his honour after Prince Maurize had putt into Breda 6000 choise Souldiers namely his owne Guard and most of the Coronels Companies came and satt downe before it on the 28 of August 1624. and hauing sustayned the losse of a great many braue men before Bergin feareing to attempt the same by Approches cōmanding a mighty Armie choose rather to block it vp on all sides and so knowing that many mouths must eate many victualls sought rather to famish it out Prince Maurice comming with the States Armie to the May hauing a greater dessigne in his head to witt an Enterprize vpon the Castle of Antwerpe which would haue fetch the Marquesse from Breda failing for want of Courage and falling on as it is reported gaue the Marquesse time to fortifie himself the stronger before Breda and to that end made a double line of Circumvalation about it with stronge Forts Horneworkes halfemoones Redoubts and Spurrs and cutting the dike at Terhey drownd all the lower grounds and made a Steckado ouer the drownd meddowes to hinder and keepe vs from relieuing it by water and sloopes Howsoeuer his Highnesse the Prince of Orange to see if he could possibly relieue yt gaue command to Sir Horace Vere of worthy Memory Lord of Tylbery and Coronell Generall of the English with my Lord of Oxford who commanded the new English on the 16 of May 1625 to fall on vpon the dike of Terhey betweene the drownd lands the dike being not a boue 20 or 30 foote broad at the most the ennemie hauing two or three strong Redoubts vpō it ere you came to the Halfmoone before their quarter of Terhey An hower before day the new English fell on first tooke two Redoubts vpō that Dike an other vpō Seuenberks-Dike beate the Ennemie out of thē slew many of thē after a long fight the new the old English fell vpō the half moone disputed it a long with the Ennemie till such time as the Marquesse sent fresh forces horse and foote to second them of Terhey to defend that quarter now after Sun rising finding it not feisible our mē were driuē to retreate Vpon this seruice Sir Thomas Winne being a voluntier Captaine Tubb Captaine Dakers Lieutenant Cheyney Lieutenant Corbitt and my Lord of Oxfords Ensigne with diuerse Gentlemen and souildiers were slaine Capt Shippon shott so that from that time forward this Citty by famine languished away vntill the fifth of Iune 1625. On which day it fell againe vnder the power and obedience of the King of Spaine and became a Receptacle for a great many Freebooters which did much annoy the States Countries that lay next vnto yt bringing them vnder Contribution Till that this present yeare his highnes the Prince of Orange beseiged it tooke it in againe euery nation striuing at this seige to doe the land seruice besides the perticular obligatiō they owed vnto his highnes being his owne towne it gaue the more life courage vnto them Now what memorable peeces of seruice actions haue bin performed during this Seige from the 23 of Iuly vntill the 10 of October 1637. This true and briefe Relation though I cannot remember all perticulars for want of due information will giue the worthy Reader reasonable satisfaction this as a preamble may serue to the matter it selfe following A TRVE AND A BRIEFE RELATION Of the famous Seige OF BREDA THE LORDS THE STATES GENERAL of the vnited Prouinces and his highnesse the Prince of Orange according to their alliance made with France desirous to diuert the Cardinall Infante from bending his whole force against the King of France his Armie which was falne into Henegow and had beseiged and lay engaged before Landrescy resolued to draw their Armie also into the feild to that end made great preparations of all things necessarie for the warre appointing the Rende-vous on the 12. of Iuly this present yeare at Rammekens in Zealand the Army conducted by the Prince consisted of about one and twenty thowsand foote and some three thowsand horse which were diuided into three Brigades or Tercias to wit the French and the walloons makeing one and fifty foote Companies commanded by Coronell Hauteriue The English whose meeting was first at Bergen op Zoom makeing with the Lord of Brederodes Regiment Count Solmes his Regiment 55. Companies commanded by my Lord Morgan and Count Wlliams Lord Marshall of the feild consisting of 5 dutch Regiments and three Scotch makeing in all 63 companies beside the Horse ordered also into three Tercias vidz The Lord of Stakenbroecks Lieutenant Geneall of the Horse The Duke of Bouillons Count Stirums Commissary of the Horse makeing in all some 40 troupes This Armie was embarqued in foure or fiue thowsands Smack-ships the greatest they could gett for the horse with prouisions of Hay Oats water and bridges for them and assoone as they came to Rammekins the Army lay betweene that Castle and Middleborough head the Horse troups next the Head and the traine of victuals and Amunition vp towards Armuyde Those foote companies which lay in litle ships were by order from the prince remoued into greater and the Shippers had command to prouide them selues Cables Ankors and to ballast their ships with sand the Souldiers likewise haueing order to furnish themselues with tenn daies victuals The Ennemy seing and hearing the noize of these preparations thought verely that the prince of Orange his dessigne was for Flanders and therefore to hinder our landing they drew a head and left his garrisons in other places of horse and foote as weake as possibly he could and getting a compitent army together to resist the Prince put strong garrisons into Hulst the Land of Waes and all the Townes lying along the Sea Coast of Flanders euen from Sluce and Dam to Greueling to keepe vs from Landing This it seemes the Prince of Orange did in all probability to amuze the Ennemy and to harrie and wearie out his men his highnesse designe lying an othes way or else perhaps the contrarienesse of the winde which blew a stiffe gale and by gusts diuers daies together might alter his highnesse resolution for after our Armie had layne nine dayes betweene Rammekins and Middleborough head with expectation euery day to set Saile for Flanders vpon Sunday the 19 of Iuly came order in the afternoone from his highnesse that all our men which were a shoare at Middleborow or Flishing should presently vpon payne of death that night repaire to shipboard and withall Commanded Monsieur Perceuall quartermaster Generall and all the perticular quartermasters of euery Regiment with all expedition that night to set saile for Bergin op zoom to veiw a landing place for the Army and to draw out quarters for euery Regiment in the fields of Northgeest and Ostgeest and Commaunded also that vpon
Munday morning being the twentith when the Princes shipp should set saile from Rammekins and shoote of a warning-peece that then euery Tercia as they lay should make readie to sayle after him So then on the 20 about fiue of the Clock in the Morning the Prince having a stiff and a prosperous gale of Winde set saile for Bergin op zoom all the army following him as fast as they Could get out And at the same instant his highnesse Caused two hundred empty ships with the shippers onely and some fewe drummers in them to Saile vp the Scheld and along the land of Waes to make shew of landing there which gaue the ennemy So strong an alarme in all those parts that they neuer thought of his comming any where else his highnesse in the interim kept his course towards Bergin vp zoom and by twelue a clock came the same day to the Fort that lies vpon the creeke betweene Bergin and Tertole where he cast anker and seing Sir Iacob Ashley Seriant Maior of the English tercia passe by him gaue him order that as the shipping came vp they should follow two ships which were to saile into the creeke that runns vp towards Halter as far as they could and there to finde a fit landing place for the army and comming to the landing place should be drawne a shoare and march along the dike to their seuerall quarters which was done accordingly with admirable expedition for the shipping comming vp a great part of the army that afternone was landed and drawne into their quarters the officers and souldiers hauing layne longe a board were willing to refresh themselues a shoare some of them wading vp to the knees in water and mudd till they gott to the dike The horse troopes had order to run vp into Bergen head and as farre as they could into the towne for the more commodious and the better landing of their troupes The next day being tewsday and the 21 the rest of the Army horse and foote were disembarqued drawne into their quarters receiued order to prouide thē three for foure daies victuals against the next morning Now on wensday the 22 at the breake of the day all the quarter master receiued waggons from the waggon-master generall for the cheife officers Captaines of their Regiments two Captains to a Waggon which were presently distributed to the Captaines and sent away with all expedition to the shipping with command so lade their waggons and to follow the Armie This morning about seuen of the clock the whole army drew into armes and the English Tercia hauing the avantgard that day marched to their old quarter of Rosendale where they had layne a whole winter when Marquesse Spinola had blocked vp Breda anno 1624 where they were well quartered and the Coronels and chiefe officers accommodated with houses The next morning being the 23 of Iuly at the creeke of the day the army began to moue againe and Count Williams tercia hauing the Auantgard wee marched that day to the heath betweene Ginnekins and the mast-wood before Breda Some daies before wee departed from Rammekins his highnesse had written to Count Henry Casimir gouernour of Frizeland who to gard the Muze and the Rhene and to desend those quarters had an Army of 90 Companies horse foote cōposed of all nations as English French Dutch and Scotch and gaue him order night and day to march with his Army towards Breda who vpon the 21 of Iuly two dayes before his highnesse came before it rounded the towne and stopt all Auenues and passages into it This gaue those of Breda a terible alarme which made them ring their alarme Bell and made them shut and damme vp their ports the same day as Count Henry came before it they sallied out of the towne with some 400 men to fetch in Cattle and other prouisions but our horse beate them in againe with the losre of some men slayne others hurt and some taken prisoners To returne againe to the Prinecs Army on Thurs-day the 23 of Iuly new stile our Army came and lay in Battaile vpon the Heath betweene the princes houses neere Ginnekins the Riuer of Merch the Mastwoed In the riuer by the princes house there lay a new lōg boate very commodious to make a bridg vpon his highnesse presently gaue order to the Carpenters and workemen to lay plancks ouer it and to make two bridges vpon it for his men to passe ouer it on the other side of the Merch to the Lord of Bredrods Count Solmes and Count Henries quarters which that afternoone was made with all expedition withall gaue order that noe quarters should be made for the Regiments but all of them to lie in Battaille attending an ennemy vntill such time as our line of Circumualation was defensible On Fryday morning then the 24. at the breake of the day all the quartermasters had orders to fetch matterials from the Commisse Martin for 250. workemen of euery English and French Regiment and proportionally of euery Regiment of the whole Army so that there were aboue 5000 Commanded men that morning appointed with the quartermasters to goe to worke euery souldier hauing giuen him by the Inginier and his quartermaster a rhenish rodd of ground that is 12 foote to cast vp The Line of Circumualation was began first from the Princes house by Coronell Colepeppers Regiment and then euery Regiment according to the order of their march tooke their ground the line was cast vp ouer the hills and heights a long through the Mastwood to Papenmutch to the Hagh where Count Williams quarter was and so to Monsieur Buyshuysens quarter of 8 Companies and then to Terhey where Coronell Varick lay with 12 Companies And ouer the bridge by the Princes house it ran a long through the walloons quarter to the Lord of Bredrods to Count Solmes and so to Tettering to Count Henry his quarter and from thence ouer the feilds to the Swart dicke upon which redoubts were made and so was shutt at Terhey being some 21 English miles in compasse hauing upon heights places of aduantage strong Forts Horneworkes Halfe moons spurs with diuers batteries vpon it And the merck the other Riuer were stopt and dam'd vp in two places to wit by the Princes quarter and betweene Papenmutch and the Hagh which ouerflowed and drownd all the meddowes and lower grounds more then a mans heigth deepe and lay like a sea before our Trenches Three or foure dayes also after the prince had satt downe with his Army before Breda there came a matter of some 3 or 4. thowsand Boores or hus-bandmen out of Holland who made an out ditch casting the earth vp on both sides on the out side of the first line eight foote deepe 8 foote high on both sides and sixteene foote broade to hinder the Ennemes horse from leaping ouer it and breaking in vpon vs. Vpon Friday Satterday and Sunday the 24. the 25. and 26. of Iuly
Thienen commanding the approches our men sapped forward notwithstanding that the Ennemie shott hard vpon our workemen our muskettiers also giuing fire from our flankes vpon the Ennemies Horne-worke as fast as they could and our Canon playing from our batteries vpon the parapett of their Horne-worke to beate downe their musket-baskets and sand backes about their Eares and shott much vpon the horne of the worke to make it mountable that our men might haue the better accesse to come vp to the topp of it Vpon Fryday night the fourth of September newe still It was Count Solms his turne to cōmand in the English and Dutch approaches and Monsieur Buat Lieutenant Coronell in the French His Highnesse the Prince of Orange sent expresse order that night by Sir Iacoh Ashley Lieutenant Coronell to my Lord Morgan that he would haue both the French and English to sett vp and mainteyne musket-baskets vpon the top of the Ennemies Horne-worke and this was to be done both by the French the English at one time by day-light and according to the Prince his order was attempted on our side by Captaine Skippon the next morning being Satterday in the sight of all men betweene sixe and seuen of the clock He tooke a long with him about 30 of his owne Companie who vpon this seruice carryed themselues all well the one halfe of them being slaine and hurt Himselfe after a long dispute and fight with the Ennemie who tumbled downe our Musket-baskets as fast as our men set them vp comming to push of the pike and slashing off some of the heads of their pikes vpon the top of the worke besides 4 or 5 shott vpon his armour head-peece of proofe receiued a brush on his face with a stone which by Gods especiall preuention did him no further harme and after that gott a sore shot through his necke with which he was staggred for the present lost the vse of his left arme But God remarkeably strenthning him he presently recouered himself againe and betooke himselfe to his former place and worke and disputed the businesse a long time afterward with the Ennemie In the meane time Noble Count Solmes who had a vigilant eye and a carefull regard vpon all that passed sent his owne Captaine with some musketteirs to assist Captaine Skippon which he did very worthily and besides other narrow scapes receiued a shot through his left arme and had ten of his men slaine and hurt presently vpon the place the Ennemie could not be lesse then two hundred against our few number that had climed vp to the topp of their worke to dispute this action with vs haueing besides the aduantage of the place all necessarie Instruments of offence and deffence as stones flailes clubs and handgranadoes which some of our men wanted and gaulled vs most of all at their pleasure frō the right hand flanke of their worke though our men did their vttermost endeauour to execute what was commaunded but the many and great aduantages the Ennemie had preuailed which moued Count Solmes to commaund Captaine Skippon and his owne Captaine to come off with their men and so that attempt being not fesible at that time ceased vpon which the springing of our mine was resolued the happie successe whereof two daies after you shall heare Vpon Satterday night the fifth of September Coronell Herbert commaunded in the English approaches and aduanced the worke on the left hand sapp very much On Sunday that nights worke was repaired and in the morning the Ennemy Countermining our Miners mining forward a little earth fell downe in mining through it by which hole they discouered the Ennemies Mine and seeing their candle in it they were driuen to stop our mine and to begin an other On Sunday the sixth of September Coronell Goring being shot it was his Lieutenant Coronels turne to Commaund that night and the next day in the approaches and Monsieur Maisonneufve Coronell in the French Betweene ten and eleuen a clock in the night the Ennemie sallied out of their workes a matter of some 150 men vpon the English left hand sapp and came stealing along betweene their halfe moone before Ginnekens port and their Horne-worke the sap being not defensible our workemen had order if the Ennemy fell vpon it to retreate vnto the next Corps de guard the Ennemie then falling vpon it cast a great many hand-granadoes into the sapp and entring it began to slgiht two or three rodd of it Ensigne Willis the Coronels Ensigne with 21 pikes muskettiers had then the vtmost Corps de guard on the left hand next vnto the sap and had order from Lieutenant Coronell Hollis the chiefe Commandour there all this time to make it good and if the Ennemy fell into the sap as is said that then the workemen should retire to him Now all the Coronels Muskettiers and pikes with ten muskettiers of euery other Companie which Captaine Sydenham fetcht and brought vp were disposed of some on the right and others on the left hand of the two Corps de guard and the flanks on both sides of the Damme so that when the Ennemie fell on they found vs all ready to giue them entertainement The Ennemy falling on getting into the left hand sapp came vp to Ensigne Willis his Corps de guard and assaulted it who very valiantly continued at push of the pike with the Ennemie and from the topp of the worke gaue fire vpon them though for a great while no supply was sent him the Ennemy striuing to enter shoud downe our musket-baskets and indeed hooked downe some two or three of them Lieutenant Moyle Lieutenant to Captaine Abrahall his Companie seing this that Ensigne Willis was thus engaged in a fight with the Ennemie hauing but a few men with him to resist so many and fearing that the Ennemy might either enter or gett betweene him and the next Corps de guard to cutt him of gathered vp some muskettiers and pikes and came to second him and finding him at push of the pike with the Ennemy and that some of his men began to flinge He Mr. Oneale Mr. Predeaux and some other Gentlemen entring Lieutenant Moyle drew his sword and made his men fall vp vnto him againe Now from all our other Corps de guard and flanks our Muskettiers gaue fire vpon the Ennemie as fast as euer they could charge and discharge Captaine Sydenham commaunding our Muskettiers to shoote as lowe as euer they could that they might gaule the Ennemy the better The Ennemy finding it very hott retreated with the losse of some 50 men slaine and hurt leauing some armes behinde them as a Lorrannois one of their owne men left wounded in the sap reported to Lieutenant Coronell Holles and some other Officiers as he was dressed in our Corps de guard Vpon this peece of seruice and in this Corps de guard so worthily defended by Ensigne Willis Lieutenant Moyle mett with a fauourable shott vpon his chin Besides him Mr-Marsh of
officers and thanked them all for the kind vsage he had receiued from them saying that if euer it was his fortune to take any of them prisoners they should finde the like vsage from him The number of Coullours and men which the Ennemy marched out of the towne were counted to be 51 Coullours with Dirick the Conestables making 1470 able men in ranke and file besides officers and betweene 5 or 6 hundred men that attended the waggons straglers sick hurt men that satt vpon waggons besides diuerse others that stayed in the towne all night a great many sick and hurt men that were left behinde them in the Towne and Gesthouse till they had recouered their health so that it is supposed the Ennemy that day marched out of the Towne about 22 hundred able sick and hurt men besides officers Many of the Officers and souldiers were very souldierlike men with sterne countenances all the officers hauing redd skarfes about them and the souldiers redd and blew ribbands and thus thee Reere being past they marched towards a village called Gilsen but the night ouertaking them for it was foure a clock in the afternoone ere the last of their reere marched out of the Towne they were saint to quarter that night vpon the heath vnder the heauens canopie on the morrow being the Sabboth day at the creeke of the day sett forward their march towards Machline the Towne they desired to goe vnto It resteth now that somthing be spoaken in what state wee found the Towne assone as the Ennemy had drawne off their men from Ginnekens Bulwarke in the bowels whereof his highnes had intended to haue sprung to mines and to haue made two breaches our companies which had the gard in the approches had order from the Prince euery company according to their antiquity to aduance and and mount vp to the topp of that Bulwarke to draw the formost companyes into the Market place The Bulwarke was cut of twise and they had made a Countermine in it to haue met with ours but haueing not powder enough to chamber in it being reported they had but 24 Barrels left in all the whole towne they durst not venter any powder in their myne nor stand out the springing of ours there was found vpon the wals 43 peeces most of them brasse six vpon the Castle wall and three vpon the plaine before the Castle The two streets which lyes next Ginnekins port and Antwerps port towards the Hagh the howses are miserably battered beaten downe and torne with our ordinances and great granadoes of 170 and 180 pounds The next day that the Ennemie marched out being Sunday there was a sermon preached in the great Church about 10 of the Clock in the morning by D. N. preacher of Wick to Duerstadt he tooke his text out of of the 40 Psalme and fifth verse Many o Lord my God are thy wonderfull workes which thou hast done thy thoughts which are to vs-ward they cannot be reckoned vp in order vnto thee if I would declare and speake of them they are more then can be numbred Before the sermon was sung the second part of the 66 Psalme and after the Sermon the second part of the 118 Psalme and foure children were Baptized In the after noone sermon his text was out of the 118 Psalme and the 15 verse to witt The voice of reioycing and saluation is in the tabernacle of the Righteous the right hand of the Lorddoth valiantly Before the afternons sermon was sung the second part of the 119 Psalme and after the sermon the 100 Psalme The Church was as full as euer it could throng the poore haueing giuen them after these two sermons aboue 4000 gilders Ouer the South portall of the great Church hung in a black board and white letters this inscription following Ambrosius Spinola Vigilanta Breda Expugnata The day before the Ennemie marched out off the Towne they puld downe all their Images and cleered the Church off them and packt them vp in fats and Caskes and assoone as the Ennemy was gone out of the towne a saylor climed vp to the topp of the weather Cock off that high steeple and set vp a great Orang-flagg aboue the Cock which flew there three dayes till it was taken downe againe Before this strong and mighty Citty Marquis Spinola lay eleuen Months to block it vp before he could famish our men out off yt for approches he durst not venter on it but his Highnes the Prince off Orange made his line of Circumualation firme in a month by approches toke it in in 7 weekes and one day in which time he shott 23131. Canon shot vpon the out works the wals and into the Towne besides many granadoes off 170 and 180 pound weight which were cast into the Towne and which shattered and toore downe many houses in peeces A true Liste of the Officers Gentlemen and Souldiers Slaine and hurt before the Seige of BREDA 1637.  The Gards Slaine Hurt Of His Highnesse Owne Companie 5. 6. Sariant Maiour General Wits 7. 8. Of the English Tercia   Companies Slaine Hurt The Regement of Coronell Morgan 11. 46. 83. Coronell Herbert 11. 45. 70. Coronell Goring 11. 30. 50. Coronell Colepepper 10. 35. 55. The Lord of Brederode 5. 21. 28. Count Solms 7. 19. 59. Summa 55. 196. 344. Officers Slaine and Hurt of the English Tercia 7. Officiers Slaine Captaine Crofts Treymaine L. to Capt Hamond Lieu Kiuet Lieu to Sariant Maiour Duick Ensigne Kirke Ensigne to Captaine Hamond Ensigne Carey Ensigne to C. White Ensigne Rommeler Ensigne to Count Solms Sariant Raymond 15 English Officiers hurt My Lord Morgan Coronell Goring Captaine Skippon Captaine Stanton Captaine Meteren Count Solmes his Cap Lie Loofe Lieu to Lieu Cor Thienen Lieutenant Baxter Lieutenant Moyle Lieutenant Aires Ensigne Mack Worth Ensigne Harcourt Ensigne Squib Sariant Sheldrake Sariant Goddard Of the French Tercia   Companies Slaine Hurt The Regiment of Monsieur Chastillon 11. 37. 44. Coronell Hauteriue 9. 25. 42. Duke de Candale 9. 26. 54. Maisonnefve 9. 31. 46. Douchans 10. 35. 74. Count Maurice 5. 20. 26. Summa 51. 182. 303. Officers Slaine and Hurt in his Highnesse Quarter of the French Tercia 7. Officiers Slaine Monsieur Charnaze Ambassadour and Coronell Captaine de Cars Mons. Sailly L. to Capt Valandre Captaine Barrier his Ensigne Monsieur Corafel his Lieutenant Des Maries Lieut to Mons de Candale Saint Sire Ensigne to Monsieur de Buat 13. Hurt Captaine Beauchaine Captaine Bantelu Sauuet at Lieutenant to Monsieur Beauchaine Mr. Brot Lie to Capt de Gonne Mons Pisel Lieutenant to Capt de Barriere Saint Hermin Ensigne to Capt Creuset Mons Lerbalde Lieut to L Co Capt la Cappelle The Ensigne de Mons la Cappelle Remon Lieut du Capt Estrade Olomme Ensigne to Sar Maiour Autege Hertain Ensigne to Count Maurice his Companie Le Chevalier Vaucelar La Borde Sariant to Monsieur le Mareschals Chastillons Companie The Forces that came with Count Harrie Cassimier Gouernour of Frizland   Slaine Hurt The 51 Companies under the commaund of Count Harry 171. 250. 8 Companies vnder the command of Lieut Coron Boshuysen 27. 32. 12 Vnder Coronell Ferentz 8. 24. Sum 71 Companies 206. 306. Officers Slaine and Hurt in the quarter of my Lord Count Henry Casimir Gouernour of Friezland 5 Officers Slaine Captaine Nassaw Captaine vanden Brand. Captaine Roussell Hattem Lieut to Capt Roussell Slip Ensigne to Capt Slip. 12. Hurt Coronell Potter Captaine Huygens Captaine Asima Captaine Iacob Slip. Gesaw Capt Lieut to the Coronell Lauwick Lieut to Cap Lauwick Martin Lieut to Capt Hoen Scape Lieut to Coronell Ogle Capt Dimers Lieutenant Meger Lieut to Capt Harsholt Ockinga Ensig of the Frieze garde The Inginier Slip. Of Count Williams of Nassaws Tercia Lord Marshall of the Feild   Companies Slaine Hurt The Regiment of His Highnesse 9. 28. 39. Count Williams 10. 37. 51. Coronell Erentruiter 9. 18. 35. The Lord of Beverward 7. 19. 32. Coron Wynebergen 7. 24. 43. Coronell Balford 7. 32. 30. Lord Aumont 7. 19. 40. Coronell Sandalien 7. 47. 41. Summa 63. 224. 316. Officiers Slaine and Hurt in Count Williams quarter Lord Marshall of the Feild 7 Officiers Slaine Captaine Schuiren Captaine Williamson Sar Ma Caddet his Lieutenant Stoltenburck L to Ca Amerongē La Grandiere Ensig vnto my Lord Beverweerd Coronell Hamelton Li. to Li. Cor Erskins Ensigne Fargison Ensigne to Capt Kilpatrick 12 Hurt Coronell Sandalien Coronell Wynebergen Lieut Coronell Couts Captaine Balford Capt Kilpatrick Sar Maiour Erentruiter The Lieutenant of the Firelocks Ensigne Niece to Capt Scott Sar Corbit Ensigne Drommont Sar Inglish Sar Linesey In Coronell Ferens quarter Capt. Boetzelar Hurt Horse Captaines Hurt Sir Iohn Connyers Cap Wilmot Officers of the Field Hurt Monsieur Percevall Quartermaster Generall Monsieur Abel Quartermaster Quart Egmonds Inginier Quartermaster Stephanus Francis Perceval Inginier 4 Voluntiers Slaine Lieut Coronell Henderson Captaine Crofts Monsieur Stuuer Monsieur Coklemonde 10 Voluntiers Hurt My Lord Grandisson Mr. Apsley Mr. Oneall Monsieur Rieux Monsieur Ferandiere Monsieur Bardona Monsieur Constantine Monsieur vanden Brande Monsieur Dumorier Monsieur Matinase Officiers Voluntiers Slaine 30. Hurt 70. Summa Totaliis of the Souldiers and Gentlemen Slaine of these 246 Companies 820. 1283. Canon Shott vpon the Towne 23130. Powder Shott away in Canon and Musketts 320000. The Charges Extraordinarie of the Outworks Approches Circumualation Redoubts Batteries Stopping the Riuers makeing of Dammes with the Galleries and all other Workes and Trenches during the siege of Breda Cost the States 500000. Gilders It is Recorded that while the Marquesso Spinila was a takeing of this Citty it cost his Maiestie the King of Spaine Eight Millions of Gilders