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A03136	A true and briefe relation of the famous seige of Breda beseiged, and taken in vnder the able and victorious conduct of his Highnesse the Prince of Orange, captaine generall of the States armie, and admirall of the seas, &c. Composed by Henry Hexham quartermaster to the regiment of the honorable Coronell Goring.	Hexham, Henry, 1585?-1650?; Hondius, Hendrik, b. 1573. Baronnie van Breda.; Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, 1584-1647.	1637 (1637)	STC 13265; ESTC S104008	46,456	76

we wrought vpon the line with great expedition while the rest of our army these three dayes lay in bataille On Sunday before noon the quartermaster Generall the particular quartermasters of euery Regiment drew out the French quarters vpon the heigths and the English quarter vpon the heath neerer the towne And on Munday being the 27 the Regiments and companies drew into their quarters and cast vp a Trench before them euen from the mast wood to the riuer side Tewsday Wensday and Thursday were spent in reparing our line raising it and makeing a foot-banke to yt and in finishing the Trenches before the head of our quarters Vpon Friday the 14 of Iuly there were sent downe in the night with Monsieur Perceuall the quartermaster Generall 150 English as many French all worke men to breake ground iust halfe way betwene Breda and Ginnekins where they cast vp a small halfemoone a redout by the water mill and the burnt houses to keepe in the Ennemy Satterday the first of August was spent in repairing the line Upon Sunday about three of the Clock in the morning the Ennemy sallyed out vpon these two small workes some 150 men and discharged a volley of shott vpon them but hearing our Trumpetter of the horse gard sound a charge retreated presently this was onely to discouer for vpon Munday the third about the same hower in the morning they Sallied our againe about 200 men with fire-lockes encompassing both the works offred to giue on vpon one of the points of the half moone giuing fire vpon our men But Monsieur Beringham who commands the Princes troupe came thether with some horsemen from the Princes gard notfarre of and sounding a charge the Ennemy instantly retreated as fast as they could into the outworckes of the Towne and being come vnder their ordinance they shott from of the Bulwarks and walls about 20 Canon shott vpon those workes and vpon the way vp towards Ginnekens leauing dead behinde them a Sariant a gallant man and 5 or 6 others slayne and carryed of at least 15 or 16 hurt men Vpon this seruice Lieutenant Loofe Lieutenant tot Lieut Coronell Thienen was hurt About this time his Highnes the Prince Elector Palatine with his Bretheren Prince Rupert and Prince Maurice and a great traine of English Noblemen and Gentlemen came to the siege who during the whole time of it were euery day as frequent and forward in the Approaches as any needy Cadet could bee that sought to make his fortune that way And were attended on by Sir Robart Stone Sir Thomas Billing sley Mr. Karr Mr. Daniell Mr. Hamptden Mr. Grissin their owne followers accompained also with the Earles of Warwick and Northhampton my Lord Grandisson Sir William Howard Mr. Oneall Captaine Crofts Mr. Apsley Mr. Fanchy Mr. Eldrington Mr. Neale and afterwards Mr. Neuill who putt themselues vnder Coronell Gorings commaund and marched with his Companie to their gards And Mr. Georg and Mr. Walter Vane mounted themselues vnder the Princes Troupe His Hghnesse the Cardinall Infante hearing now that the Prince of Orange with our Army was set downe before Breda made all the expedition that possibly he could to gather a head from among his harried troupes who had had long and wearisome marches for the defending of the coast of Flanders the land of Waes other places pickt vp a reasonable Army consisting of some 10000 foote and 50 troups of horse the most of them being imployed against the French to resist thē hinder their incursious progresse into the Prouinces of Henegow and Artois and on the 24. of Iuly new stile accompanyed with Prince Tomaso of Sauoy Count Feria some other Grands came to Antwerpe drawing on the 23. 7 or 8 Canon through it The same day came the Regiment of Bruon to him being a matter of twelue hundred men strong who had thought to haue put his Regiment into Breda but was preuented deceiued baked 80 thousand loaues of Bread for his army and gaue them some Money and drew out of Gelders Gennip and Steuensward and other forts and places all men that might be spared to see if he could relieue Breda his mē promising him that they would either venter for to relieue it or to dye before it but the carefulnesse and industry of his Highnes the Prince of Orange was such that it was a thing impossible for them to break through our line The Cardinall Infante then the second of August being come to great little Sundert Rysbergen which is an howers going frō the Hagh Count Williams quarter as the mapp of the Barronie of Breda showes quartered in these three villages hutted cast vp for their safegard some trauerses vpon the auenues passages and showed a matter of 17 troups of his Horse vpon the heath within lesse then a Canon shot of Count Williams quarter who saluted them from his Batteries with our Ordinance and slew some foure or fiue of them shott of the chaps of a horse which they left behind them so retreated Those of Breda seing their freinds were come so neare with hopes of reliefe did encourage them and on the third fourth and fifth of August hung out lanternes vpon the topp of their high steeple to shew them the way into the Towne by night but by the vigilencie of his Highnesse our out-line by that time was made so stronge that they durst not venter to breake through it The Ennemy being come so nere vs now was a time of action for 10 or 12 nights one after an other as long as the Cardinalls Armie lay in these villages aboue named our whole army horse foote of all nations euery night drew out after the warning peece went of to besett the out line euery companie to march to their seuerall stations attend the Ennemy if he durst haue attempted any thing for the reliefe of Breda once more he showed 14 troupe of his horse which were beaten back with our Cannon as the former were Vpon wensday night the 12 of August 400 of our horse went and gaue the Ennemy an allarme in the night and beate vp their horse gards to a trauerse which they had cast vp before their quarter slew foure or fiue of the Ennemy and finding there some of their foote to second them our men retreated with the loose also of some foure or fiue men On Fryday night the 14 of August the Cardinall Infante seing noe possibilitie to breake through our line and Army in the night sent away a part of his forces who brake vp and fired their quarters and the next morning rose with the grosse of his Army marching towards Loone other villages in Brabant hauing a secret plott and enterprize vpon the Sconce of the Vorne and Thei l and before that had giuen order to those troupes of his which were drawneout of Gelders Gennep and Steuensward to march to these two places who comming to the Maze

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

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