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
A TRVE AND BRIEFE RELATION OF THE FAMOVS 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 Printed at Delft by JAMES MOXON And are to be sould at Hendricus Hondius neere the gevangen Port in the Hagh Anno 1637. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE AND MOST Noble Lord HENRY LORD RICH of KENSINGTON Earle of HOLLAND Captaine of his Majesties Guard and Gentlemen of the Bed-Chamber Chancellor of the Vniversity of CAMBRIDGE Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter and one of his Majesties thost Honourable Privie Councill c. RIGHT HONORABLE YOVR LORDSHIPS GRACIOVS ACCEPtance of my former Booke intituled The Principles of the Art militarie hath giuen mee encouragement to annex a second addition to it in the Practick of the famous seige and taking in of Breda this yeere by his Highnesse the Prince of Orange our Generall Marquesse Spinola of famous memorie one of the best Generals that euer his Maiestie the King of Spaine had in his Netherlandish warres blockt it vp in the yeeres 1624 and 1625 eleuen months and odd daies and had his Herman Hugo a Jesuite who in commendations of the Marquesse wrot a relation of some memorable actions touching this seige to posteritie and did it well It is now my turne according to my weake ability to writ some thing also to succeeding ages in the honour and memoriall of his Highnesse the Prince of Orange and those chiefe Commanders Gentlemen and Souldiers vnder his Commaund that were at the seige this yeare and I hope truely without giving offence to any man Heere your honour shall see the difference betweene a Towne blocked vp which is a languishing death and a Towne brauely beseiged taken in by Approaches which in a Souldiers opinion is accounted more honorable Againe if your Lordship compare the times of the one and of the other Generall together you shall finde that there was neuer Towne so strongly fortified hauing 3000 able men to defend it regained in so short a time to wit in 50 daies from the 18 of August namely the night that wee first brak ground against this towne till the sixth of October following that the Enemy cald for a parley your Honor may see the admirable expedition notwithstanding all opposition within and without to relieue it his hignesse made which the oldest souldiers in these Warres haue not seene the like This breife relation then craues that vnder your Lo gracious patronage it may finde fauour to come out in English to the view of the world to giue satisfaction to some of our owne nation that were at this seige which if it be acceptable to your honour as my former was then I am bound in a double Obligation to pray vnto the Almighty to blesse your noble family with much encrease of honour in this world and to crowne you with eternall felicity in the next resting Your Lordships deuoted Seruant euer to Commaund HENRY HEXHAM AN INFORMATION TO THE READER OF the State of BREDA Formerly CVRTEOVS READER the Cittie of Breda taken in this yeare by his Highnesse the Prince of Orange lying in the Land of Kempen is a part of the Dukedome of great Brabant and the Head-Towne of a braue Barrony hauing 16 villages and a walled Towne vnder the Jurisdiction thereof Among the which there is Steen-bergen a Towne newly fortifyed with a Strong-Fort or two vpon the hauen Rosendale a great and a very pleasant village and Osterhout a goodly Lord-ship This Citty is situated vpon a riuer called the Marck whose headspring beginneth some foure English Miles aboue Hoogh-strate It lyeth one and twentie English miles a halfe from Lier one and twenty from Anwerpe 15 from Bergin op Zoom 15 from Turnhout 9 from Seuenberke and 6 from Getruydenberke This Citty and Barronie fell by marriage to the illustrious house of Nassaw Anno 1404 two hundred three and thirty yeares agoe For that yeare Count Englebert Eare af Nassaw Espoused the Lady Io ane the onely Inheritrix of this Barronie of Breda and the Land of Leck for a long time it was the Court and ancient ressidency of the Earles of Nassaw vntill such time that Duke D' Alva by his tirannie droue Prince William the old Prince of Orange and Earle of Nassaw his Highnes Father of famous memorie out of his ancient inheritance It hath in it a goodly Castle double moated founded by Count Henry of Nassaw which if it had bene finished according to the model thereof it would haue bene one of the beautisullest goodliest Structures of Brabant Since the Warres began it hath bene strongly fortified with many Bulwarks Horneworks Halfe-moons Rauelings and a large moate round about the Towne in some places 14. rod or 180 foote broade 9 or 10 foote deepe with a good Counterskarfe without it This Towne hath suffered much by the warres as by surprises blocking vp Seiges hath beene subiect to many changes some times being lost and other-wiles regayned on both sides For in the yeere of our Lord 1585. Prince William of famous memorie enioyed it peaceably till Hautpenny one of the Ennemies Commanders surprized it that yeare on the 25 of Iune plundred it and burnt diuerse houses in it and so it continewed vnder the power of the King of Spayne vntill Prince Maurice of famous Memorie by a braue Stratagem vnder the conduct of Captaine Herangier who with 70 other vailliant and resolute men hid vnder a Turfe-Schip comming into the Castle by night broke out of that couert Ambuscado cutt of a Corps degard and tooke in the Castle Prince Maurice marching with part of the States Army to second his dessigne tooke in both Castle and Towne on the fourth of march in the yeare 1590. After this being an ill neighbour to the Busse Anthony Schtes the Gouenour thereof and Lord of Grubbing donck had an other enterprizce vpon it and falling on in the night with 4000 foote and eleuen troupe of horse those of Breda takeiug the alarme betimes he finding them in a readenesle to entertaine him was beaten off with the losse of a hundred men Againe Marquesse Spinola haueing Anno 1622 layne long before Bergin op zoom and lost and hurt in the space of twelue weekes a matter of ten thousand men before it being so repulsed by my Lord Morgan then commaunding with the Gouernour the Commanders Captaines officers souldiers of all Nations that he could not get so much as a foote of ground of them though he attempted and assaulted oftentimes the outworkes with the losse of a great many mē who at last by the cōming of Prince Morrice of happie memorie and Count Mansfeild to Rossendale with the States Armie not willing to stand them on a sudden brake vp and quitted the seige in the
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
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
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
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