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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A73873	A briefe report of the militarie seruices done in the Low Countries, by the Erle of Leicester: written by one that serued in good place there in a letter to a friend of his	Digges, Thomas, d. 1595.	1587 (1587)	STC 7285.2; ESTC S110913	20,751	34

of importance it was like to draw the enimie from Bercke to succour it it was perilous also for our armie to be left vngotten behind vs for that lieng almost in the way of our passage betwéene Arnham and the campe we must haue béene constrained if we had procéeded to Bercke to haue left good forces for the assurance of that passage There was in it captaine Sampson a valiant old soldier a Wallon with 300 soldiers and about 500. Burgers that bare armes The resolution being taken for the siege of this Towne the armie not knowing but they should passe on to Bercke vpon the sodaine his Excellencie appointed Count Hollocke with the Erle of Essex sir Phillip Sidney and others with seauen or 800. foote and 500. horse to march by night and taking the passages of the towne to begin the siege by the breake of the day on twesday the 30. of August His Excellencie with the whole armie that day followed marching back thither from Elten in an order woorth the noting for that the bands extended to the vttermost made show of fourtéen or fiftéene thousand whereas indéed horse and foote both were not complete eight thousande He came earely that afternoone to Duisbourge and himselfe in person within arcabuze shot tooke viewe of the wals on al the east side and that night set pyoners and soldiers to intrenching within halfe arcabuze shot Our ordinance was not yet come The next night his Excellencie vnderstanding that our pyoners had left their worke at the trenches himselfe betwéene eleuen and twelue of the clocke at night went with sir William Pelham and some few of his garde to sée what was doing and being within thréescore yeardes of the Towne ditch both going togither a musket shot from the wall stroke sir William Pelham most dangerously in the bellie but pierced not his entrailes so that he escaped death and was abroade againe within two daies The next day came our ordinance and the morning after it was planted Then had we also newes that the prince of Parma being certified of our sitting downe here woulde be with vs within foure daies Wherewith the former opinion of his Excellencie for the leuie of the princes campe by this diuersion was fully confirmed The ordenance being ten péeces plaied on Friday the second of September from the breake of day till two in the afternoone his Excellencie being continually hard by them in the trenches and had made two breaches reasonablie assaultable but yet so filled vp againe by those within with logs earth bedding and such other trash that the assault was difficult especially a water of a yard and more déepe and thréescore foote broade being betwéene the assailors and the wall But such was the courage of our men of all nations that without further batterie they extorted with great importunitie from his Excellencie being in the trenches a resolution for a present assault And the contention being great betwéene the leaders to whom the honour of the assault shoulde be giuen it was ordered by his Excellencie that Count Hollocke with the Dutch and Scots sir Iohn Norris with the English and Irish should ech attempt one breach They foorthwith ordered their squadrons accordingly with so generall courage and ioy as was maruellous to behold and did indéede daunt the enimie more as themselues afterwardes confessed than any thing else that was done Great also and many and most earnest were the particular suites of priuate noble men and gentlemen for leaue to go to the assault which his Excellencie would grant to verie few of them The squadrons standing at the water side readie to passe to the assault the enimies within hauing hitherto valiantly and soldierlike carried themselues and now laboring to repaire the breaches and standing in armes to receiue vs yet séeing presently before their eies their owne imminent danger especially mooued with the resolution of our people they offered first an accord vpon conditions which his Excellencie refused and thervpon they yéelded simplie with grant of life to the common soldier onely Which being accepted the towne was rendred and sir Iohn Boroughes and sir William Stanley appointed to the garde of it till further order This Exploite being happily atchiued without losse vpon aduise it was resolued to stay there a while aswell to take order for the safe kéeping of the towne as also to abide there the princes comming with his campe if he had meaning to séeke vs and especially for that neither victuals nor furniture for our ordinance were then come sufficient for any further present attempt There were two or thrée english miles from Duisborough somwhat towards Zutphen a castle called Voerdon a strong place called Hackfourd house held by the enimy which greatly annoied those parts It was thought expedient in the meane time to take in these castle house for which cause certain companies were sent thither They answered at the first stoutly But afterwards being made beléeue the cannon was at hand they yéelded Our newes came often to Duisboroughe that the prince with his campe was risen from Berck That he had laide his bridge ouer the Rhyne with intent to passe towardes vs and indéede he was whyles we lay there passed with his armie and as we learned minded to haue assaied the succouring of Duisbourge if it had not béene taken sooner then he expected But hearing it was gone and vnderstanding that our campe laie as indéed it did verie strongly he staied on this side the Rhyne néere Weesell about thirtie english miles from vs with intent to returne and to procéed in the siege of Berck as we were verie credibly enformed The E. of Leycester hauing now set full order in the towne his prouisions being come and finding that the prince made no haste towards him in that place though he might haue séemed to haue attained his principall intent in raising the siege of Berck with some ouerplus of aduantage in getting Duisbourge yet to drawe the prince further away from Berck that it might be wholie reléeued as also for diuers other good reasons he resolued to depart thence towards Zutphen and accordingly on the thirtéene of September marched thither with his whole campe and there sat downe about an english mile from the towne on the riuer side next Zutphen and the princes campe Zutphen is the chiefe towne of the Countie of Zutphen scituate on the east banke of the riuer Yssell about equall distance of sixe or seauen english miles from Duisbourge on the south and from Deuenter on the northeast quarter It is of it selfe strong but important in this only that it hindreth the frée passage of the Yssell in the places néere about it But on the north west side of the riuer right ouer against Zutphen and within musket shot of the Towne in the prouince of the Vellowe in the Duchie of Gelders were two forts called the forts of Zutphen such of importance as they spoiled the whole prouince of the Vellowe

within who with all warlike skill omitted nothing that mought be required in souldiours for defence But the resolution was to attempt them which was done with such valure of our souldiours his Excellencie himselfe ordering the batteries at some of them and without respect of trauel or danger putting his owne hand to the trenches and other workes to be made for the approches as at length at seuerall times they were all yéelded Another thing of good importaunce was then to be done also A little aboue the Towlehuise in Cleueland is a small Islande in the riuer of Rhyne in place where the Rhyne diuiding himselfe taketh the right hande course downe to Arnham and retaineth still the name of Rhyne and on the left hand passeth to Newmegen and is in Latin called Vahalis in vulgar Dutch the Wale The Islande is called Grauenswert and being fortified might commaunde both the riuers of Rhyne and Wale from that place downward that nothing coulde passe to Arnham or Newmegen It was thought verie important to surprise this Islande and to builde a forte in it but the matter required celeritie secrecie and good strength of men bicause the enimie was néere It was committed to be done to sir Martin Skenck he was now knighted before at Vtricht and had giuen him by his Excellencie at his receiuing of knighthood a chaine of golde of a thousand crownes sir Martin whiles his Excellencie was occupied in winning the forts and castles tooke the Island built the forte and hauing left it defensible and well manned returned againe to his Excellencie who hauing nowe gotten the fortes and castles and so cléered the whole prouince of Bettowe and left not one enimie in it thought fit to procéede in his principall intent of drawing néere the enimie at Graue He had first to passe the riuer of Wale then to marche eight english miles in the enimies countries to the Mase Graue where the prince his campe lay As he began to prouide his passage ouer the Wale the newes were sodainly brought him that Graue was yéelded This séemed so strange that it was not at the first beléeued aswell bicause it was knowne to be of great strength and victualed and thorowly prouided of all necessaries for nine Monethes as also and more specially for that his Excellencie had receiued two letters from Baron Hemart captaine of Graue the one the daie before the other the same day wherein Hemart wished his Excellencie to do what else he thought conuenient and to haue no care of Graue for he was well able to defend it against all men for one halfe yéere These letters were sent to the Q. Maiestie but in the ende the newes were found true The Town was yéelded and his Excellencie bethinking him what was fit to be done and séeing his army nothing equall to the enimies the numbers being so far different as is before rehearsed vnderstanding also that almost all the Townes néere about as Bomell Arnham Amersfort Deuenter and the rest of Guelders and Ouerissell stoode in tickle tearmes likely to yéelde if the enimie came néere them and finding indéede that the prince had alreadie sent part of his armie towards Bomelsverte he sent foorthwith strong garrisons into the next frontire Townes and Bomell being thought to be then in some danger himselfe went thither with fiftéene hundred footemen and fiue hundred horse where he assured that Towne and the Island being of great importaunce and tooke such order for the rest as that time and the small meanes he then had would permit Hemart for his sodaine yéelding of Graue without good cause being sufficiently furnished of all necessaries for defence and contrarie to assuraunce of it giuen by his owne letters but the same day and the day before comming to Bomell was there apprehended and caried to Vtricht his proces drawne and in solemne assemblie by Co. Hollock himselfe and all the rest of the Coronels and Martiall officers of the Dutch English and diuers other nations adiudged to die and was publikely executed accordingly with two others of his captaines I will not speak of what difficultie the matter was thought to do this executiō the party being a baron of a Barons liuing great by birth and alliance in those parts his Excellencie a stranger the Estate in broken termes and the example there scant séene before But the fact fell out so plaine that his Excellencie woulde not be intreated but that iustice shoulde procéede the iudges coulde not but condemne him and the people though sorye for the man yet much reioiced to sée the iustice done Amongest diuers others nowe sent to strengthen the garrions in sundrye places sir Martin Skenck and sir Roger Williams were appointed with certaine horse footmen to sée if they might enter Venloe whither it was thought the enimie would make his next iourney Venloe is a Towne of the Dutchie of Gelders situate vpon the riuer of Mase seauen or eight english miles from Graue then in the gouernment of sir Martin Skenck who had garrison in it of seauen hundred dutch souldiours but himselfe was absent and attempting to get into it went as I saie with sir Roger Williams and about a hundred horse But they founde themselues preuented and all the passages taken by the enimie But yet minding to assay if with their horsemen they might possiblie breake through the gardes they gaue in the night a sodaine most valiaunt attempt vpon the whole campe and slue manie euen néere to the princes owne lodging But directing themselues towardes the Towne and finding the turnpikes shut and garded with strong watch of Muskeyteires and the campe nowe all vp in armes and the day drawing on they turned their course towards Wachtendoucke a Towne of the Estates seauen or eight miles of where themselues and manie of their companie entred and saued themselues from the whole cauallarie of the enimie now pursuing them some thirtie or fortie of their company were slaine and taken The prince then planted thorowly his siedge of Venloe which the townes men in short space yéelded to him whiles the souldiours stoode at defence of the walles Whiles these things were thus in doing in those partes the L. Willoughbie Gouernour of Berghes apzome in Brabant hauing intelligence of a great Conuoy of victuall and other prouisions to be brought out of the furder partes of Brabant next Cleueland and Lukeland into Antwerpe and hauing good aduertisement of the time of their comming vpon the 23. of Maie he met with them in their waie about eight or ten english miles from Antwerpe himself had with him thrée cornets of horse and three companies of foote the conuoy was foure hundred wagons and garded with souldiours and of the countrie people to the number of a thousande He set vpon them slue and put to flight all the people burnt and spoiled almost all the wagons and prouisions and some mares wagons and such other things as he thought fit he brought away with him to