WE doubt not but your Excellency is informed, how that the Ene­my, on Sunday last being the 18. of Februarie old Stile, marched with his whole pow­er foure daies, and foure nights one after another, and came with a great fu­ry, and noyse falling upon us, when we had not all our Troupes together, with a resolu­tion to relieve Rhyns-field, and to raise our siege.

Neverthelesse we found our selves in such a state, that we durst make head against him, and attend his comming, and fought hard all that day, not knowing who should have the better of it; notwithstanding this long dispute, the enemy lost many more men than we did, and because the enemy drew on, and [Page 2] the night overtooke us, both sides held the field; but wee marched the same night up towards Loopenburch, to joyne with our Re­giments, which lay on the other side of the Rhine. And on Tuesday after (in the name of God) wee marched againe directly upon the Enemy, and gave him a brave charge.

And so upon Wednesday betweene Buc­ken and Rhyns-field, the Enemy drawing in­to battaile, wee fell upon them so hotly, breaking their Battalions, that it pleased the Almighty God to cast his gracious eye upon us, and to give us a brave Victo­ry over our Enemies. In which battaile we tooke not only both the Generalls of the Emperours Army, namely, the Duke de Sa­velli, and John de Weerdt, and likewise two Serjeant Major Generalls of the Army, to wit, Erckefort, Speerruyter, but also all the Co­lonells and Lieutenant Colonells with other Officers, yea all (saving those that were slain) most of them Horsemen; and all their Foot are taken Prisoners: yea so many that there escaped none, but Lieutenant Colonell Lam­boy; besides a great number of Standards, Colours and Cornets, given into our hands, with others brought unto us every day.

This blessing over our Armes, which it hath pleased the Almighty God graciously to give us, we hope by his helpe it may tend [Page 3] to the deliverance of many poore afflicted and distressed people, but especially for the good and the strengthening of the Armes of the Kingdome of Sweden, and for the suc­couring of many others, which serve under the Command of the Lord Marshall Bannier, as likewise for the good of our deare Coun­trey, and to the comfort of the oppressed Churches in it, that professe the Gospel, which we hope may tend to the restauration thereof againe.

Wee have therefore cause from the bot­tome of our hearts, to render thankes, glory and praise unto Almighty God for this great and extraordinary benefit, that it will please him to continue his fatherly helpe and assi­stance more and more unto us, and to blesse, governe, and direct by his good providence our designes, that they may all tend to the glory of his holy Name, for the good of the Kingdome of Swethland and the State of the Evangelicall League, that at last we may obtaine that long desired peace.

• THe Generall the Duke de Savelli.
• The Generall John de Weerdt.
• Serjeant Major Generall Erkefort.
• Serjant Major Generall Speerruyter.
• The Earle ef Furstenberg.
• Colonell Nieuwenich.
• Colonell Goldt.
• Colonell Hendricksheyne.
• Lieutenant Colonell de Colli.
• Lieutenant Colonell Sennaff.
• Lieutenant Colonell Belle.
• Serjeant Major Kiannus.
• The chiefe Serjeant Major Anthony de Weerdt.
• 9 Horse Captaines.
• 12 Lieutenants.
• 12 Foot Captaines.
• [Page 6] 10 Cornets.
• 14 Ensigne bearers.
• 2 Adjcutants.
• 2 Quartermasters.
• 21 Corporalls.
• 42 Standards or Cornets.
• 22 Foot Colours.
• 3 Regiment Speeces.
• 800 Horsemen.
• 1200 Foot all taken prisoners.

They had no baggage nor Ordinance with them.

• The Commander Wolligh.
• The Commander Stovenfoole.
• The Commander Gerthansen.
• 3 Serjeant Majors.
• 7 Horse Captaines.
• 9 Foot Captaines.
• 12 Lieutenants.
• 9 Ensignes.
• 500 Private Souldiers.

• [Page 7]John Philips Rhyne-Grave.
• The Horse Captaine Bansted, and 150 private Souldiers.
• Hurt. The Duke of Rohan. The Commander Lellerton.
• Prisoners. The Commander Erlach. The Com­missary Generall Scavilliski, and Lieutenant Co­lonell Pennenergh.

Yesterday the 25. of February Old Stile, Duke Bernard strongly besieged Rhynefield a­gaine on both sides. The Governor of Rhine­field will listen to no composition; It will goe hard with him. The Duke hath sent the Duke of Savelli, and John de Weerdt in his coach to Lauffenburg, and the two Serjeant Major Ge­neralls rode on horseback. Lieftenant Colo­nell Wyndenhem is sent from the Duke to the King of France, with Standards, Colours, and Cornets.

I Cannot omit to give your Lordship to understand by these, the great Victory, which Duke Bernard Wymer hath got over the Imperiallists. Last Sunday about two of the Clock in the after-noone John de Weerdt, the Duke de Savelli, the Earle of Furstenbergh, and Speerruyter came with nine Regiments of Horse, two Regiments of Dragoones, two Companies of Crabats, and two thousand Foot (among which there were many Swart­waldish Pesants) through the Swartwalde to Bucken by Rhynefield, with intent to fall upon the Duke of Wymer in Bucken unawares. But the Duke having got intelligence of their comming, rose with sixe Regiments of horse, and sixe hundred Muskettiers, to meet the Enemy, and fought with them till evening, [Page 10] many men falling on both sides, but the most on the Dukes side, in regard hee was much weaker than the Enemy; for a great many of his men being sent abroad to get intelligence of the Enemy. Whereupon hee presently quitted the siege of Rhynefield, and gathered all his men and Ordinance together, to make a head against the Enemy, which were quartered upon the hills, having but little forrage and victualls with them, because of the mountaines; so that in regard of the shortnesse of the time, they could not bring much along with them. About the middest of the last weeke, at the breake of the day, John de Weerdt brake up againe, and for want of forrage was driven to march to­wards Friburgh, whereupon Duke Barent tooke some Ordinance along with him, and went to encounter the Enemy, and met with him not far from Rhynefield at Overwylen, and fell upon them with such a fury, routed and beat them so, that it is thought there is not above foure hundred men left of them escaped, taking all their Standards, Cor­nets, Horse and foot Colours; so that every one of the Dukes souldiers got two three or foure prisoners: Also all their Chiefes and Officers, as John de Weerdt, the Duke of Savelli, Furstenbergh, Speerruyter, Serjeant Major Ge­nerall Erkefort, all taken prisoners; so that [Page 11] the Wimerish account this a greater Victory than the Battaile of Nordelingen. For verely it is a great and a brave Victory, that three Generalls of the Emperours at a time, and in one Battaile should be overthrowne and taken prisoners. There were slaine dead upon the place 2500 men, besides many that were cut in pieces by the Turne pikes.

The number of prisoners taken on the Emperours side are accounted to bee above two thousand, but there are not many lost on the Dukes side; among the which there was the Rhyne-grave John Philips, the Com­mander Bredendorf, Scavilliski, and the Chiefe­taine Erlach carried prisoners into Rhyne-field, which by taking in of the towne will be all set at liberty: For Duke Bernard hath be­sieged the Towne againe with all earnest­nesse, and hopes in a short time to become master of it. The Imperiallists were two to one, which is accounted a brave businesse a­mong the Wimerish to beat their enemies so all to pieces.

• LAmboyes Curassiers.
• Walloes Harquebusiers.
• Gelins Curassiers.
• Horst. Harqueb.
• Nyenech Harq.
• Metternicks Harquebusiers.
• John de Weerdts owne Regim. Harq.
• Belle Curassiers.
• Wolf Dragoniers.