LƲXEMBOƲRG, the Metropolis of the Dutchy, bearing the same Name, is finely seated, commodious, of a great Compass, and very strong: being also indifferently full of Houses. The principal Church is Dedicated to St. Nicholas. There is besides a very fair Convent; which as it is said, the Inscriptions also upon the Walls thereof testifying as much, was one of the first of St. Francis's Order, built in his life time. This Town has undergone many Misfortunes, having upon all occasions of War, served for the Butt, whereat Fortune discharged her Arrows. It was in the year 1542. taken and Plunder'd by the French; under the Command of the Duke of Orleans, Son to the great King Francis the 1st. In the Year 1543. it was again taken and Plundered by the French, and was Finally on the fourth of June in this present Year 1684. brought under the Dominion of the French.

[Page] [...] [Page 3] [...] [Page 4] The Town of Luxembourg is built upon a Rock, washed almost on every side by a little River, called Alsiette, which comes from the South, and having almost encompassed that place, conti­nues its course towards the North. The part of the Rock environed by the River is exceeding steep, and needs no other Defence but its natu­ral Scituation: so that they have scarce built any Fortifications on those sides. The side not en­vironed by the River, which looks towards the West, is Fortified with four Bastions cut into the Rock, as is also the Ditch, which is very deep. There are before these Bastions, Countergards, Half-Moons and Ravelins cut into the Rock, as are al­so the Ditches that cover them. Before all these Works there are two open ways with their Cau­seys; the first whereof is defended by four Re­douts of Stone in the Angles, bearing out from the Counterscarp. This side which is not invironed by the River, was the only place whereby the Town could be assaulted, all the rest being found too steep; and of this side the part attacked was the new Gate, which is on the North, near the place where the River begins to turn away from the Town.

The French Army commanded by the Mare­schal de Crequi invested the Place April the 28th. [Page 5] 1684. New-style. Some days were spent in pre­paritives for the Siege, and taking their Quarters.

The Head Quarters were setled from the height of Bambuche to the Village of Merle: and there were quartered eight Squadrons and Batal­lions, with four Companies of Cannoniers. The Quarters of the Count du Plessis, the Marquess de Genlis, and the Sieur de Joyeuse Lieutenant Generals were thus ordered, the first from Lin­sing to the Hill of the Abby of Bonnevoye with Seven Squadrons, and Eleven Batallions; the se­cond from the same Hill to the stream which goes up towards the Village of Hant, with five Batallions; the third from the River of Alsiette, as you go back again up to Hant, as far as the Village of Homeldange, and there were Posted eight Squadrons, and six Batallions. There were al­so quartered in the bottom of Homeldange two Squadrons of Dragoons of the Baron de Hasfeld, with two Batallions of Fugeliers, and the Compa­ny of Miners and Gunners.

May the 8th. the Mareschal de Crequi gave Orders to open their Trenches.

The Count du Plessys, Lieutenant General for the day, the Count de Broglio, Mareschal de Camp, and the Duke de la Ferte, Brigadier of Foot, Post­ed themselves between five and six in the Evening [Page 6] on the Hills of our Lady of Consolation, with two Batallions of Compaign, which had at their Head the Baily Colbert, Colonel of that Regiment, one Batallion of Enguien, and one of la Ferte. The two first Batallions march'd in a Bottom behind the Chappel, and two others on their Left­hand, upon the Reverse of these Hills. The Count de Talart, Brigadier of Horse, came upon the same Hills with the Horse under his Command, which were four Hundred, to Guard the Trenches, having before him two Hundred Foot to make use of, in case the Besieged should make any Sally. At Nine in the Evening they opened about half a Musket-shot from the Counterscarp, a Trench, parallel to the attack'd side of the place, about five Hundred Toises long, and this work was carried on two several ways, the one by the Chappel on the Left-hand of the Head Quarters; and the other on the side of Paffendal, on the other side of the opposite place. The Pioneers of the Attack of Champaign, carried on the work from the Right to the Left, within fifty or sixty Toises of the Chappel of Miracles, which is about a Pistol-shot from the Counterscarp; and those of the Attack of la Ferte and Enguien carried on the work from the Left to the Right: and these works met about the Mid-way. The Sieur de Vauban, Mareschal of [Page 7] the Kings Camps and Armies, who had been at Noon to view the Counterscarp, and who had the inspection over these two Attacks, caused to be traced this Night two Batteries, with Lines of Communication to the Trench, upon a rising Ground, about thirty or forty Toises on this side the Chappel, in respect of the Besiegers. The Marquess de Renti, Mareschal de Camp, made a false Attach upon the height of the Fauxbourg of Gromp, or of the Basse-Ville, with a Batallion of Conde; The Marquess de Crenan made another by the bottom of the Abby of Bonnevoy with five Hundred detached men: and at the same time there was a Battery traced upon the Hill of Paf­fendal, where there was a Batallion of Orleans, with a Detachment of two Hundred Men. The Prince de Conti, and the Prince de la Roche, Sur Yon his Brother, were present at the opening of the Trenches, and passed the Night there. The Besieg­ed for above five hours made not one Shot, but about two in the Morning they began to Fire very briskly at us with their Muskets. There was not however above eight or nine of our Men Killed and Wounded, which were of the Regiment of Campagne. About Break of Day they played also smartly upon us with their Cannon, which yet had not any considerable Effect. Some [Page 8] Horse Sallied out of the Town about four or five in the Morning, but hastily Retreated at the first Firing of the Detachments, which were com­manded to shelter the Laborers. They persisted all that day to play upon us with their Cannon, but still without much success. On our side they con­tinued to work on the Batteries.

The 9th. there was a Man stopt, who endea­voured to get into Luxembourg: and there was found about him a Passport from the Marquess de Grana, Dated August the 28th, with Bills of Ex­change for five and thirty Thousand Florins, pay­able in Luxembourg, and many Letters in Ciphers. We knew also by the same way, that there were several Officers who designed to get into the Town, to joyn with their Regiments there.

In the Evening the Marquess de Genlis, Lieu­tenant General for the day, and the Sieur de Jos­seaux, Brigadier of Foot, relieved the Count du Plessis, and the Duke de la Ferte, who had the Right hand of the great Attach: and the Sieur d'Erlac, Mareschal de Camp relieved the Count de Broglio, who had the Left. Two Batallions of Navar­re relieved on the Right the two of Compagne, and the Batallions of Vaubecourt, and Conti, at the head of which was the Prince de Conti, accompanied by the Prince de la Roche, Sur Yon in the quality of [Page 9] a Volunteer, relieved on the left, that of Enguien, and that of la Ferte. The Besieged (at the time we went to releive the Trenches) set Fire to the Houses of a part of the Fauxbourg of Paffendal: they quitted also a Mill, which was but fifty pa­ces from it, having prepared a Mine to blow it up, (in the belief they had, that our men would seize thereon:) but we went not thither, and the Mine sprang without the success they expected. During the night we carried on a second Trench, parallell to the first of the great Attack, within sixty Toises of the covered Fore way of the Place: and the Communications were made without any of the workmens being Kill'd or wounded, altho'the Enemy Fired Stifly upon them with their Mus­kets. The Sieur de Montmeillant, Captain in the Royal Regiment, and the Sieur de Favigny, Captain and Ayde Major of Piemont, and four or five Lieutenants were slightly wounded. We continued also to work diligently on the Bat­teries raised on the Hills of our Lady of Consola­tion. The Besieged about break of day played briskly with their Cannon; but we had not a­bove six or seven Soldiers slain.

The 10th. Two of our Batteries of seven pie­ces of Cannon each, began to play about eight in the Morning with great success; and a Bat­tery [Page 10] of Nine Mortar-pieces, which had been put n order by the Sieur de Vigny began about Noon o cast its Bombs against a Platform of the Ba­stion on the Right; and we dismounted three Pieces of a Battery of four Pieces, which the Be­sieged had erected there, and from whence they Fired very vigorously. The same day a Bat­tery of five Pieces, which was upon the Hill of Bonnevoye, began also to Play. We raised one of Two Pieces upon the Rising Ground, which looks into the Fauxbourg of Gromp, and we continued to work upon one of Fifteen on the Hill of Paf­fendal; which was finished with the loss only of Nine Soldiers killed, and seven or eight wound­ed, with three or four Officers.

In the Evening the Sieur de Joyeuse, Lieute­nant General for the day, the Marquess de Renti, Mareschal de Camp, and the Sieur de Refuge, Brigadier of Foot, relieved the Marquess de Gen­lis, the Sieur d' Erlac, and the Sieur de Josseaux, with the two Batallions of Piemont; the first Batallion of Auvergne, and the first Batallion of the Royal Roussillon, which entred the Trenches in the place of the two Batallions of Navarre, and the two of Vaubecoutt and Conti. In the night there was carried on a third Trench, parallel to the second, about Thirty Paces from the first [Page 11] covered way, which comprehended all the Out-works of the Attack. The Besieged burnt this Night the other part of the Fauxbourg of Paffendal; and Fired also at us briskly with their Muskets.

All the following day they played upon us with their Cannon; and yet kill'd us but about Seven or Eight Men, and wounded Ten or Twelve. The same day, viz. the 11th. the Besiegers finished their Battery of Fifteen Pieces, and with their Cannon and Bombs entirely ruined the Platforms and Defences of the Bastion on the Right.

In the Evening the Count de St. Geran, Lieutenant Gene­ral, and the Marquess de Nesle, Brigadier of Foot, relieved the Sieur de Joyeuse, and the Sieur de Refuge, who were on the right hand of the great Attack; and the Chevalier de Tilladet, Mareschal de Camp, Relieved the Marquess de Renti, who was on the Left. The Trenches were mounted on the Right by two Batallions of Normandy, who took the Post of the two Batallions of Piemont; and the Batallions of Lionnois and Turenne relieved on the Left the Batallions of Auvergne and the Royal. The Trench, which comprehended all the Outworks of the Place, was carried on within Twenty Pa­ces of the first open way. The Sieur de Vigny made a Batte­ry an Hundred and fifty Paces to the Left, from the first he had made, to ruine with Bombs the Platform and Batteries which were upon the Bastion on the Left. The Lieutenant of the Granadiers of Normandy, a Sub-Lieutenant of Enguien, and Nine Soldiers were slain, and six or seven wounded.

The Morrow being the 12th. the other Batteries were fi­nished, and Thirty eight Pieces of Connon, and fifteen Mor­tar-Pieces began that day to play continually. The same day about Noon, a Cannon-Bullet of the Besiegeds set on Fire Thirty Bombs of the Besiegers, which were on the Sieur de Vigny's first Battery: Seven Gunners and two Soldiers were kil'd, and there were six grievously wounded. The Sieur de [Page 12] Caillemote, second Son of the Marquess de Ruvigny, was wound­ed in the Throat with a Musket-shot.

In the Evening the Marquess de Lambert, Lieutenant Ge­neral, the Sieur de Rubantel, and the Marquess de Crenan, Re­lieved the General Officers which were in the Trenches; two Batallions of the Marine Relieved the Post on the Right­hand; and two Batallions of the Queens Relieved the Post on the Left. During the Night the Besiegers lodged them­selves on the Causey of the covered way; and there was a Communication made from one Lodgment to the other. The Work was carried on at the Attack of Bonnevoye, within 30 Paces of the Ditch, on the side of the Gate of Thionville, where a Battery of 5 Pieces was raised. At the same time we Advanced 5 of the great Battery of Paffendal for to Batter on the reverse the Bastion and Out-works of the great At­tack on the Left, and to beat down the Gate of Paffendal There was opened at the Attack of Gromp, within 20 Paces of the Ditch, a Trench, parallel to the Front, which has upon one and the same Line 4 Towers, and which faces the Hill of Gromp: we brought down the Battery which was upon this Hill, with a design to beat in pieces the Gate of this Faux­bourg, and so to be able to dismount 2 Pieces which were on a Platform within 100 Paces on the Right hand of this Gate, and which much incommoded the Besiegers: We seized on a Church within half a Masket-shot of the place, scituated up­on a rising Ground between Gromp and Paffendal, the Enemy not making any resistance. Fifty men were left there to keep it. There was this Night a Serjeant kil'd, with about Ten Soldiers, and Twenty wounded.

The 13th in the Morning a Soldier of the place came into the Camp; he told us, that the Prince de Chimay had been o­bliged to commit the defence of the Out-works to the Townsmen, and to draw the Soldiers into the Town for fear of their running away. About Noon the besieged Sprang two little Mines under a Lodgment we had made on the right [Page 13] hand, upon the Causey of the first covered way; there were Three Soldiers slain, and about Fifteen wounded.

In the Evening the Count du Plessis, Lieutenant General, the Sieur de Gournay, Mareschal de Camp, and the Sieur de Mau­mont, Brigadier of Foot, relieved the General officers in the Trenches: A Batallion of Bourbonnois, one of Humieres, one of the Crown, and one of Languedoc Relieved those which were at the great Attack. The Marquess de Humieres, only Son to the Mareschal de Humieres, was slain by a Musket-shot which hit him in the Head. About Midnight 4 Parties of Granadiers, of 10 Men each, had order to enter at the same time by 4 several places into the first covered way, to settle themselves therein if they found not too great resistance; and to seize on a Redout, called the Redout of St. Mary, which is between the two covered ways: But after they had born a violent Charge of Muskets, Granadoes and Fireworks, they were forced to Retreat, because this Redout was revested in the same manner as the Ditch, wherein there was a Caponiere fill'd with Musketeers, and because there was no getting into it but by a Gallery under Ground, the end whereof joyned to the covered way nearest the place.

Thus were we obliged to proceed along by digging as far as the Palizadoes, whence we carried on a Lodgment in the covered way, which the Besiegers extended on the Right and Left of the bottom of the Ditch of the Redoubt: and the Miners, to overthrow it, wrought under the Ditch. At the Attack on the Left, our Men lodged themselves on the Causey of the covered way, whence was a Communication made to the Lodgement on the Right. A Lieutenant of the Royal Re­giment was kill'd, with 3 Serjeants, 9 or 10 Soldiers, and 5 Ca­noniers; and a Captain with about 20 Soldiers wounded.

In the Evening the Posts of the Trenches were Relieved by the Marquess de Genlis, Lieutenant: General: the Marquess d' Ʋxelles, Mareschal de Camp, and the Duke de la Ferte. Bri­gadier of Foot, with 2 Batallions of Champagne, that of la Ferte▪ [Page 14] and one of Orleans. There was finished on the right hand of the great Attack, the Lodgment in the covered way, upon the brink of the Ditch of the Redoubt, where the Miners could not easily go on because of the Rock they there met with; We brought on 2 Pieces of Cannon endeavouring to break the Communication of the Redoubt with the second covered way. On the Left hand of the Attack was sent forth a De­tachment of Grandiers of la Ferte, to see if the Enemies had quitted the first covered way on that side. They could not come to know it, because the Enemies were there couched on their Bellies, and at the appearance of our Men rose, and obli­ged them to retire: Ten of the Granadiers were slain, and 2 mortally wounded; the Captain had his Arm broken, and the Sub-Lieutenant was wounded the Marquess de Genils's Ayde de Camp received a mortal wound; and two Officers of Orleans were slightly wounded.

The 15th. Three Fugitives from the Place related, That the Governor of the Town, the Prince de Chimay, was that Night wouuded in the Leg, and that the Major was killed. That day we Advanced two Batteries, each of two Pieces of Cannon, for to batter a Redoubt, which is near the two co­vered ways on the Left; and in the mean time we played the most advantagiously we could from the Batteries that were in condition, for to ruine the Out-works and Defences of the Bastion on the same side: we seized also two Redouts on the backside of Paffendal which the Cannon of the Besie­gers had very much dammaged.

In the Evening the Guard of the Trenches was Relieved by the Sieur de Joyeuse, the Count de Broglia and the Sieur de Josseaux, with the 2 Batallions of Navarre, that of Vaube­court and that of Conti, in the Head whereof was the Prince de Conti: The Marquess de la Valette had at the same time his Thigh broken by a Cannon shot from one of our Batteries which had passed over the Town. In the night the Besiegers made themselves Masters of a third Redoubt on the backside [Page 15] of Paffendal. We carried on the Lodgment which was upon the Causey of the first covered way, near 15 Toises to the right and left; and in the midst of this Advance were raised two Platforms, for to look backwards into the covered way: The Besieged Fired fiercely all the night, but with little success. About 5 in the Morning they quitted the covered way, and Sprang a Mine, which they believed must be under our Lodg­ments; but it had not any effect. The Besiegers took the ad­vantage of an enforcement, which this Mine had made near the Palizadoes, and made use of it to Lodge themselves there: but this design would not easily have succeeded, had not the Prince de Conti by his Presence and Bounty encouraged the Soldiers, whom the fear of a second Mine hindred from working. An Ingenier and 4 Soldiers were slain on this occasion, and a Capt. of Navarre, one of Burgundy, the Sub-Lieutenant of the Granadiers of Conti, and 9 or 10 Soldiers were wounded. We extended the Lodgement which was on the brink of the Ditch of the Redoubt.

The 16th the Besieged battered with much success the Re­dout which was on there left, between the two covered ways: and a Mine, which had been made to open the Ditch of that Redout on the Right, had all the effect they desired. The Sieur de Court, Major of Conti, was Kill'd in coming down from the Trenches. We have since the 16th ruined, with the great Bat­tery of Paffendal, a Traverse of stone about 6 Toises long, which was at the point of an Half Moon, that covers the Bastion on the left, to hinder us from looking between the opposite Hills into the covered way of the place, we likewise ruined with the same Battery, two Towers which covered the Gate of the Tower on that side.

According to the last News, come from the Siege, thy con­tinued to batter many little works, full of earth, and in con­fusion aginst this Gate, the Bastion, and the Three Redoubts. whereof ours had made themselves Masters, and which flank'd the Reverse of the Hills. The Besiegers were resolved to set [Page 16] afterward the Miner to the Bastion, and they hop'd to succeed easily therein▪ because there was no Ditch on that side.

May the 16th in the Evening the Count de St. Geran; Lieutenant General for the day, and Sieur de Refuge, Brigadier of Foot, mounted the Trenches on the Right, and the Sieur d'Er­lac, Mareschal de Camp mounted on the Left. Two Batallions of Piemont relieved those of Navarre, and two Batallions of Au­vergne, and the Royal, relieved those of Vaubecourt and Conti.

We carried on during the Night, to the Mine, the Trench which is of the brink of the Ditch of the Redout on the Right, advancing towards the second covered way: and we continu­ed to batter a Breach in the Redout. On the Left we extended in the first covered way to the Lodgment which had been made there, and we wrought for the Communication of the three Redouts, which are on the backside of Paffendal: the E­nemy Fired vigourously this night and there were nine or ten Soldiers kill'd and about twenty Wounded. The same Night we extended at the Attack of Grondt the Lodgment all along the Ditch, and brought thither a Battery of 3 Pieces. There was not any new work made on the side of the Attack of Bonnevoy.

In the Evening of the 17th the Marquess de Lambert Lieu­tenant General, and the Marquess de Crenan, Brigadier of Foot, relieved the Guard of the Trenches on the Right with a Ba­tallion of Normandy, and that of Soissons; and the Marquess de Renti, Mareschal de Camp, relieved it on the Left with a Batal­lion of Lyonnois, and that of Turenne.

We continued on the Right to Batter the Redout; and to work through the Mine, with a design to inclose it. We per­fected on the Left the Lodgments and Communications which had been made there:, and we discharged abundance of Cannon and Bombs, to finish the ruining the Defences of the attaked side, and the Palizadoes which remain'd on the second cove­red way. The Besieged also Fired fierceiy during the Night, and kill'd us about twenty Soldiers, and wounded five and twenty, or thirty, with four or five Officers.

[Page 17] The 18th. in the Evening, the Count du Plessis, Lieutenant General for the Day and the Marquess de Nesle, Brigadier of Foot, relieved the Posts on the right with two Ba­tallions of the Marine, and the Chevalier de Tilladet, Mareschal de Camp, relieved the Posts on the left with two Batallions of the Queens.

The Redouts of this Attack are of very good stone, and every where Canon-proof. They have three stories of Battlements, with a revested Ditch, sixteen Foot broad, and fourteen deep, in the Revestment whereof are Caponieres, which command round about. These Redouts have communication with the Ditch of the Place, and the covered Way, by three Galleries under ground, built one upon another, of six Foot in heighth, and four in breadth.

The Count du Plessis visited all the Posts of the Trenches. He sent to view the Breach, which our Canon had made in the highest story of the Redouts on the right, and to which the Breaches of the Mines made an ascent. We found no body there: and the Count du Plessis sent thither onely six Granadiers and a Serjeant, for fear there might be Mines. They [Page 18] saw through the Holes of the Arches, that the Enemies kept yet the lower story, and they cast Granadoes at them, but they were not sufficient to drive them away. The Count du Plessis caused Bombs to be thrown at them, which yet dissipated them not, till they had had their effect, and he sent to charge them with sword in hand.

At the same time, we carried on the Mine­work to the Galleries of Communication from the Redout to the Ditch, and the covered Way of the Place, and we lodged our selves by this Mining in the midst of the second Causey. The Enemies, percieving the Besiegers ready to pierce the Communication, were a­fraid to be cut off without being succoured, and retired with so much precipitation through the middle Gallery into their Ditch, that they left many Muskets, and some Hats in the Redout.

We rolled afterwards two great Casks, full of Fagots into the second Gallery, notwith­standing the Besieged fired furiously upon us from the Gate: and after two Hours fight under ground, we set up a Traverse, to hinder their Return to the Redout.

The Enemy did also the same on their side, [Page 19] to stop the progress of our Workmen. They had prepared four Mines at the four Corners of the Redout: but they could not set them on fire because of the Water, which was in the lowest Gallery.

We continued to batter a Breach in the Redout on the left, to make a Mine to open the Ditch, and to inclose this Redout by Mi­ning, as we had that on the right. We made a Lodgment on the back-side of Paffendal, the length of the Traverse, and the Face of the Half-Moon, within four paces whereof the Works were advanced. But we were con­strained to quit it by the abundance of Bombs, Granadoes and Fireworks, which the Besieged cast from the Half-Moon, and the covered Way. The Communication of the two At­tacks was made during the Night, notwith­standing thirty Toises of the Rock, which were between the two Lodgments.

The same day, being the 19th. four Miners were set to the Attack of Grondt from the Gate unto the nearest Tower: and they wrought with so much diligence, that in the Evening they began to charge the Mines. A Captain of the Queens, and two or three infe­rior Officers were wounded: five or six Soldiers [Page 20] were slain, and about twenty wounded.

The 19th. in the Evening, the Marquess de Genlis, Lieutenant General, and the Marquess de Crenan, Brigadier of Foot, mounted the Trenches on the right hand with the Batalli­ons of Bourbonnois and Humieres, and the Sieur de Rubantel, Mareschal de Camp, mounted on the left with the Batallions of the Crown and Vermandois.

In the Night we extended on the right the Lodgment, which was upon the Communica­tion of the Redout with the second covered Way, above five and thirty Toises to the right, and as much to the left: and this Logdment was in some places within twelve paces of the Palizadoes. We perfected on the left the Lodgment which was made to inclose the Redout.

We had proceeded very slowly in battering it, because we judged it not fit to finish the making a Breach therein, before the Miner, who was set to the exteriour Wall of the Ditch, and who had required two Days to open it, because of the Rock he found there, was nearer finishing his Work. There was made also a Place of Arms, capable to contain a thousand or twelve hundred men in the [Page 21] Trench, which communicates with the two Lodgments.

We re-established with great Gabions along the Traverse, as far as the Point of the Coun­tergard, the Lodgment we had there the Night before, and which we had quitted in the Day. The Besieged cast store of Bombs and Granadoes to hinder us from re-esta­blishing it. The Count de Gasse, Colonel of the Vermandois Regiment, who supported the Head of the Work on the left, had there twenty Granadieres kill'd or wounded. The Enemy cast an extraordinary Number of Gra­nadoes, when we were got within an Halbards length of the Angle of the second Coun­terscarp.

The 20th. in the morning they sprang a Mine, which they had under the two Angles. That on the right overthrew twenty Gabions without hurting above two Soldiers, and the Damage was repaired in two hours by the Care of the Sieur Lapara Ingenier. The Mine on the left had not any considerable effect. The Besiegers also at seven in the morning sprang the Mine of Grondi: and it made a Breach for six men to enter a breast. The Granadiers of Languedoc and Burgundy ascen­ded [Page 22] first, with so much vigour, that they drove away fifty Soldiers, which defended it, and made ten paces beyond the Breach a Lodgment forty Toises long, notwithstanding they were fiercely shot at from the Rampart, and Ravelin of Grondt. The Captain of the Granadiers of Burgundy, and he of the Grana­diers of Languedoc two inferior Officers, and thirty Soldiers were wounded: and there were nine or ten Soldiers slain.

About three in the Afternoon four Soldiers of the Besieged came into the Camp: and they averred, that the Besiegers had kill'd or wounded them since the Siege above three hundred Men: that Captain Gregory, a famous Officer amongst them for commanding of Parties, was kill'd: and not the Major of the Town, as the report went: that the Prince de Chimay made the Women and Children work upon the Retirades, and that he was still re­solved to make a vigorous Defence.

The 20th. in the Evening the Sieur de Joy­euse, Lieutenant General, and the Marquess de Nesle, Brigadier of Foot, mounted the Tren­ches on the right with two Batallions of Cham­pagne: and the Marquess de Renti, Mareschal de Camp, mounted on the left with a Batallion of la Ferte, and one of Orleans.

[Page 23] We extended, during the Night, a great Line, which made the Place of Arms, from one Redout to the other; and we put it into condition to con­tain above three thousand Men. On the left the Lodgment, which was along the Traverse, was continued to the middle of the Face of the Countergard, notwithstanding the Enemies fired all Night briskly upon us with Muskets, Bombs and Granadoes.

We began also a Platform on the right to look backwards into the covered Way of the Place, and there were seven or eight Soldiers kill'd, and about thirty wounded, with two Officers. The Count de Tonnerre, Colonel of the Regiment of Orleans, was wounded in the Head.

The 21st. at three in the Afternoon the Be­sieged quitted the Redout on the left hand, seeing that it was entirely inclosed by the Works of the Besiegers, and seeing also the great Breach their Canon had made therein. They retired into the Caponiers of the Ditch of the same Redout, and from thence fired fircely upon those that were in it. The Be­siegers put two Pieces in battery to drive them thence.

The 21st. in the Evening the Count de St. [Page 22] [...] [Page 23] [...] [Page 24] Geran, Lieutenant General, and the Sieur de Josseaux, Brigadier of Foot, relieved the Guard of the Trenches on the right with two Batal­lions of Navarre: and the Marquess d'Ʋxelles, Mareschal de Camp, relieved it on the left, with the Batallion of Vaubecourt, and that of Conti, at the Head whereof is the Prince de Conti.

About seven a Clock, the Enemy sprang a Mine between two Lodgments, which the Besigers had upon the Reverse of Paffendal: but it neither kill'd nor hurt any body.

At [...] the Miner was put to the middle of the Countergard, which covers the Basti­on. The Besieged, an hour after, sprang a second Mine on the same side. There were three Soldiers kill'd, and six or seven wounded. Some time before we had discovered a Mine in the Redout on the right hand, and taken out the Powder. During the Night, we brought a Battery of seven Pieces within thirty paces of the Counterscarp: and perfected the Platform and Place of Arms, which joins the two Redouts.

The 22d. at break of Day, the Canon of the great Battery of Paffendal, fired by Mis­fortune at the Countergard, and there were [Page 25] two Miners kill'd, and three others wounded, with a Lieutenant of the Regiment of Conti, and three Soldiers. Four Soldiers of the Re­giment of Conti, animated by the Presence and Liberalities of the Prince, who executes all the Functions of a Colonel, continued to work in the Mine, whence many had been re­pulsed by the Enemies fierce Firing.

The Miners found at Nine in the Morning a Gallery in the Wall of the Countergard, pierced with Battlements, which flanked the Reverse, and seized thereon. They found a­nother underneath, which cut the Countergard across, and which gave us room to put ten Miners into this last, to make therein as many Branches, to the end to cast a part of the Earth into the Ditch.

The Enemy, having percieved the Work of our Miners, cast ineffectually great store of Fireworks, and Barrels full of Powder, to drive them away, and to oblige the Besiegers to quit the Lodgment. The same Morning the Prince de Conti, caused to be attach'd by a Captain, who commanded sixty Men of his Regiment, a Traverse, which the Besieged possess'd in the Fauxbourg of Paffendal, fifty paces from their Gate, for to goe securely to [Page 26] fetch Water at the River. The Enemies were driven from this Traverse, although they re­sisted very stoutly: and we seized of an Out-Gate of the Town, fortified with good Towers.

About Eleven in the Morning, we knew, that the Enemies had made many Traverses within their Counterscarp, and the Besiegers, doeing their utmost to hinder their finishing this Work, made themselves Masters of the first Redan on the right, and that on the left.

The Besieged endeavoured to drive them thence with a shower of Granadoes and Stones: but it was without any Success, and they were also in fine repulsed by the great Firing and Extraordinary Vigour of the Besiegers.

During the Guard, about twenty Soldiers were slain, and there were four Officers, one Ingenier, and forty or fifty Soldiers wounded. at the Attack of Grondt, during the Night of the 21st. to the 22d. and all this Day, the Besiegers laboured to get ground on the right, leaving the Ravelin on the left, and they brought Canon to ruine the Communication of the Gate with the Castle, which they batter incessantly.

The Mareschal de Crequi continues to visit [Page 27] and press the Works, and to give all the Or­ders, necessary for advancing the Siege, with all the Vigilance and good Conduct ima­ginable.

There arrive daily at the Camp many No­blemen strangers, whom Curiosity, excited by the report, which is spread about of the Beauty of this Sieges Works, and of the good Order of the Attacks, brings thither from all the neighbouring Countries.

The Enemies have done their utmost to en­deavour the putting some Succour into the Place.

The Count de Valsassine and the Duke de Bejar undertook to get in at the Head of four Hundred reformed Officers and three Hundred Dragoons: and they came within three Leagues of the Place. But having learnt from the Guides of the Countrey, the Dispo­sition of our Works, and that it would be impossible to execute their Design, they retrea­ted, and took their way to Bruxelles.

The Works, which have all been conduc­ted by the Sieur de Vauban with such Success, that they have hindred the Enemy from ma­king any Sally, are in very good Condition. They would have been farther advanced, had [Page 28] not the Mareschal de Crequi according to the King's Orders, ordered the Attacks with all the Precautions, necessary to spare the Troops, and moderate the Ardour of our Gentry.

May the 22d. in the Evening, the Marquess de Lambert, Lieutenant General, and the Sieur de Refuge, Brigadier of Foot, relieved the Posts on the right hand of the Trenches with two Batallions of Piedmont. The Sieur de Langal­lerie, Mareschal de-Camp, relieved the Posts on the left with one Batallion of Auvergne, and two Batallions of the Royal.

During the Night and the following Day, our Men wrought on the right hand upon a Battery of three Pieces of Canon against the Palizadoes of the Counterscarp, for to batter the Face of the Bastion of that side, and that of the Half-Moon, which is on the left, and for to dismount a Piece of Canon, the Ene­mies had put there a little while since. We began also a Battery of Mortar-pieces behind the first Battery, for to hinder the Firing which the Besieged made from the Bastion and Half-Moon.

The two Lodgments of the Besiegers were lengthned: and there were finished two or three and twenty Mines in the Countergard, [Page 29] to be made use of, when we should have seen the effect of three others, which had been made at the point of this Countergard. The Enemies cast, during the Night, a great Quan­tity of Granadoes and Fireworks upon the Workmen; and into the first Posts, for to re­tard the Works. But in the Day, the Besiegers fired so fiercely, that it hindred them from ap­pearing to shoot: and the Work went on without any opposition. There was made at the Attack of old Munster a Battery of Mor­tar-pieces, for to endeavour to drive the Ene­mies out of the third part, which was left them of the Castle, and to make a Lodgment there without much loss. At the Attack of Grondt, the Houses whereof the Besieged had this Night burnt, the Works went still on: leaving on the left the Ravelin, which they possest, and pushing towards the Gate of the Castle of Munster, which was in the mean time continually battered by our Canon. The Marquess de Montpesat was kill'd at this guard, this Day in the Morning. We lost there an Ingenier with ten or twelve Soldiers: and there were two Captains of Foot and three inferior Officers wounded, with fifty Sol­diers.

[Page 30] The same 23d. in the Evening the Count du Plessis, Lieutenant General, and the Sieur de Morton, Brigadier of Foot, relieved the Posts of the Trenches on the right with a Batallion of Normandy, and that of Soissons. The Sieur d'Erlac, Mareschal de Camp, relieved the Posts on the left with the Batallions of Ly­onnois and Turenne. In the Night we extended and perfected the two Lodgments on the Counterscarp: and we wrought to make the Communication of the one with the other. The Besieged sprang a Mine under the Lodg­ment on the left: but no body was hurt by it, because our men were retired to free them­selves from a very great Number of Granadoes and Fireworks, which the Enemies cast there during the space of two Hours. We resetled our selves there afterwards, much better than we were before. At six in the Morning, the Enemies pretended they would make a Sally: but they durst not advance, having seen our Granadiers march towards them with great resolution. An hour after, the Battery of three Pieces of Canon began to play: and at the same time we cast store of Bombs from the Battery of Mortar-pieces, which was behind it. The fifth of these Bombs fell upon two [Page 31] or three thousand Granadoes, which were in their Half-Moon, and set them on fire. The Fire was very great for above an Hour: and we saw in the Air abundance of Hats and Pieces of Clothes: which made us judge, that many of the Enemies were kill'd and wounded.

The 24th. our Men charged the Mines of the Countergard: and we battered with two Pieces of Canon the Caponieres, which are in the Ditch, that runs along the right side of this Work. The great Battery of Paffendal con­tinued to batter a Breach in the Face of the Castle, which looks toward this Fauxbourg: and we continued also to cast therein store of Bombs with good Success. The Besieged possess'd no more of the Counterscarp, but the Redan, which covers the Half-Moon, and the two Parties were so near one another, that the Enemies with Hooks pluckt away our Ga­bions and Fagots, and drew them into their Ditches. These great Progresses began to shake the Besieged. Two Run-aways, come from the Place to the Camp, affirmed, that the Colonels and a part of the Officers of the Garrison spake of capitulating to preserve their Soldiers: the Besieged having then lost [Page 32] above six hundred Men, kill'd or wounded by our Bombs, or by shot from the Trenches. These Fugitives added, that the Inhabitants, and the Women incessantly besought the Prince de Chimay to prevent by a Capitulation the Mi­series whereunto they should be exposed, if they expected the last Extremities. The Be­siegers lost at this guard the Sieur de Valorge, Captain of the Granadiers of Lyonnois, with eleven Soldiers. An Ingenier, two inferior Officers, and about forty Soldiers were woun­ded. My Lord Howard, Son to the Earl of Carlile, who was a Volunteer, was mortally wounded, as he was giving Marks of a great Courage.

The 24th. in the Evening, the Marquess de Genlis and the Marquess de Nesle mounted on the right hand of the Trenches with two Ba­tallions of the Marine: and the Count de Brog­lio mounted on the left with two Batallions of the Queens. In the Night the Enemies fired very fiercely to drive the Besiegers from their Lodgments, who yet failed not to keep them­selves there. They made also an Attempt a­gainst the Miners of the Countergard: and were repelled with the loss of some Soldiers. The Besiegers abandoned the Attack of Grondt, [Page 33] after they had drawn thence their Canon. At the Attack of the Castle of Old Munster, we brought two Pieces of Canon, wherewith we made a Breach of twelves paces in the Gate, which the Besieged held: and we made two Batteries of Mortar-pieces, which continually cast Bombs there. There was at this Guard five or six Soldiers kill'd, and about twenty wounded.

In the Evening of the 25th. the Sieur de Joyeuse mounted on the right with Bourbonnois and Humieres: and the Marquess de Renty on the left with the Crown and Vermandois. The Besieged at the beginning of the Night cast so great a quantity of Fireworks, that the Be­siegers had no small difficulty to preserve the Powder they carried to charge the Mines. They had already burnt two of our Soldiers, who carried some in Bags. The Besiegers be­gan three covered Ways upon the Reverse of Paffendal between the Place, and the three Redouts, for to goe to the Breach of the Countergard, when it should be made. They continued to batter a Breach in the Point of the Half-Moon: to ruine the Caponieres of the Ditch of the Countergard: and to extend the Mine-work to the right and left of the [Page 34] Redan of the Counterscarp, which the Be­sieged were in fine obliged to quit. There was at this guard a Captain of Foot, and ten or twelve Soldiers slain, and about twenty Soldiers wounded.

The 26th. in the Evening, the Count de St. Geran, and the Duke de la Ferte relieved the Posts of the Trenches on the right with two Batallions of Champagne and the Chevalier de Tilladet relieved the Posts on the left with the Batallions of la Ferte, Conde and Orleans. The Batallion of Enguien went on the side of the Castle. During the Night, the Besiegers fi­nisht the three Ways begun on the Reverse of Paffendal. They carried on the Mine-work, as far as the Bottom of the Ditch of the Countergard: and they wrought at the Des­cent of the Ditch of the Half-Moon, in the point whereof there was already a Breach for two Men to get up a breast. There was not however any appearance of hazarding to get up by this Breach, though it had been even greater, because we were assured that there were Mines there: and because it was but in the first Envelop of the Half-Moon, which was double. The Besieged sprang two Mines in the last Redan of the Counterscarp. The [Page 35] first had not any effect: and the other kill'd three Soldiers, and wounded nine or ten.

The 27th. in the Morning, we finisht the charging of the Mine: and we made the Pow­der be carried by Soldiers disguised like Labo­rers. We made them be thus disguised, be­cause we had for some time observed that the Besieged shot not much at the Laborers, be­lieving that they were Countrymen therea­bouts, whom the Besiegers constrained to work. We employed our selves diligently in closing the Mine, and disposed all things with great care for springing it the morrow Mor­ning, and for mounting afterwards to the Breach. There were ten Soldiers kill'd, and a­bout twenty wounded.

The 27th. in the Evening the Marquess de Lambert and the Sieur de Rubantel relieved the Posts of the Trenches on the right with two Batallions of Navarre: and the Sieur de Josse­aux relieved the Posts on the left, with the Batallions of Vaubecourt, of Conti, and Auverg­ne. During the Night, according to the Or­ders of the Mareschal de Crequi, we made all the Preparatives necessary for the Attack, which was to be made the morrow Morning upon the Countergard: and things were dis­posed [Page 36] with so much Prudence, that never any Action was begun and continued with better Order, less Confusion, more Constancy, and greater Success. At break of Day, the Mar­quess de la Freseliere put the Batteries in so good Estate, that the Canon of the Besiegers played incessantly for two Hours. The Sieur de Vigny caused also the Batteries of the Mor­tar-pieces to be ordered with so much care, that the Bombs, which fell with discontinua­tion into the Bastions, tormented the Besieged. At the same time, the Troops, which were to be employed upon this Attack, marched to the Rendezvous, assigned them by the Ma­reschal de Crequi: who, notwithstanding his Indisposition, and an Incision, which had been made in his Leg the Day before, caused him­self to be carried to the Head of the Trenches, that he might there be nearer at hand to give his Orders, and might put more Life into what was to be executed. The Granadiers of Vaubecourt were destined to attack the right Side of the Countergard of the Bastion of Barlemont, after the Mine should have had its effect: being seconded by the two Companies of Granadiers of Piemont, and by an hundred Men of the Regiment of Vaubecourt, which [Page 37] had at their Head the Company of Granadiers of the Regiment of Auvergne. The Grana­diers of Conti were commanded to attack a Redan, ruined by our Canon, on the left side of the Countergard being backt by two Companies of Granadiers of Normandy, one of the Royal, and an hundred Men of the Re­giment of Conti. The two Companies of the Granadiers of Navarre were appointed their Post on the left hand of the Attack of Conti, over against the Buttress of the Bastion of Barlemont: being seconded by the Companies of Granadiers of the Marine, of Bourbonnois, and of Rouergue, with an hundred Men of that Regiment. Each Regiment in a Body was to support its Attack, except that of the Granadiers of Navarre, which was maintained by the Batallion of Rouergue.

The Laborers were ranged in three Troops, with the Ingeniers, to be ready to march when the detached Troops should have seized on the Breaches: and it was in fine resolved, that assoon as the second Mine was sprung, they should march by the Ways, which were shewn them▪ All things being thus disposed, about four in the Morning all the Troops that were at the foremost Posts, were caused [Page 38] to withdraw from the Trenches, to the end they might be out of the Fall of the Ruines, which the Mine might make. The Miners were also made go out of their Hole: and there were left onely the Pikes planted with the Colors, and some Soldiers, to hinder the Enemy from knowing the design of the Be­siegers.

The 28th. about seven in the Morning, the Mine was sprung: and its Effect was very considerable. Nevertheless the Ascent of the Countergard, and the other Works, was so rough and difficult, that the detached Men, who attacht at the same time, that the Ene­mies might not have leisure to retrench them­selves, were obliged to scramble, and thrust one another, to get to the Top of the Breach.

The Troops being advanced to seize on the Breaches, and make Lodgments there, accor­ding as it had been proposed, those, which marched first, extended themselves under the Bastion on the left, where were thrown at them a great Number of Granadoes. The others which followed them, extended them­selves along the Curtain, and the Bastion on the right at the Foot of the Breach: after [Page 39] which they ascended together with much order to the Top of the Breach, to settle themselves there. But those, who advanced to the end of the Curtain, which joins the Bastion on the left, met with a vigorous opposition.

At the same time the Enemy sprang two Mines in this place, which obliged the Com­manded Men to retire to preserve themselves: but having presently recovered the right hand of these Mines with the other Troops, they chased thence the Besieged, and began on all sides to settle the Lodgments by means of abundance of Fagots, which were incessantly brought thither. The Troops, which were in the Bastion on the left, to resettle themselves there, were disquieted by the Granadoes, which the Besieged cast also from the side of the Ditch. But we caused them to be driven by some Officers and Soldiers as far as the Wall, which is on the left, that goes down from the Place to the Ditch, and flanks the Bastion of Barlemont, where they laboured to retrench themselves.

The Besieged in their Retreat set on fire a little Magazene fill'd with Bombs, Granadoes and Pow­der, whereby many of the Besiegers were kill'd [Page 40] or wounded. Four Companies of Spanish Foot defended the Countergard, and the other Works, which are joined thereunto, were defended by Detachments. They made so obstinate a Defence, that our Troops, though using their utmost endeavours, had for half an hour much difficulty to get possession of the Top of the Breach: the place of it self being very high, and the Ruines of the Mine not being solid enough to make it firm. But after a fierce Charge of Muskets and Granadoes, our Men so vigorously disputed the matter with the Swords point, that the Enemy was with much loss driven from this Post: and many Spaniards, who would not ask Quarter, were cut in pieces. Some, carried on with an extreme desire of signalizing themselves, went as far as the Ditch of the Place. The Lieutenant of the Granadiers of Rouergue, followed by ten or twelve, bore up with great Constancy against the Charge of forty Masters: and the greatest part of the Horse was kill'd, and the rest put to flight by help of the Firing of the Granadiers, which were in the Countergard. The Commandant was also kill'd by the Count de Mailly, who went to meet him, having seen him advance [Page 41] his Sword on high. Our Men would have made a Lodgment near the Ditch over against the right hand Front of the Bastion; but the extraordinary Firing of the Besieged, which kill'd us some men, obliged them to take the resolution to retire along the Battlements of the Wall. The Besieged had placed three little Pieces on the Terraces, covered with Trees, on the side of Grondt, having judged that they should be attackt thereabouts: and the Troops, which they played upon in the flank, were very much incommoded by them: as also by the Ordnance, which they had on the Flank of the Bastion opposite to that of Barlemont. There was not for five or six hours any intermission of Firing. We lost twenty or five and twenty Officers, with about three-score and ten Soldiers: and there were many wounded, amongst whom was the Chevalier de Megrigny, and the Sieur de Marny Ingenier. The Captains of the Granadiers of Bourbonnois and Conti were kill'd. The Sieur de Sainte Marthe, Captain of the Granadiers of Auverg­ne, and the Sieur de Castillon, Captain of Na­varre, were wounded. The Marquess Bourle­mont, Brother to the Duke of d' Atri, was slain. The Duke de Choiseut was wounded with the [Page 42] shiver of a Bomb above the left Eye, whereof he died some Days after: and the Vidame de Laon, Son to the Count du Roy, was wounded with a Musket-shot through the Body, both of them giving Testimonies of a singular Courage.

The Prince de Conti, and the Prince de la Roche sur-Yon exposed themselves to the greatest danger with a Valour worthy their Birth, and the last received on the Stomach a blow with a Stone. All the Volunteers signalized them­selves there, particularly the Prince de Tingry, the Marquess de Crequi, the Count de Luz, the Count d' Estrees, the Marquess de Thiange, the Marquess de Nogent, and the Marquess de la Batie. The Duke of Grafton, and the Duke of Northumberland, his Brother, and many other English Lords, who came to the Siege in Quality of Volunteers, signalized themselves on this occasion.

The Sieur de Vauban, Mareschal de Camp, was one of the first in the Countergard, and gave there with his ordinary Sufficiency Or­ders, very beneficial for the Security and Con­tinuation of the Lodgments, which were made there.

All the Foot, which were at this Action, [Page 43] acquitted themselves very well of their De­vois: and many Soldiers made themselves be taken notice of.

It was necessary, after the effect of the Mine, and the Lodgment built upon the Countergard, to make a Descent into the Ditch. The Count du Plessis, Lieutenant General for the Day, undertook this Care with all the Success, that could be expe­cted.

He made the Ditch be viewed. He kill'd or put to flight all the Enemies that were found before him: and afterward caused the Lodgments to be made, notwithstanding all the Effects of the Besieged, who cast from above the Bastions a prodigious quantity of Granadoes, Bombs and Fireworks upon the Workmen, and Soldiers. He received under the Elbow a blow with the glancing of a Gra­nado, which made him for some time unable to stir it. He ceased not to continue present at the Work of the Lodgment, till such time as it was extended from the Gate of the Gal­lery of the Countergard, which leads to the Ditch, as far as the Bastion of Barlemont: which made fifteen Toises. Two hours after, he put the Miners to work in two places, one [Page 44] upon the right towards the Point of the Bastion, and the other on the left, drawing towards the Flank, the Enemy not being able to incommode them.

The Works were continued the 30th. and the 31st. with much Success: and we will give you the particular thereof in the follow­ing Relations.

May the 29th. in the Evening the Count du Plessis, Lieutenant General, mounted the fifth time the Trenches: and made the Descent of the Ditch with very good Success.

The 30th. in the Morning, we attackt the third Division of the Castle of Old Munster: and made our selves Masters of it after some resistance of the Enemies. They soon quitted this Work to retire upon the Rampart, hoping by their fierce Firing to hinder our Men from lodging there. About two in the Afternoon, a Company of the Granadiers of Rouergue, one of Languedoc, and two of Fuzeliers, supported by a Batallion of that Regiment, wholly car­ried this Castle. The Besieged had raised be­hind the Division a Battery of three Pieces. We could not goe to them above seven or eight a breast: and we were exposed to the shot of the Place. Nevertheless they abando­ned [Page 45] this Post near half an hour before the Be­siegers came against it, and left there their Canon all charged. Our Men made after­wards many winding Traverses to lodge them­selves safely upon the Brink of the Ditch: where they extended themselves, as much as the Ground-work could permit. An Ingenier, and fourteen or fifteen Soldiers were kill'd upon this occasion, and there were about forty wounded. About five in the Evening the Enemies quitted the Half-Moon of the Coun­tergard, which they still held at the great Attack. The General Officers of the Guard, having been advertised thereof, thought fit, before they seised this Work, to send some Men by the Breach, which was at the Point of the Countergard, to see whether there were no Mines, and to open those they should find there. There were happily discovered under the Countergard the Trains of thirteen or fourteen Toises of Mines, which were all charged. We took thence the Powder, and we detached Workmen to make a Lodgment, which exteriorly embraced all the-Parapets. We delayed to put People into the Half-Moon till we had had time to search the Mines, which was done the following Night. We [Page 46] found there two Pieces of Canon, which the Enemies had left, and we judged thereby that Fear had made them retire from this Half-Moon. The Sieur Parisoc, Major of Cambray, Ingenier, was wounded with a Piece of a Gra­nado on the Stomach, as he was setting the Miner to the Bastion of the Place.

The 30th. in the Evening, The Sieur de Toyeuse, Lieutenant General, the Sieru d' Erloc, and the Marquess de Nesle relieved the Tren­ches with two Batallions of the Marine, and two of the Queens. We finisht, during the Night a Battery of two Pieces of Canon, which had been begun upon the Countergard on the left: and we carried on by the Mine-work about twenty Toises of a Trench, drawing from the Countergard to the Curtain, which is on the Reverse of Paffendal.

The 31st. we continued to work to make the Descent of the Ditch: and to erect a Bat­tery of three Pieces of Canon on the same Ditch, which were to play with another Bat­tery of seven Pieces, which had begun in the Morning to fire briskly against a Bastion, which remained before the Besiegers, to hin­der them from entring the Place. We wrought also upon all that was necessary for [Page 47] the springing several Mines, to the end to give afterwards the Assault, in case the Enemies shewed no Design to yield.

But the Prince de Chimay, knowing that the Town was no longer defensible, and seeing himself pressed by the Principal Officers of the Garrison and by the Townsmen, to prevent the Misfortunes, which befall a Place, taken by assault, caused June the 1st. a Parley to be beaten, and demanded to capitulate. Hostages were soon sent on both sides, and all Acts of Hostility ceased. The Prince de Chimay de­sired a Truce for some Days, that he might send to Bruxelles, to represent to the Marquess de Grana the Extremity wherein he was. He added thereunto some other Requests, but the Mareschal de Crequi thought not fit to grant him any of them. The Truce was thus broken, and the same Evening the Besieged and the Besiegers began to fire upon one another.

The 2d. we perceived a white Cloth, whereby the Townsmen would declare, that they would no longer defend themselves, nor shoot any more. But the Garrison ceased not to fire at us with their Muskets all the Night, and our Men fired also briskly both their Musket and Canon to answer them.

[Page 48] The 3d. the Firing of the Besieged dimi­nished by degrees till ten a Clock, when they entirely left off to shoot and appear. They were above half an hour in this Condition: and in fine, seeing that the Besiegers erected in the Ditch a Battery of four great Pieces, they made appear at the Attack, where the Prince of Conti was, some Men who made a shew of desiring to speak. We could scarce make them leave firing on our side, that we might hear them. They said, that the Besie­ged had beaten a Parley on the side of the Castle: and desired, that we would not level our Canon. They were answered, that the Besieged should beat the Parley on the side, where they caused their Battery to be erected, and that they should cease working. They said, they expected a Drum: in the mean time the Work was discontinued, and in fine the Drum arrived. He cried out, after he had beaten, that they had made this call to capi­tulate. Some time after the Hostages were brought to the Guard of the Trenches, where the Prince de Conti was; and he sent them to the Mareschal de Crequi, who sent also his into the Town. The Deputies arrived after­ward at the Camp with the Articles of Capitu­lation, [Page 49] which the Prince de Chimay demanded. There was one in favour of the Deserters of our Troops, for whom the Besieged demand­ed an Amnesty; and another to obtain four Pieces of Canon, which were not granted.

After many difficulties the Capitulation was in fine regulated and Signed: the Extract whereof follows.

• [Page 52]The Marques de Humieres, Colonel of Foot, kill'd.
• The Count de Tonnerre, Co­lonel of the Regiment of Orleans, wounded.
• The Marquess de la Valette, Brig. of Horse, wounded.
• Volunteers kill'd.
  • The Marquess de Montpesat.
  • The Marquess de Bourlemont d' Anglure.
• Volunteers wounded.
  • The Duke de Choiseal.
  • The Vidame de Laon.
  • My Lord Howard, Son to the Earl of Carlisle.
• These 3 dead of their wounds.
  • The Chevalier de Megrigny.
  • The Sieur de la Caillemotte.
• Of the Regiment of Cham­pagne.
  • Captains wounded.
    • The Chevalier de Mablanc.
    • The Sieur de St. Clement.
    • The Sieur Mablanc the elder.
    • The Seiur Gasquet.
    • The Seiur Bousquetardon.
    • The Sieur du Plessis Ayde Maior.
  • Lieutenants kill'd.
    • The Sieur de Laval.
    • The Sieur Desmoulins.
  • Lieutenants wounded.
    • The Sieur de la Villette.
    • The Sieur Dandron.
    • The Sieur Tillieu.
    • The Seiur la Bastide.
    • The Sieur Bellies.
    • The Sieur St. Hippolite.
    • The Sieur Pradel.
    • The Sieur Beauregard.
    • The Sieur Dagare.
• Of the Regiment of Vaube­court.
  • Captain kill'd.
    • The Sieur de Lispinay.
  • Captains wounded.
    • The Sieur de Constaty.
    • The Sieur d' Arman.
    • The Sieur de Chaulnes.
    • The Sieur la Combe.
  • Lieutenant kill'd.
    • The Sieur de Beaulieu.
  • Lieutenants wounded.
    • The Sieur de St. Franc.
    • The Sieur la Boissiere.
    • The Sieur Vendal.
    • The Sieur la Combe.
    • Sub-Lieutenant kill'd.
    • The Sieur de Bonvouloir.
• Of the Regiment of Anjou.
  • Captains wounded.
    • [Page 53] The Sieur Durant.
    • The Sieur Extremos.
    • The Sieur Battinguant.
    • The Sieur de Maure.
    • The Sieur de Mont.
  • Lieutenant wounded.
    • The Sieur Loumagne.
• Of the Regiment of la Ferte.
  • Captains kill'd.
    • The Sieur Menoux Major.
    • The Sieur Patigny.
  • Captains wounded.
    • The Sieur de la Rodie.
    • The Sieur Lanty.
    • The Sieur Nosce.
    • The Sieur St. Bonnet.
    • The Sieur d' Aubarede.
    • The Sieur Picquet.
  • Lieutenant kill'd.
    • The Sieur de Renoncourt.
  • Lieutenants wounded.
    • The Sieur de Montifaux.
    • The Sieur la Vignerie.
    • The Sieur Choise.
    • The Sieur Fumé.
• Of the Regiment of Navarre.
  • Captains wounded.
    • The Sieur Dorignac, Major.
    • The Sieur du Pont.
    • The Sieur la Harliere.
    • The Sieur Carbonnieux.
    • The Sieur Rieutor.
    • The Sieur Sormel.
    • The Sieur du Ribal.
    • The Sieur la Forest.
    • The Sieur Mossan.
    • The Sieur la Salle.
    • The Sieur Massiliac.
    • The Sieur Castillon.
    • The Sieur Macaye.
    • The Sieur Desu:
    • The Sieur du Pre.
  • Lieutenants kill'd
    • The Sieur de la Tourrelle.
    • The Sieur Puget.
    • The Sieur du Ham.
  • Lieutenants wounded.
    • The Sieur d' Orgeval.
    • The Sieur des Essarts.
    • The Sieur Carignan.
    • The Sieur Bevilliers.
• Of the Royal Regiment.
  • Captains wounded.
    • The Sieur de Montmelian.
    • The Sieur Dorigny.
    • The Sieur Corte.
    • The Sieur la F [...]itte.
  • Lieutenants vounded.
    • The Sieur de la Croix.
    • The Sieur Boulanger.
    • The Sieur du Beuil.
    • The Sieur Sainte-Maison.
  • Sub-Lieutenant wounded.
    • The Sieur Paco.
• Of the Regiment of Enguien.
  • Captain wounded.
    • The Sieur de Toury.
  • Lieutenant kill'd.
    • The Sieur de Bichot.
  • Lieutenants wounded.
    • [Page 54] The Sieur du Bouy.
    • The Sieur Ferrant.
• Of the Regiment of Piedmont
  • Captains wounded.
    • The Sieur d' Or [...]ois.
    • The Sieur Taragny Ayde M.
    • The Sieur Chadigny.
    • The Sieur Chastre.
    • The Sieur Siccard.
    • The Sieur Merie.
    • The Sieur Sainte Marie.
    • The Sieur Dezers.
    • The Sieur Lam [...]non.
    • The Sieur la Fleur.
    • The Sieur Robert.
• Of the Regiment of Avergne.
  • Captains wounded.
    • The Sieur de Sainte Marthe.
    • The Sieur Rigal.
    • The Sieur Dargon.
  • Lieutenint kill'd.
    • The Sieur di Glost.
  • Lieutenants wounded.
    • The Sieur Loger.
    • The Sieur Breyne.
    • The Sieur Fournier.
    • The Father Almoner of the Regiment.
• Of the Regiment of Lyonnis.
  • Captain kill'd.
    • The Sieur de Valorge.
  • Lieutenants wounded.
    • The Sieur de Lavore.
    • The Chevalier de Raousset.
    • The Sieur Broccard.
    • The Sieur Saligny.
    • The Sieur le Normand.
    • The Sieur St. Jean.
    • The Sieur Pelou.
    • The Sieur la Tour.
    • The Sieur Chaudel Ayde M.
• Of the Regiment of Conti.
  • The S. de Gour, Major, kill'd.
  • Captain kill'd.
    • The Sieur de Moreuil.
  • Captains wounded.
    • The Sieur de St. Ange.
    • The Sieur St. Seve.
    • The Sieur Coulange.
    • The Sieur Marege.
    • The Sieur Romieu.
  • Leutenants wounded.
    • The Sieur de Fenneton.
    • The Sieur Faruze.
    • The Sieur de Vaux.
    • The Sieur la Tour.
    • The Sieur la Semmerie.
    • The Sieur Bussi du Mine.
    • The Sieur du Peroux.
• Of the Regiment of Normandy.
  • Captains wounded.
    • The Sieur de Lisle.
    • The Sieur Polignant,
  • Leutenants kill'd.
    • The S. de la Roque-Inpugeade.
  • Lieutentants wounded
    • The Sieur de Givresac.
    • The Sieur Langon, dead of his wounds.
    • The Chevelier Dus.
    • [Page 55] The Sieur la Martine.
• Of the Regiment of the Crown.
  • Captains wounded.
    • The Sieur de la Forcade.
    • The Sieur de Pille.
  • Lieutenants wounded.
    • The Sieur de Novion.
    • The Sieur Malvoisin.
    • The Sieur Flusi.
    • The Sieur Charlet.
• Of the Regiment of Conde.
  • Lieutenants wounded.
    • The Sieur de la Guezeric.
    • The Sieur Baumi.
    • The Sieur Canac.
    • The Sieur de Jean.
• Of the Regiment of la Chastre.
  • Captains wounded.
    • The Sieur Milon.
    • The Sieur Boislandry.
  • Lieutenants wounded.
    • The Sieur Durant.
    • The Sieur la Salle.
    • The Sieur Perre.
    • The Sieur Brucaval.
• Of the Regiment of Turenne.
  • Lieutenants wounded.
    • The Sieur de Larzac.
    • The Sieur Baltazar.
• Of the Regiment of Soissons.
  • Captains wounded.
    • The Sieur de Farnanville.
    • The Sieur Mignare, de la Co­lonelle.
  • Lieutenant wounded.
    • The Sieur de la Borde.
  • Of the Regiment of Bourbon­nois.
    • Captain kill'd.
      • The Sieur Piblard.
    • Captain wounded.
      • The Sieur Dhiery.
    • Leutenants wounded.
      • The Sieur de C [...]mpersan.
      • The Sieur Baudouin.
      • The Sieur Salure.
      • The Sieur la Bruyére.
  • Of the Regiment of Rouergue.
    • Captains wounded.
      • The Sieur Daffesq.
      • The Sieur Fregere.
      • The Sieur Descombies.
    • Lieutenant kill'd.
      • The Sieur de Luzam.
    • Lieutenants wounded.
      • The Sieur de Monblane.
      • The Sieur Bienfait.
      • The Sieur Valon [...]e.
      • The Sieur Meusnier.
  • Of the Regiment of Burgundy.
    • Captains wounded.
      • The Sieur de Bel [...]astel.
      • The Sieur la Siblere.
      • The Sieur Saint Vincent.
    • Lieutenants wounded.
      • The Sieur de Bou [...]desoulle.
      • The Sieur la Pau [...]e.
      • The Sieur Maison-Neuve.
      • The Sieur la Fuye.
      • The Sieur Chircourt.
      • The Sieur du Coutroye.
      • The Sieur Ferrandiere.
  • [Page 56] Of the Regiment of Vermandois.
    • Captains wounded.
      • The Sieur de la Touche.
      • The Sieur Savigny.
      • The Sieur la Factiere.
    • Lieutenants wounded.
      • The Sieur Arnault.
      • The Sieur de Daix.
      • The Sieur Amiere.
      • The Sieur Vergeuse.
  • Of the Regiment of Languedoc.
    • Captain wounded.
      • The Sieur de Saint Leger.
    • Lieutenants wounded.
      • The Sieur Olivier.
      • The Sieur Saint Martin.
      • The Sieur Goviabat.
      • The Sieur Ro [...]ville.
      • The Sieur La [...]glois.
      • The Sieur Ma [...]elau.
      • The Sieur Marestan.
      • The Sieur Bonafaux.
  • Of the Reginent of Hamilton.
    • Captain wounded.
      • The Sieur d' St. Géniés.
    • Leutenant wounded.
      • The Sieur le la Moline.
  • Of the Regiment Fuzeliers.
    • Captain kill'd.
      • The Sieur Darquet.
    • Captains wounded.
      • The Sieur [...]aschal.
      • The Sieur Mouone.
      • The Sieur Rabar.
    • Lieutenants wounded.
      • The Sieur de la Vigne.
      • The Sieur de la Garde, dead of his wounds.
  • Of the Marine Regiment.
    • Captain kill'd.
      • The Sieur Saint Fr [...]nc.
  • Officers of the Artillery.
    • The Sieur de Chevrigny, Pro­vincial Commissary, woun­ded.
    • Commissary of the Artillery slain.
    • The Sieur de Cavées.
  • Commissaries of the Artillary wounded.
    • The Sieur Fleury.
    • The Sieur de Cret.
    • The Sieur Villedot.
• Aydes de Camp wounded.
  • The Sieur de la Loutardiere▪
  • Captain of the Vessels.
  • The Sieur du Fort.
  • The Sieur Roquefeuille.
  • The Sieur Grüillon.
• Ingeniers kill'd.
  • The Sieur de Chastillon,
  • The Sieur Perrault.
• Ingeniers wounded.
  • The Sieur Parisot.
  • The Sieur Rouselot.
  • The Sieur d' Harmant.
  • The Sieur le Pautre.
  • The Sieur Racine.
  • The Sieur Grand Combe.
  • The Sieur Despagne the youn­ger.
  • The Sieur Mace.
  • The Sieur Morin.
  • The Sieur Pauhome.
• Father Maximilian, a Recol­lect, wounded in the Trenches.
• There were between four or five hundred Soldiers kill'd, and about seven hundred wounded.
• The Besieged lost above eight hundred Men.