AN Impartial Account Of the SURRENDER of CHARLEROY With the several ARTICLES, &c.
Licensed, October 13, 1693.
OUR Letters yesterday from Brussels dated the 14th instant, give an account, That on Sunday, the Ist instant, Don Francisco de C [...]strillo, Governour of Charleroy, caused a Chamade to be beaten; whereupon the fiting seised on both sides, and 3 Officers, were sent into the French Camp, and the Duke de Villeroy sent 3 Officers into the Town; the Capitulation lasted till 4 in the afternoon, at which time the Articles signed; which are as followeth, viz
- 1. That one Gate shall be immediately delivered into the hands of the French:
- 2. That the Garison shall march out through the Breach with Arms and Baggage, Drums beating, Colours flying, Bullets in mouth, and Match lighted, with all other Ensigns of Honour usual on such Occasions, and to be conducted to Brussels.
- 3. That they shall carry out 5 Peices of Cannon and 2 Mortars.
- 4. That 100 persons masked shall march out, and that they shall be allowed 20 covered Waggons.
- 5. That they shall have 300 Waggons to carry their Baggage, which the French are to provide them.
- 6. That the Prisoners on both sides, which were taken since the beginning of the Seige, b [...] returned as they march out.
- 7. That such of the Inhabitants as are desirous to stay, may do it without molestation, and to enjoy their Rights and Priviledges, as they did und [...]r his Catholick Majesty.
- 8. Th [...]t the Garrrison march our on the 3d, which accordingly they did about 10 in the mo [...]ning, through the French Army, who stood in B [...]ttal [...]a and were conducted to Genape, by 100 French Horse.
The Govern [...]ur came out at the Brussels Gate in hss Coach, and was complem [...]nted by the Duke de Villeroy, and other General Officers, who highly applauded his Conduct and Gallantry, during the Seige. The Garrison were this Night at Waterlo, and to morrow Night they will be in the Suburbs of this City, from whence they will march to Guelderland, to Quarters of Refreshments. The Governour is gone to the Consederate Army to give the Elector of Bavaria an account of what passed during the Siege, which lasted 27 days. This Fortress is scituated in the Earldom of Namur, was built in 1666 by the Spaniards, Bombarded by the French in 1692. it stands on the Rivers Sambre, and Pieton, 14 miles West of Namur, 21 East of Mons, and 26 South of Brussels.