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YEſternight when we opened the Trenches, we began to fire from one of our Batteries, and the reſt will be ready this Week to Play upon the Place with 200 Cannon and 60 Mortars, ſome of them throwing Bombs of 700 Weight. We deſign to attack none of their Works, till the breaches be ſo great as the Defendants may have but little advantage of the Aſſailants. The Circumvallation of the Camp is about ſeBoufflers who is ſtill in the place with ſome Ingineers and a great number of Vo
Our heavy Cannon, &c. is arrived from Maſtrich tho' the French did all they could to prevent it, particularly by with-holding the Water by one of their Sluces at Dinant. Boufflers hath granted a Paſs-port for the Count de Guiſcard the Governour, to go and ſee his Lady, ready to Lie in. The Garriſon is now ſaid to conſiſt of 15 BatMilitia, and 5 Regiments of Dragoons. The Palliſado's which they had in ſtore in their Fortifications, were burnt on the 7th at night, but how we know not.
The French made a Sally upon the Brandenburgers on Sunday night, but were repulſed with the loſs of 1000 Men as we are informed, and at the ſame time we became Maſters of a ſmall Out-work. The Prince de Vaudemont with the Allies, and Villeroy with the French, keep ſtill in their old Poſts. Some Incendiaries pre
Pignerol. July 3. The Allies opened the Trenches before Caſal on the 27th, and are already far advanc'd. We hear that the Garriſon made a ſucceſsful Sally, and kill'd abundance of men in the Trenches.
Paris. 11. It's ſaid that the King or Dauphin will attempt the relief of Namurre being much ſurprized with that Siege. That 14000 men are ordered thitherward from Germany, and 12000 from the SeaCaſtle-Follet is at the utmoſt exVauban hath rais'd a new Battery of 60 Guns at Brest.
Turin, July 2. The Allies have advanCaſal with their apSavoy miſs'd little of being kill'd by a Cannon Ball, ſome Of
Hailbron, 9. Prince Lewis is march'd with the Army to Sintsheim to joyn the Munſterians, Heſſians, &c. and will be near 50000 ſtrong.
The French are now within an hour of Phillipsbourg, and de Lorge being better, prepares to repaſs the Rhine, and hold on the defenſive; and it's not doubted but the Prince will follow him, his Army being weakned by detachment to the Netherlands, and Piedmont.
The Allies are now within 2 hours of the French, but they are poſted advanta
Vienna, July 2. Our Army is ſtill aſBaya. Letters from Poland to day ſay, that the Muſcovites have Beſieg'd Aſoff, taken the two Forts at the Mouth of the Boriſthenes, and that two Coſack GeCrimee.
Toulon, June 26. Yeſterday Admiral Ruſſel appear'd in ſight of this place, and made as if he would have Landed ſome men, but is this day put to Sea again. And one of our Fiſhers who was carried on board, ſays, that many of their men are Sick, that they are in ſome want of Proviſions, and had met with a great Storm on the 24th.
London, Printed for J. Salusbury at the Riſing-Sun in Cornhill, 1695.