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<HEAD>A LETTER
TO THE
States General of the United Provinces,
FROM
Prince WALDECK,
Who Commands Their Army in
FLANDERS:
Giving an Account of the Happy Succe&s;s they had
again&s;t the French Army commanded by the Ma|re&s;chal
<HI>d'Humieres,</HI> on the 15/25 of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> in&s;tant, 1689.</HEAD>
<HEAD>Publi&s;hed by Authority.</HEAD>
<P>THIS Morning a good part of your
Lord&s;hips Army being gone to Fo|rage,
we had news, that the Ma|re&s;chal
<HI>d'Humieres</HI> with his Army,
which he had reinforced &s;ome days
before with 6000 Men, was on his march, of
which we immediately adverti&s;ed the Foragers
by firing &s;everal pieces of Canon, as had been
agreed on. In the mean time the Enemies
Vanguard attackt the Village <HI>Forg&eacute;,</HI> where 800
Men were po&s;ted under the Command of the
Engli&s;h Colonel <HI>Hodges,</HI> Lieutenant Colonel
<HI>Goes,</HI> and the Major of the Regiment of <HI>He&s;&s;e.</HI>
This attack la&s;ted about 2 Hours, but our Men
defended them&s;elves very bravely, till Major
<HI>de Roo</HI> (who was &s;ent to give notice thereof to
the Lieutenant Generals <HI>Webbenum,</HI> the Earl of
<HI>Marleborough</HI> and <HI>d'Huby,</HI> who were with the
Foragers and to bring them back) came to their
A&s;&s;i&s;tance with &s;ome Hor&s;e; whereupon our
Men, &s;eeing the whole French Army advanced
towards them, retired Fighting till they came
to a Hill near the Town of <HI>Walcourt,</HI> in which
was po&s;ted a Batallion of <HI>Lunenburghers</HI> of <HI>Lin|&s;tau's</HI>
Regiment, who were afterwards reinfor|ced
with the Batallion of Colonel <HI>Holle.</HI> The
French attack'd the &s;aid Town very furiou&s;ly
with many Batallions and &s;everal pieces of Ca|non,
which la&s;ted two hours and a half. Lieu|tenant
General <HI>Aylua</HI> advanced with 3 Regi|ments
towards the Town, of which he detached
that commanded by Brigadier <HI>Talma&s;h,</HI> and the
Lieutenant General the Earl of <HI>Marleborough,</HI>
followed with the Guard <HI>du Corps,</HI> and two
Engli&s;h Regiments. In the mean time Major
General <HI>Slangenburg,</HI> advanced with a Detache|ment
of Foot to the other &s;ide of the Town,
which obliged the Enemy to retire in Con|fu&s;ion,
leaving behind them their Cannon and
Ammunition, and a great many killed and
wounded, the number whereof is not yet cer|tainly
known, among&s;t which are three Captains
of the French Guards; and Mon&s;ieur <HI>d' Artag|nan</HI>
Commandant of the &s;aid Guards, with &s;e|veral
others, are taken Pri&s;oners. In their
Retreat came two Drummers from the Enemy,
to de&s;ire a Ce&s;&s;ation to bury their dead; who
&s;aid, <HI>That Six Battalions of the Guards, who
likewi&s;e made the Attack, were, for the most part,
ruined.</HI> On our &s;ide none of any Con&s;ideration
are kill'd, be&s;ides Lieutenant Colonel <HI>Graham</HI>
of the Engli&s;h, the Major of the <HI>Lunenburgh</HI>
Dragoons, and a Captain Lieutenant; And
a Captain, and &s;ome Foragers, were taken:
And in the Town there were very few kill'd or
wounded. The French retired to their Camp,
and our Troops kept their Ground till Night.
The Velt Mare&s;chal Count <HI>de Na&s;&s;au,</HI> with
all the other Generals and Officers, behaved
them&s;elves as could be wi&s;h'd; and all our Troops
&s;hewed a great Courage and de&s;ire to come to a
Battle, and particularly the Engli&s;h, who were en|gaged
in this Action, behaved them&s;elves very well
And a great Succe&s;s might have been expected
had the Scituation of the Country &s;uffered us
to follow the Enemy.</P>
<P>I Congratulate Your Lord&s;hips upon the good
Succe&s;s of this Rencounter, which has fallen
out &s;o fortunately for your Arms, and in which
the Enemy has been forced to Retire. Praying
God farther to Ble&s;s Your Lord&s;hips Arms and
Government; To who&s;e Protection I Com|mend
You, and Remain</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your Lord&s;hips mo&s;t humble
and mo&s;t obedient Servant,
G. <HI>Frederick</HI> P. of <HI>Waldeck.</HI></SIGNED> <DATELINE>From the Camp
near the Ca&s;tle
of Til, <DATE>Aug. 25.
1689. late at
Night.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P>Other Letters from the Army &s;ay, That
there were 2000 of the French killed and
wounded.</P>
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<P>Printed by <HI>Edw. Jones</HI> in the <HI>Savoy,</HI> 1689.</P>
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