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<P>A PERFECT NARRATIVE: Or a Full, and Exact RELATION Of the late Great and Bloody FIGHT BETWEEN The <HI>D&V;TCH, SPANISH,</HI> and <HI>IMPE|RIAL</HI> FORCES on the one Side, and the <HI>FRENCH</HI> ARMY, under the Command of the PRINCE of <HI>CONDE,</HI> on the Other.</P>
<P>With the Numbers Slain on both Sides; and a Li&s;t of the COMANDERS that were Kill'd, and taken Pri|&s;oners: As it is Confirmed by &s;everal Letters.</P>
<P><HI>Publi&s;hed to prevent Fal&s;e Reports.</HI></P>
<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for <HI>H. B.</HI> 1674.</P>
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<HEAD>THE NARRATIVE Of the Late FIGHT BETWEEN THE French &amp; Confederate ARMIES.</HEAD>
<P>THe <HI>Imperial</HI> Forces being Joyned, &s;ometime &s;ince, with the <HI>Dutch,</HI> and <HI>Spa|ni&s;h</HI> Troops, making in all, a Body of above Sixty Thou&s;and Men, Effect|ive, were drawn up very neer the <HI>French</HI> Army, under the Command of the Prince of <HI>Conde</HI> which lay Encamped in a very Secure Po&s;t; and 'tis &s;uppo&s;ed, might might intend to have declined a Pitcht-field, until <HI>Turenne,</HI> with the Forces lately Imployed in the <HI>Palatinate</HI> had Joyned them, had they not unexpectedly been Surprized into a Battel: The Manner whereof (after &s;everal various Reports-) is now &s;ound, and Confirmed to be thus:</P>
<P>On the Fir&s;t of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> the Confederate Armies de&s;igning to pa&s;s a River; a great Party of the <HI>French</HI> taking the Advantage, came, unexpectedly, forth of a Wood, and fell upon the Reer-Guard, con&s;i&s;ting of about Nine, or Ten Regiments, for the mo&s;t part <HI>Spani&s;h,</HI> whereof the hindermo&s;t were tho&s;e of <HI>Hol&s;tein</HI> the Regiment of <HI>Morber,</HI> and the Regiment of the Young Prince of <HI>Vandemont;</HI> All which, with &s;ome others, were Mi&s;erably Shattered; and, for the mo&s;t part, Cut to Pieces in the fir&s;t Charge of the <HI>French</HI> Fury; So that the Remainder were forced to Flye: And that part of the Army that was gone over the Ford, made what ha&s;te they could back again, to their Relief, the whole Army making Head as fa&s;t as the Inconve|nience of the place, which was very trouble&s;ome, and uneven, would Permit.</P>
<P>In This Defeat of the Rear, the Prince of <HI>ORANGE</HI>'S Carriages were Surprized, but as they were Carrying them off; A &s;trong Fre&s;h Party of the Dutch came in, which after a &s;harp di&s;pute, were compelled to retreat by a Bo|dy of &s;ix Thou&s;and Hor&s;e &s;ent in by the Prince of <HI>Conde,</HI> who in a very &s;hort time were met by a Party of our Cavalry, and mo&s;t furiou&s;ly engaged, and now the Generals on either &s;ide drawing up with all po&s;&s;ible &s;peed, and &s;ending Releifs to their re&s;pective Friends, the Gro&s;s of both Armies came to a &s;mart and mo&s;t cruel En|gagement, nothing of Courage or Re&s;olution being omitted on either hand: The ad|ver&s;e Troops breaking into and through each other, and the Generals often mingled a|mong&s;t the common Soldiers of the Enemy; In which confu&s;ion the Prince of
<PB N="2" REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 30 --><HI>Orange</HI> gave incomparable Te&s;timonies of his Valour and Heroick Spirit, and the re&s;t of the Commanders in&s;pired with an example of &s;uch undaunted Gallantry, &s;eemed to brave all dangers, though &s;everal of them there unfortunately, yet glori|ou&s;ly fell, dying in Bed of Honour; The Prince of <HI>Conde,</HI> and grand Officers of the other &s;ide, meeting them with an equal Bravery and Re&s;olution, &s;o that the Prince him&s;elf had his Hor&s;e thrice &s;hot under him, and though at fir&s;t it was reported he was near &s;lain or wounded, yet we are now &s;atisfied he came off unhurt though 'tis certainly affirmed, the brave Duke <HI>D' Engnin</HI> his Son received &s;ome wounds in the Face.</P>
<P>The fight continued de&s;perately till mid night, and then after &s;ome intermi&s;&s;ion, was renewed again the next morning, with as much Courage as ever: Both &s;ides acquitted them&s;elves with extraordinary Valour, but e&s;pecially the Imperial Infantry; Never did Fortune weigh the I&s;&s;ue of a Battel more Nicely; Nor could that of <HI>Phar&s;alia</HI> (where Fate Decided the Empire of the World) be bought with a more Sullen Ob&s;tinacy.</P>
<P>The fir&s;t Attaque, began on <HI>Saturday,</HI> about eleven of the Clock, in the Fore-noon, and continued with all imaginable fury, and horror; except &s;ome little re&s;pit about midnight, till the &s;ame time-next day: at which time, both Parties wearied, but not &s;atisfied, &s;eperated from each other, the <HI>French</HI> Retreating to their Trenches; and though the Confederate Troops may boa&s;t them&s;elves to be left Ma&s;ters of the Field, yet they thought fit al&s;o, quickly to repair to their former Po&s;ts.</P>
<P>The &s;laughter in the whole, cannot but be very great, though as to the certain Num|ber, common Fame &s;peaks very differently, according as the Intere&s;ts, or A&s;&s;ertions, of the &s;everal Reporters run Bya&s;t to either Party. Some relating near twenty Thou|&s;and in all &s;lain, though more moderate Computers cannot allow of above half that Number, the Confederates Writing about four Thou&s;and on their &s;ide; and near twice as many of the <HI>French.</HI> But the <HI>Paris</HI> Letters &s;peak ju&s;t contrary, though mo&s;t certain it is, abundance of the Flower of the <HI>French</HI> Gentry, (&s;ome affirm near four Hundred) &s;purred on by an exce&s;s of Gallantry Sacrificed here their lives to Honour. The Account of Per&s;ons of extraordinary Quality, &s;tands thus.</P>
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<HEAD>Of the <HI>Dutch, Spani|ards,</HI> &amp;c.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>The Marque&s;s</HI> D'A&s;lentar <HI>dead of his Wounds.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mon&s;ieur De Cavier <HI>killed.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>The</HI> Baron De Beck <HI>killed.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Prince Charles <HI>of</HI> Lorrain <HI>Wounded.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Count Wolbeck <HI>Wounded in three places.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Prince Prio <HI>Wounded.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>The Prince of</HI> Salme <HI>taken Pri|&s;oner.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Duke of</HI> Hol&s;tein <HI>Wounded, and taken Pri&s;oner.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>The</HI> Count Morode <HI>Wounded, and taken Pri&s;oner.</HI></ITEM>
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<HEAD>Of the <HI>French.</HI></HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>The Duke</HI> D'Enguin <HI>Wounded.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Duke of</HI> Luxenburgh <HI>Wounded.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mon&s;ieur Rochford <HI>Wounded with a Mu&s;quet Shot.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mon&s;ieur Montal <HI>his Thig<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> broke.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>The</HI> Chevalier Fowrilles <HI>Wound|ed.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>The</HI> Count De Lu&s;&s;an <HI>Wound|ed.</HI></ITEM>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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