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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>A LETTER From the Camp near the River</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE>Ricton <DATE>the fo<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">rteenth of <HI>A&V;GUST.</HI></DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>AS tho&s;e that are &s;aved from a Shipwrac<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> delight them&s;elves exceedingly in relating tho&s;e dangers they have avoided, &s;o I think it is very ju&s;t, that after a bloudy Battell, I may have the plea&s;ure to tell you the particulers of it. The Zeal I ha<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">e for the glory of my Prince, and the Employment with which he hath honoured me in his Army made me a party concerned in this Action. To entertain you Cavalieremen of a Battell, that is now the univer&s;al talk of all <HI>Europe:</HI> I will tell you the particulers of it the mo&s;t impartially and the mo&s;t &s;uccinctly that I can.</P>
<P>The tenth of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> the Prince of <HI>Conde,</HI> was informed by a Spye, that the Confedrate Army was to March towards <HI>Marimont,</HI> upon that advice His Highne&s;s &s;ent the Count of St. <HI>Martins</HI> with five hundred Hor&s;e to di&s;cover the truth of this Report, he had the good fortune to meet with a Party of two hundred Dutch Hor&s;e, he fell upon them briskly, and after a &s;hort re&s;i&s;tance in which mo&s;t of them were Killed, and the re&s;t taken Pri&s;oners, he came back to our Camp and his Pri&s;oners did confirm the truth of tho&s;e informations we had received from our Spye immediately after the Prince of <HI>Conde</HI> gave Orders that the whole Army &s;hould be in a readine&s;s to March and to Fight, and Satturday la&s;t at break of the day, we went out of our Frenches, our General &s;ent five thou&s;and men to take po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of a Wood, as a Po&s;t very commo|dious, and of great advantage to our Army, to be &s;hort, about ten of the Clock in the morning our Men fell upon the Rear of the Enemy, the Spaniards that compo&s;ed it, were the fir&s;t expo&s;ed to the fury of our Souldiers, and in <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">e&s;s then two hours they were forced to Retire in great conf<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;ion to the main Body of the Dutch. A little before his Highne&s;s had &s;ent ten thou&s;and Men to attaque eight Regiments that the Prince of <HI>Orange</HI> had left to keep his bag|gage, the &s;ight was vigorou&s;ly di&s;puted in this place, but at la&s;t the French made them&s;elves Ma&s;ters of it. So far the Enemies had lo&s;t &s;ix times more men then we. <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ut the Van of our Enemies com|po&s;ed of the Germans turning fell upon our Troops the Ma&s;&s;acre was here the greate&s;t and the mo&s;t terrible, about &s;ix of the Clock both Armies were wholly ingaged. The Confederates had at lea&s;t fifteen thou&s;and men more then we, but magure tho&s;e odds we forc'd them to Retire, and to abandon us the victory, the Spaniards have lo&s;t about four thou&s;and men, the Dutch as many, but the &s;laugh|ter was greate&s;t of all among&s;t the Germans for above five thou|&s;and of them were left dead or mortally wounded upon the Field, we have lo&s;t above four thou&s;and men, and among&s;t them about eight hundred Gentlemen Of two Italian Regiments that were in the Confedrates Army there are hardly men enough left to make up a Company <HI>Mondony</HI> one of the Collonels was killed, and the Mar|quis de Sarondi is Pri&s;oner and dangerou&s;ly wounded, the Regi|ments of Hol&s;tein of Waldeck, of Vaudemont, Medode and Lor|rain, have not above five hundred men left, the Marquis Da&s;lentar who Commanded the Spani&s;h Cavalry, was taken pri&s;oner and dy|ed la&s;t night of his wounds: Le Marquis del Guardo, le Comte de Fal&s;tanel, and le Marquis don Alonzo del Prado were killed. The Prince of Salme the Duke of Hol&s;tein the Comte de Merode are Pri|&s;oners, le Prince Pio, le Prince Charls de Lorrain, le Comte de St. Cuarin, le Marquis del cada are dangerou&s;ly wounded, we hard ye&s;terday that Geneaal Souches had been wounded with a Pi&s;toll &s;hot in the Shoulder, but without any danger. The Prince of <HI>Orange,</HI> e&s;caped without any hurt though he thru&s;ted him&s;elf into the thicke&s;t of our Troops all our Officers do prai&s;e exceedingly the &s;tout Carriage of that young General. There is a true relation of our Enemies lo&s;&s;es, ours are nothing &s;o great, but yet they are con&s;iderable enough our General was pre&s;erved as by a Miracle for he had two hor&s;es killed under him. He acted the part of a Com|mander like a judicious and experienced Prince, and that of a Soul|dier like a &s;tout Man. His &s;on the brave Duke of Enguin, that &s;on &s;o worthy of &s;uch a Father did wonders in this Battell but I fear that his glorious actions will co&s;t us very dear &s;ince in all probability his wounds will prove mortal, the Duke of Navailles has done no|thing in this occa&s;ion contrary to the glory of his pa&s;t actions. Lux|emburg behaved him&s;elf like a gallant Souldier, and a wi&s;e and a &s;tout Commander, he is wounded with a Pike in the &s;ide but not dangerou&s;ly In &s;hort the whe&s;e Army did all that could be expect|ed from gallant men, we have lo&s;t a great many men of quality in this Battell and among&s;t the re&s;t the Comte de Boi&s;e, le Marquis de Merillon, le Comte de Lu&s;tan, le Vice-comte de Herrer le Che|valier de Lauerdun, are Killed. Mon&s;ieure le Comte de Montal, after a thou&s;and actions of valour was wounded in four &s;everall place, but the mo&s;t dangerous is of a Musket &s;hot in the Thigh, le Cheva|lier de Fourilles the Comte de Bui&s;ton le Marquis de Beaurgard are dangerou&s;ly wounded, our Brother that Commanded the Re|giment of Vande&s;me in the ab&s;ence of the young Collonel is wounded in three &s;everal places, but without any danger of his life, he hath lo&s;t above eight hundred men of his Regiment, for my part I have been &s;o happy as to &s;cape without any hurt from an occa&s;ion where Death had &s;o plentiful a Harve&s;t, we are in a daily expectation of a &s;econd Battell for the Prince is re&s;olved to attaque the Enemy once more upon any favourable occa&s;ion it I am &s;o happy to &s;cape a live from the neat as I have from the la&s;t. I will let you know all the particulars of it. In the intreim give me leave to a&s;&s;ure you that no man in the world loves you better then,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your ever kind friend and humble &s;ervant: <HI>R. M.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed in the year 1674.</P>
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