A. C. dermond, with a Garrison of 500 Men; befides the 1706. Regiment of Sarra-Blanca, which was order'd to remain at Grimberg, under his direction, to cover the Country of Waes. Aeth in vested, Sept. 26. N. S. After the Reduction of Dendermond,the Allies bent their victorious Arms against Aeth, which was invested on the 16th of September, by 40 Battalions and 30 Squadrons, under the Command of Monfieur, Auverquerque; the Duke of Marlborough being_encamp'd at Gramez to cover that Siege, and the Enemy between Condé and Mortagne, The Trenches were open'd the 20th in the Night; and the Attacks being carried on in the ufual form, the Behegers made a Lodgment on one of the Angles of the Cover'd-way the 29th of the fame Month, and having carried on the Saps, which they begun that Night, on the Right against the Point of the Ravelin, and on the Left against the two Points of the Aeth fur- Counterguard, within 200 Paces of each other; they took Poffeffion of that Counterguard the night between the laft of September, and firft of October; and finifh'd, at the fame time, a new Battery on the Cover'd-way. This oblig'd the Garrifon to beat a Parley the first of October, at 4 in the Afternoon; and, at laft, to furrender themfelves. Prifoners of War: Monfieur Of which Monfieur d'Auverquerque inform'd the d'Auver- States General, by the following Letter to Mr. Sequerque's cretary Fagel: rendred, Q&. 3. N. S. Letter to tary Fagel. ، SIR, AF Fter we had made our felves Mafters of the Cover'd-way of the Counterfcarp, and 'while I was in the Approaches about 6 a-Clock laft Night, the Enemy beat a Parley, and fent out two Officers to demand an honourable Capitulation. I fignified to them that they were to hope for no other Terms, than to be receiv'd Prifoners of War; that out of confideration for the Officers, I would allow them their Swords and Baggage, and the Sol diers their Knapfacks, and gave them half an Hour's Time to refolve what to do. I fent one of my Adjutants with them, to know the Governor's Refolution; he return'd immediately, and told me the Governor would not agree to it: Whereupon the Hoftilities were renew'd. But to Day, towards : Noon, Noon, the Befieged having beat a Parley again, A. C. and fent back the two Officers that came out to 1706.. treat with me laft Night, one of which is a Colonel, the other an Adjutant to the Duke of Vendofme, it was agreed, after fome Debate, that the Garrifon fhould furrender themfelves Prifoners of War. We fhall take poffeffion of a Gate to morrow, and the Garrifon is to march out on Monday. I do my felf 'the Honour to congratulate their High Mightineffes, with all my Heart, upon the Surrender of this Place. I wifh, and hope, that the Almighty will blefs more and more the Arms of the State, and its high Allies, and make them victorious. My Adjutant, Lieutenant Colonel Mortaigne, is ordered to carry this News to their High Mighti 'neffes. October 2. I remain, &c. Auverquerque. P. S. The Garrison confifted of 2100Men,of which 500 were kill'd or wounded in the Siege. On our fide 8 or 900 Men have been kill'd or wounded. Three days after, Monfieur d'Auverquerque wrote Another the following Letter to the fame : SIR, YEA Letter from the Jame to Efterday the Garrison of Aeth march'd out as the fame. "Prifoners of War, confifting of 150 Offi.. cers, and about 6co Soldiers, befides almoft 300 Sick and Wounded left in the Hofpitals. I have 'fent them to Ghent, to be imbark'd there for Bergenopzoom, where one half is to continue, and the other half ordered for Breda, till their High Mightineffes think fit to difpofe of them in other Places. Yefterday the Baggage which I had granted to the Officers, was fent to Mons and Condé, and I gave leave to the Prince of Spinola, late Governor of Aeth, Monfieur de St. Pierre, Commander of the French, Colonel Hondetor and Colonel St. Valier, to go for France for fix Weeks, upon account of their private Affairs. This morning I caus'd the Troops pofted about this Place, to draw up upon two Lines. The Enemies caufe more Troops to march towards Mons. "I I am, c, From the Camp before Auverquerque, A. C, again at The Duke of Marlborough continu'd, all this while, 1706. encamp'd at Gramez, to cover the Siege of Aeth; and the Duke of Vendofme contented himself to look on the Taking of that place with the fame Tranquility, with which he had feen the taking of Menin: But being apprehenfive, that the Allies might have a Defign either upon Mons or Charleroy, he caufed the Garrifons of thofe two places to be reinforc'd. All the Lines that were made before Aeth being levell'd, the Army, which was employ'd in that Siege, made a motion the 5th of October, in the afternoon, and next day encamp'd with the Right at Molley, and the Left at Aubre; whereupon the French ftretch'd out their Camp, fo that their Line took up near 4 Leagues in length, the Left being at MorThe D. of tagne, and the Right at Querrichin. On the 13th of Marlbo- the fame Month, in the morning, the Army comrough's manded by the Duke of Marlborough march'd from and Mr. Gramez, and having pafs'd the Dender near Leuze, d'Auver- joyn'd the Army under the Command of Monfieur querque's d'Auverquerque. The French had given out, that they Armies join would fall upon the Rear of the Allies at Leuze; but Cambron, the neceffary Precautions being taken against such an 'Attempt, the Enemy did not think fit to appear. The two Armies being joyn'd, the whole came and encamped together on the Plains of Cambron, with the Right at Chierre, and the Left at Lens, the Head Quarters being at the Abbey of Cambron, within two Leagues and a half of Mons This encreas'd the Enemy's Apprehenfion for that Place; but the Seafon being too far advanc'd for any great Undertaking, and the Confederate Forces too much fatigu'd, the Duke of Marlborough having made fome Motion for the Conveniency of Forraging, left the Army at The D. of Ghieflenghien, under the Command of Monfieur d'AuMarlbo- verquerque, and went to Bruffels on the 27th of October, rough N. S. attended by Mr. Stepney, her Majefty's Envoy leaves the Extraordinary, and feveral General Officers. His Army, and Grace was met at fome diftance from the Town by General Churchill, Count Zinzendorf, and other Perfons of Quality, with whom his Grace, at the repeated Requeft of the Magiftrates, made his Entry on Horfeback. At the Anderlech-Port his Grace was receiv'd by the Burgomafter and Magiftrates, who there prefented him the Keys of Honour, and made Oct. 13. goes to Bruffels (Oct. 27. N. S.) where he makes a publick Entry. him i him a very handfome Speech, expreffing their Grati- A. C. He returns to the His Grace having receiv'd all poffible Marks of Honour and Refpect from the whole City, return'd on the 31st of October to the Army. The 3d of Army. November his Grace fent Major-General Murray with 4 Scotch Battalions, and 6 of the Danish Troops, towards Courtray, where they were order'd to continue till the Fortifications of that Town were in a Posture of Defence. Two Days after, his Grace fet out for the Hague; and the next Day, (Nov. the 6th Hefets out N. S.) the Army mov'd to St. Quentin Lennick in or- for the der to feparate and march to their Winter-Quarters, Hague, which were regulated in this manner. The English Nov. 5. Forces were garrifon'd inGhent, under the Command NS. of General Ingoldsby; the Danes in Bruges; and the The Army Pruffians and Lunenburghers along the Demer, and be-f sorates, tween the Maefe and the Rhine. The Dutch Troops Nov. 6. were quarter'd in the following Places, under the N S. following Generals: Monfieur d'Auverquerque was Repar appointed to command in chief in the Netherlands, tion of the and to refide at Brussels, having under him Meffieurs Quarters, Dopf, Winter A. C. Dopf and Huekelom, Lieutenants-General, and Mon1706. fieur Villates, and Prince William of Heffe-Caffel Majors General; Count Tilly, General of the Horfe, was nam'd to command in Louvain, with Mr. Dedem, Lieutenant General, and the Earl of Athlone, Major General; Mr. Salifh, General of the Infantry, in Malines, with Mr. Dompre, Lieutenant General, and Mr. Collier Major General. The Earl of Albermarle commanded on the Maefe, having under him Meffieurs Hompefch and Oxenftiern, Lieutenants-General, aud Meffieurs Souteland and La Leeg, Major-General; Major-General Murray in Courtray, Major-General Pallant in Menin; Brigadier Pallant in Aeth, Major-General Lauder in Dendermond; Lieutenant General Spaar in Oftend, and Lieutenant-General Fagel in Sluyce and the Dutch Flanders. All the Brigadiers were order'd to continue with their Regiments, upon Pain of being cashier'd. The D. of N. S. The Duke of Marlborough having embark'd at Marlbo- Antwerp, the 7th of November N. S. on board one rough of the Yatchs belonging to the Admiralty of the arrives at Maefe, arrived the 8th at Rotterdam, and the next the Hague, morning at the Hague, attended by Count Zinzendorf, Nov. 9. and Mr. Stepney. The latter, being recall'd from Mr. Step- Vienna, where he was her Majefty's Envoy Extraney fuc ordinary and Plenipotentiary, came to the Hague to ceeds Mr. fucceed Mr. Alexander Stanhope in the fame Character; Stanhope, the Queen having thought fit to allow Mr. Stanhope as Envoy to quit that publick Station, which he was no longer Extraor- able to difcharge to his own Satisfaction, by Readinary and fon of his advanc'd Age, and infirm Health. The Plenipoten-Duke of Marlborough having receiv'd the Completiary. ments of the States, foreign Minifters and other A Congress Perfons of Diftinction, on his wonderful and gloof the Minifters of rious Campaign, his Grace had feveral Conferences the Allies with the Deputies of the States, wherein among other Things, it was agreed, That the Steps France had Hague, made towards a Peace, fhould be communicated to whtrein the Minifters of the Allies, in order to remove all the Steps fufpicions of clandeftine Negotiations, and encoumade by rage the feveral Members of the Grand Alliance, France to redouble their Efforts against the next Campaign. towards a Accordingly, the States having defired the MiniPeace are fters of the Allies, refiding at the Hague, to be pre cated, Nov fent the 21ft of November, at an extraordinary Con at the communi 21. N. S. greff |