A compleat history of Europe: or, a view of the affairs thereof, civil and military, for the year 1707. Containing all the publick and secret transactions therein; ... Intermix'd with great variety of original papers, ... With the remarkables of the year; ... Illustrated with maps. To be continued annually. 1707
Jones, D. (David)
© nigh luſt hebben, ende tegens des ſelfs particulicre} vues in Italien preſumeren ſal, ten zy haer Hoogh| * Mog., nevens hare Majeſteyt de Koninginne van] 17 Groot Brittannien, de acceleratie van ſoodan'ge ur-. ligh * gentiiſime renfort, niet doen werckſtelligh maken.} gel * Oock heeft wel- gedachte Marquis ordre, na ſine fc * verrichtingh by den Hertogh van Savoyen ende & poff Prince Eugenius, {ich wyders na den Hage cn Lon fee * den te begeven, en de hooghdringentheyt van nem promptiſſime aſliſtentien te repreſenteren. bah Wat dit Hof betreft, verre van des ſelfs hier ge. hebt © blevene forces te employeren tot een ſpoedige en poſt * vigoureuſe diverſie, om de Vyandlijcke progrefienf ga te ſtuyeen, heeft her ſelve in tegendeel de Troup: pere. Vvelcke uyt de Frovintie van Alenteja in marſch ' Mog waren, om 't Corps d'Armèe omtrent Zuidad R ae drigo te gaen verſtercken, albereydts gecontramu fee * deert en te rugh ontboden, om de Frontieren ven < * de Algarves, waer inne het Steedje Serpa bemagnM « (61 tight heeft, foo veel mogelijck te decken; re me: ct * nadien opgemelde Legertje tot omtrent viif duj | * ſendt Mannen, ſoo Cavallerie als Infanterye, do 1, | © meeſt Land-militie, aengegroeydr weſende, mia TH maeckt van dieper te willen doordringen. Ick d vel mijn uytterſte beſt, om ophoudelijck te veto ex nen ende te doen beprijpen, dat dit Hof door the ur © conjunctie van deſſelfs Trouppen, en dcor de ope pinio „ratien van ſoodanigen Corps d'Armee, niet alle bare Qi for the I EAR 1707:. alle deſerzijdſche Frontieren genoeghſaem ſecoure- ' ren, nemaer ook tot redres der ſaecken, tegens de Vyandlijcke ptogreſlen in her Rijck van Valencia den verders, het eenighſte ſecours het welcke nu by der hand is, bequamelijck contribueren, ende de Vyanden verplichten ſoude hare verſamelde maght ' te diverſifieren, tot defenſie van haer eygen Landt : Paer ter contrarie, door het ſepareren van meerge- melde Corps d' Armèe, verre van de Portugieſche Frontieren en Plaetſen te bedecken, den Vyand noch meer faciliteyt ſoude kunnen geven, om de © :fgeſonderde Quartieren, d'eene na de andere af te ſnyden en te enleveren, als mede tot in het cen- trum van Portugal door te dringen, ſonder de ope- ' ratien van haer principale Leger tegens Koningh Karel in het minſte te ſtremmen of te ſuſpenderen. Alle deſe, en meer andere convainquante argumen- ' ten, vinden geetrf ingreſſie op het verflauwt en ver- ſtockt gemoedt van dit Miniſterium; het welcke ſigh vernoeght met te proteſteren, dat indien En- ' gelandt en den Staet geen prompte ende generale ' kcourſen overſenden, men hier nie alleen buyten poſtuyr ſal blyven, om in favour van de gemeene ' faceke tegens de Vyanden eenige diverſie te onder- nemen, maer oock buyten ſtaet geraecken, om ſigh ſells te kunnen defenderen of befchermen. Ick * hebbe de flechre diſpoſitie van dit Hof, by alle "i poſt-digen van dit loopende jaer, en oock menigh- eig mael re vooren, ſoo eenvoudigh en evidentelijck "ff © yertoonr, dat het ſuperflus ſoude weſen Haer Hoogh Mog. attentie daer mede weder te diſtraheren: i © Wacromme ick my dan referere tot het gunt de- ve, volgens Hare hooge wijsheyt, ſtaetkunde, en exemplairen yver, ten beſten van de gemeene 57 faecke, en van's Lands dienſt, convenabel en ra- M. Sehon edtſiem vinden ſullen. nenbourgh the Durch My Lord, | | *- _ Ambalſa- Ho I do not doubt but their High Migtinei: doro Let- | : 5 3 ter from {es ſhall have, c're this time, receiv d a very Portugal exact and particular Account of what happen d in cncern- the unfortunate Bartel of Almanſa ; yet I am of O- jag the WF Pinion, they will by no means find the Circum- jargel of "ol © {antes and Particulars mention'd in the three Let- Aman 74; 2Jdz ters &c. I. 52 A Compleat HISTORY of Eux or, ters hereunto annext, to be ſuperfluous: That ur: Ma * der the Letter A. is an Original of the Count d 0 u * Noyelle writ to me, accompanied with a copious Re. pan lation of the Action under B. tranſmitted to his Ex. gere * cellency by Brigadier Drimborn, and the other un- Hub * der C. is an Extract and Tranſlation of the Re.“ * marks, made by the Count of Corzana, Governor Nec * of the Kingdom of Valencia, on my Lord Gali. they © way's Conduct, in a Letter to King Charles's Mini- Ford * ſter reſiding here: From all which it plainly ap. vigo © pears, with What little Harmony, and how undi, the [ * creet Counſells, a Reſolution fo unneceſſary, ande | ded * yet of the higheſt Importance, was undertaken WM. with what blind Zeal and Confuſion they carried the! * it on, and with what fatal Succeſs it was attended? der t * It's moreover very remarkable, that we have nor 454 * yet receiv'd in this place, as much as one icrip of unde Paper, either from the Marqueſs da Minas, the © of se * Earl of Gallawas, or the Baron e Fieſboiem, which Arm. makes us conjecture. that the two laſt, at lect my and * Lord Galla way, has ſent directly an ample Relation 'of p * of the Fight by a Frigate into England. ['o thiß rata give me leave only to ſubjoin, that by the {cveral ' that | * Advices we have receiv'd from very good Hands ration out of divers Quarters ; the Conſternation amoni WM thi; * the reſpective Generals, was fo great, thit the i. * were almoſt all to pieces, and at their Wirs end f may * they having with the few Infantry they had ſuv 2 gain 6 and the undamag'd Portugueſe Cavalry, abandon 4 eiſo © the Kingdom of Valencia, and retir'd towards Torg Force toſa, without diſputing the Pailage of the ire that « * Foucar, with the Enemy, who have already pee they | * trated as far as Valencia, and in all appearance, , Place little Garrifon left in the Caſtle of Alicant, cam nore * Jong withſtand them. In the mean time his M. tg * ſty has diſpatch'd the Marqueſs Fuencalada, a 3" Heart niſh Gentleman. into lea, to follicite for a ſpe: given *'and ſtrong Reinforcement of Foot and Dragoons King © With which the Imperial Court, notwithſtaricinl Argus * the very preſſing Neceſſity of it, and the con bearte * nicncy ariſing from the nearnefs of the Expedier conter perhaps has no inclination to comply, and VI nd t * preſume it to be 9gainſt their own particular * ducco in Fah, unleſs their High Mightineſſcs, and E dakin Mae for the VEAR 1707. ' Majeſty the Queen of Great Britain, go round ly de t work to haſten ſuch a Reinforcement, ſo greatly Ne. © wanted in Spain. The fame Marqueſs is alſo or- x- {cr d, after he has diſpatch'd his Buſineſs with the un- © Duke of Savoy and Prince Eugene, to ſet forwards Re- © for the Hague and London, to repreſent the urgent nor * Neceſſity of quick Supplies. As for this Court,. (they have been ſo far from imploying what, ni. © Forces they have on his fide, to make a ſpeedy and ap. © vigorous diverſion, in order to ſtop the progreſs of di, the Enemy, that they on the contrary countermari- nd ded and ſent back, thoſe Troops that were on the N 4 march from the Province of Alentaja to reinforce iech the Body of the Army about N Rodrigs, in or- der to cover as much as poſſible the Frontiers of Agarve; where the Enemies little flying Camp, ' under the Duke d'OFuna, have maſter'd the Town 'of Ser pa: Moreover, ſince the foremention'd little Army increas'd to about five Thouſand Men, Horſe and Foot, tho* moſtly Militia, and made a ſhew 'of penetrating further; I do my utmoſt by con- ' tinual Repreſentations to the Court to let them ſee, ' that by the junCtion of theſe Troops, and the ope- nations of ſuch a Body of Men, the Frontiers on "this fide may not only be ſufficiently ſecur'd ; but alſo that this only Succour, which is yet at hand, may ſeaſonably contribute ro redreſs our Affairs a- gainſt the Progreſs of the Enemy in Valencia, and n cſewhere, and oblige them to divide their united force, for the defence of their own Country; but „dhe on the contrary, by ſeparating of this Army, "" they would be ſo far from covering the frontier "OY Places of Portugal, that the Enemy would with more facility, attack and maſter the remote Quar- bes, one afrer another, and even pierce into the "8 Heart of Portugal, without rhe leaſt ſtop or diverſion e eiren to rhe Operations of their grand Army againſt King Charles, All theſe, and ſeveral other convincing "" Arguments make no impreſſion upon the faint- "I bcarred and obdurate Counſells of the Miniſters, who "ol ncent themſelves with proteſting. 53 Wo Compleat HISTORY f Euxory, L but likewiſe be out of Condition to defend and © ſecure themſelves. I have fo plainly and evident u * ſer forth the cold Temper of rhis Court every Poſf. day this Year, as well as before, that it would be * ſuperfluous to trouble their High Mightinefles any more with it; wherefore I recommend my ſelf ta their favour, and leave it to their great Wiſdom⸗ Knowledge in matters of State, and exemplary 7::1;A to find out Expedients moſt ſuitable to the good l * the Common Cauſe, and the Service of cu Country. | | 3 Bylagen tot de ſecrete Brief van ts Heere Schonenbergl f 5 van den 1. Junii 1707. 1 Monſieur, | | 0 CEle que vous mavez fait honneur de m'tcrig 6 du 28. Mars m'a eſté bien rendue, & jay fait © cognoitre au Roy quels eſtoĩent vos ſentimens, pat © report a ce quelꝰon devoit eſperer du coſts ou vu $ eſter. , Vous ſerez ſurpris de la mauvaiſe nouvelle, qui s yous voirez dans le papier ici joint. a Il eſt eſtonnant de voir des gens, qui fans raifoq * ni engagement aucun, font 4. lieues deſſein premes * dit pour aller cercher des PEnnemis beaucoup pluf « forts queux, avantagieuſement poſtes, & par cons * ſequent ſe faire battre de gayete de cœur; changet © le project fait & approuve par le Roy, que larmeg 4 devoir marcher en Arragon, ou les Magaſins eſtoid © ent deja faits, & ou fa Majeſtè ſe devoit rendre, & * ou il joignoit 2000, Chevaeux fous le Comte de le * Poebla & trois Battaillons Hollandois, ce qui avrolf au moins rendu le parti egal. | | Ce qui vous ſurprendra encor plus cet quid puis le 25. du paile, qui a eſtè la journée de la Bu taille d' Almanſa, juſques a preſent, il n'eſt vent aucune relation du Generael en Chef au Roy, jd * croy qu'ils ne ſavent pas bien quelle tour luy don * ner. | * Enfin, Monſieur, ils ont fait la folie, & !one ſouffrira icy. | * Vous juge bien qu'ils expoſent la Parmee & Roy, jamais la fermete de ce Prince n'a plus pin for the VEAR 1707. & il faudra faire de neceſſitẽ vertu; Pon a depeſchẽ * en Italie pour du ſecours d'Infanterie. Les Rajacinées de Valance & d' Arragon pericli- © tent beaucoup, & ſi ces Meſſieurs avec lc debris de eur armèe ne gardent pas les paflages de la riviere Ceucar, le premier ſe perdra, en le ſccond, ou il n'y a aucun poſte, ou Von puiſle ſe maintenir, eſt * extrement expoſe, Pon n'a pas manquè de faire les © repreſentations. neceſſaires, mais nous ren ſavons pas encor le reſultat. | Lon propoſe d*envoyer les recrues Hollandoifes & Portugaiſes, qui n'eſtoient pas au combat, dans Valance & Tortoſa. Ceeſt a preſent qu'une diverſion du coſtè de Por- © tugal eſt de la derniere neceſſité, d' autant plus qu'elle rappelleroit les troupes, que les ennemis ont * tire a eux de cette Frontiere. | | * Enfin, Monſieur, l'on fera du mieux, que Pon pourra, mais le mieux ne laiſſera pas d'eſtre * mauvais. ge vous ferai ſ;avoir les ſuittes d'un f1 pernitieux * commandement, & quelle de raiſon donnera Mi- lord Galway d'une conduite ſi fort extraordinaire. Barcelona 6 May | Je ſus, 1707. Ci. de Noyelle. nne Lettre eſcritte par un officier a ſon Excellence f Monſicur le Comte de Noyelle, Monſieur, E ne doute pas ou Monſteur le Baron de Frie- ſheim aura d<a rendu conte a votre Excellence de la maiheureuſe journce d Almanza laguclie pour- tant a Ce telle que je ſuis ſeur qu il n'en a peu faire * lo detail, & il melt impoſſible auſſi que j'en puiſſe faire un conte exact a votre Excellence; ce fur le * vintgtroiheme que nous abandonnames le ſiẽge du Chateau de Viliene, ayant apris que FArmee. des * Ennemiis ètoit arrivce à Almunza, & le dit jour, a- * pres avoir retire le Canon, & les I'roupes, nous marchames le vingt quatriemę aſues 2 Gauderte, & apres que Von cut gfolu d'tagder les Ennemis * malgre. leut ſuperiorits qui campoient I quatre * Itcues de nous, len marcha le vingt cinguieme de Odd 3. 3 6 86 A Compleat HISTORY of Enzxopy, grand matin, & on pouſa tellement la marche qu'on nommè da tour de Don Enrique, & Fon vit que le: Ennemis n'erotent pas decampes, comme Pon $er Etoit flatt ; on vit alors auſſi que leur armée etojr jointe & de beaucoup plus * que la notre ; on continua neanmoins le deſſein de les combattre, & noſtre Armee avancant dans la plaine vers Al manza, Milord Galloway gagna avec un Detache— ment les hauteurs 2 une petite demi heure devant le front des Ennemis, d'ou il pouvoit decouvrir a plain eur Camp, range en ordre de bataille, ayant la Ville d' Almanza derriere, fon Corps de bataille de maniere que la ſeconde Ligne étoit proche des mu- railles, Etandant fa droitre fur une hateur, & f gauche dans une grande plains, ayant trois Lignes aux ailes bien ſerrees ; on ordonna de nous etandre toujours vers Ja gauche, & puis que nous etions trop foibles pour egalifer leur front, on renforga cette aille de la Cavallerie de Minas tirée de la ſeconde IL. K K © „ tres Bataillons Ennemis pour ſecourir Icur Corps - * E Eſcadron en flanc & lui fit une autre decharge & 9 ay ab entra vers le midi dans la plaine par un endroit N Tune. 53 Nee e toujours en marchant vers la gauche avec telle pre- grandes ouvertures contre notre Corps de bataille, de bataille viut en meme tems au combat, juſques aux Portugais, que demurerent en arriere, & notre | vec grande furevr juſques au Murailles de la Ville, ; Corps de bataille entierement degarni de Cavalleric, | de mon Regiment, & cſ{uiant le feu du Regiment taillon fut mis en priſe, & leur autres Drapeaux pris f per mes Cavalliers, dans ce meme inſtant deux au- de baraille, ane pour lors ẽtoit en deroute, prit mon 355 > $3 Wy pls Fo 3 WT 4 vY BF IRA 5 5 = 1 F rs . Fs 2 £24 Pe 3 6 FE 5 ny $58 = EE. e 279 * Pi s YU 5 . for the YEAR 1707. ' quayant eſſujꝰ nous fumes oblige de ſecourir le © Battaillon de Weldre, qui combattoit avec ſa va- leur ordinaire; dans ce tems les Portugais n'arrive- rent pas encore, mais on vit leur Cavalliere de. la © droitte ſans avoir choque que deux ou trois Eſca- « drons, à la gauche il n'y avoit pour lors que le Bat- © taillon de Neude, & un ou deux autres, les deux FEſcadrons de Herway, & mon ſecond Eſcadron, & les Dragons Hollandois, lesquels rant attacques par une triple Ligne d' Infanterie & Gavallerie ſou- © tinrent neantmoins, mais FInfantrie apres s'ètre ra- ice juſques 2 trois fois trouva ouverture des En- © nemis & preſque enticrement tute, on men peut rien ſaver, de maniere que coupe de toute part par a fuite de la gauche, nous eumes aſſez de peine de ſauver le reſte de mon Regiment, celui des Dragons © & de Herway, après avoir choque pluſieurs. entre tems le Comte de Dona avoit ralié le debris de 14 Regimens, & nous fumes avertis le lendemain qu'il Etoit retire juſques 2 la Hñauteur de Don En- \ rique, & qu'il ſe defendoir ; je fus moy mème avec un petit Derachement par de la Catina, puis que pon avoit flattéẽ Milord qu'il fe defendoir toũjours qu'il demandoit de Vivres, pour voir s'il y auroit moyen de leur en faire tenir, en cas que ce rapport fut veritable, mais Jeu bient0t les nouvelles qu'il s' toit rendu à la requiſition apres avoir capituls * dans les formes : les Lettres de Dona & plulicure autres le confirment hier; il eſt bien ſurprenant * qu'un { petit nombre aye pu reſiſter ſi long tems 3 une {1 prodigieuſe terre des Ennemis, & on maſſurẽ que le nombre pris en cet endroit n'etoit que de * quinze cent Hommes, pourtant de toute noſtre In- * fanterie nous avons ici que les commandes au * Bagage, les Malades & peu de Bleflez dans l'action de Catina, Jen ay trouvẽ cent quarente ſe pt bleſſes & mee e e ; voila le triſte eſtar de nõtre ArmCce, * ici on laiſſera quelque Garnifon. & au reſte je ne ſay ce qu'ils veulent faire, & ils ne le ſavent eux meſme; mon Regiment eſt encore plus de cent Chevaux en eſtat & pluſicurs bleſſes, de fa vie il ne fit une de marche ny une manoeuvre ſembable a la noſtre ; je ray pas &te du Conſeil, n'yant pas recu la com- * .n:thon de General, mais je ne ſcai comment jamais ceux, 4 $ 57 ' = i 17 | 14 15 ! 1 ' | : — _X EI —— — I * - — 5 = a= 58 A Compleat HIST ORT Enxops, ceux, qui ſont cauſe de ceci, en pourront repondre. * cependant je ne veux pas m'etandre la deflus, mais je ſouhaiterois de tout mon cœur de parler en per- * fonne a votre Excellence, meme il ſeroit tres neceſ * faire, Pay eſſajẽ d'aller pour cela vers la Catalongne mais Monſieur de Freiſheim ne voulant pas me * laifſer aller, c'eſt pour cela que Jay eſté oblige de. * ſcirere celle ci, eſtant bien fachè que je ne Vaye peu faire plator, c'eſt un mal ſans remede, & je la re- garde comme la ruine des affaires; Jay peur meme * voyant la conſtitution & la direction des affaires qu'il y aura encore des ſuittes facheuſes; on a fait * aller les recrues vers Tourtouſe, & Monſieur de * Friefheim ma dit qu'il les vouloit incorporer dans * nos Battaillions d'Arragon, voſtre Excellence Jugera mieux que moy de quelle maniere on doit, Ki eſt eſt poſſible, un peu redreſſer ce mal fans remede ; Milord a un coup de Sabre ſur la Teſte, Minas ma- lade, & Frieſheim ne ſachant que faire dans cette * extremitE; Jauray ſouhaitè de donner des mcil- * heures nouvelles a voſtre Excellence, mais le bon Dieu ne Pa pas voulu, & Paveuglement des gens * la cauſe. De Alcire le 3o. d'Avri 1701. R £© SS Aa C. de Nor- My Lord, 5 : en, T HE Letter you did me the Honour to write ter to the , to me on the 28th of March came ſafe to DurchAm- my Hands, and I have Communicated to the 4 £86 RR 3. paſſado at King your Thoughts, in reference to what we Lisbon a= © are to expect on the Side of Portugal, you will be bout our © ſyrprized with the ill News contained in the Papers in Con I do herewith ſend you. | duct in the Its matter of Aſtoniſhment to find People with- battle Of out any Reaſon or Neceſſity march 4 Leagues on — purpoſe to find out an Enemy much ſtronger than themſelves, very advantageouſly poſted, and con- ſe quently ready to fight with all their Hearts; to change the Project that had been formed and ap- proved of by the King, that the Army ſhould march into Arragon, where there were Maga- Zines already erected, where his Majeſty was to ap- pear in Perſon, and where being joyned with 2009 6G. a 6G 6G GG AA 25350 * KN — * * WE OD 5 F 7 n 8 Ss © » wW WV 4 for the YEAR 1707. : 2000 Horſe, under the Command of the Count ; de les Poebla, and 3 Dutch Battallions, they would have been atleaſt equal to the Enemy. * But what will ſurprize you ſtili the more is, that © from the 25th of the laſk Month, on which the $ Battle of Almanza was fought, to this very Day, there has been no Account tranſmitted to the King from the General, which makes me believe they do not know what turn to give it. | In ſhort, my Lord, they have played the Foo! * with themſelves, and we ſuffer here for it. * You may well conceive how they have expoſed the Army and the King there; never did this 5 Prince ſhew more Conſtancy than now, and he made a Virtue of Neceſſity; he has ſent for a Re- ijinforcement of Foot from 1taly. * The Frontiers of Valentia and Arragon are in great Danger, and if thoſe Gentlemen, with the Remains of their Army, do not defend the Paſ- * ſages of the River Ceucar ; the firſt is loſt, and the © other Kingdom, wherein there is no tenable Poſt, * will be much expoſed : We have not been wanting © to make neceſſary Repreſentations to them, the $* Reſult of which we do not yer know. It has been propoſed to ſend the Dutch and Por. * tugueſe Recruits, which were not in the Battle, into * Valencia and Tortoſa. © Its abſolutely neceſſary that a Diverſion ſhould be now made on the Side of Portugal, by which * means the Enemy, would be obliged to recall the * Troops which they drew from thence to this Frontier. Finally, my Lord, we will do the beſt we poſſi- * bly can, tho” after all, our beſt will be but bad enough. I'll let you know the Conſequences of ſuch per- I etter of $ nicious Management, and what Reaſon my Lord a Dutch Galloway can give for fo extravagant a Conduct. Barcelona, May © 4 am, 6th. 1707. C. de Noyelle. My Lord, 5 1 Do not doubt but the Baron de Frieſheim hath al- 1 ceady tranſmitted unto your Excellency 5 Re- lation Genera Officer ta his Excel- lency C. Noyelie a- bout the battle of Aman ſa. — — tn = —  — WR 2 $i —. . . RE = 7 — — — on — ꝓ—T— . _ — —̃ CEICAS -- -IAE —ͤ — — — 22— — — 60 A Compleat HISTORY of Eur ors, © lation of the unhappy Battle of Almanſa, which © nevertheleſs was ſuch, that I cannot, I am ſure, © be particular therein; nay, it's impoſſible for me © to give your Excellency an exact Account of it. © We quitted the Siege of the Caſtle of Vilena on © the 23d, having received Intelligence that the F. © nemies Army was come to Almanſa, and on the * ſame day, after we had withdrawn our Cannon and the Men, we marched on the 24th as far as © Caudette; and after a Reſolution had been taken to attack the Enemy, notwithſ{fanding their Supe- * riority, who incamp'd 4 Leagues from us, we be- gan our march on the 25th early in the Morning, © and uſed fuch Expedition, that by Noon we en- * tred into the Plain by a Place called The Tower of Don Henry, and found the Enemy had not de- * camp'd, as we flatter'd our ſelves they would; we © alfo then faw that their Army was joyned, and © much ſtronger than we were. However, we per- * ſiſted in the Reſolution to fight them, and our Army * advancing on the Plain towards Almanſa, my Lord © Gallway, with a Detachment, poſſeſſed himſelf of * ſome Riſing Grounds, leſs than a mile and an half * diſtant from the Enemies Front, from whence he could plainly fee their Army drawn up in order of Battle, having the Town of Alman/a in the © Rear of their main Body, which was ſo poſted that © the ſecond Line was near the Walls, extending its Right Wing on a Riſing Ground, and the Left in- to a great Plain, having 3 Lines to the Wings, * which were very cloſe : We were ordered to extend our ſelves more and more towards the Left, and * ſeeing we were too weak to equal their Front, this * Wing was reinforced with das Minas's Horſe that * were drawn from the fecond Line, which yet would * not do; and as my Lord Gallway's Deſign was, he being then on our Left, to hem in the Enemy's * Right, by keeping on to extend our ſelves as we * march'd towards the Left with ſo much precipita- © tion, and without taking notice that we did there- * by make large Intervals between our main Body and the Wing, yet we ſtil] preſt on, and about 2 * the Fight began towards the Left; the Enemy ſoon broke the Exgliſp and Portugueſe Dragoons, but they : were »u 22 *, 17 ; B58 Fa, 1. © * » 44 NET 83 «. ne” FI ; 14 & „ for the YEAR 1707. * were brought into order again, the main Body came © to engage at the ſame time, ſo far as the Portugueſe, * whocontinued in the Rear, and our Infantry pe- * nerrated thro' the Enemy's Body with great Fury, * as far as the Walls of the Town; here it was that the great Shock was given, for! finding our main gody entirely deſtitute of Horſe to ſupport them, I ſuſtained the Left Wing with the firſt Squadron * of my own Regiment, and having received the fire of the Royal Regiment, we broke in upon © them, and all that Battallion were made Priſoners and their Colours taken by my Troopers: At the that they might ſuccour their main Body, which was then on the Rout, took my Squadron in Flank, whole fire we bore, and then were obliged ro ſuc- cour the Battallion of Welderen, who fought with their wonted Valour; the Portugueſe did not come on all the while, but we faw their Horſe on the Right, * who fell only upon. 2 or 3 Squadrons ; there was ar that time on the Left, no more than deNeude's, and 1 or 2 Battallions more, the 2 Squadrons of Hervey, and my ſecond Squadron, with the Dutch Dragoons, who being attacked by a treble Line of Foot and Horſe, yet ſtood their Ground ; but the Infantry, after they had rallied three times, were broken in upon * by the Enemy, and almoſt all {liin, fo that our * 'Troops being now cut off on all Sides by the flight of the Left Wing, we found it very difficult to ſave * the reſt of my Regiment, that of the Dragoons and that of Here's, after we had charg'd divers times. * In the mean time Count de Dona had rallied the * Remains of 14. Regiments, and we were inform- * ed next Day, that he was retired to the Hills of * Don Henry, and defended himſelf there. I went out with a ſmall Derachment beyond Catina, be- * cauſe they fAtrer'd my Lord Gallway, that he would defend himſelf ſtill, if he had bur Proviſions; the Intention was to ſee whether theſe Troops might a aA K = a A * be relieved ; but I ſoon learnt that upon Summons they had ſurrendred, tho? upon a formal Capitula- tion, which was confirmed to us Yeſterday by Count Dona and ſeveral other Officers: Its very ſtrange that ſo ſmall a number ſhould for fo long a time ſame time two other of the Enemies Battallions, 61 | I! 19 | k 414 ” 1 11 1. 4 7 i; 41 j | * 38 N. — RETIREE — — N NE Er —— —— — — UP 8 ——— . — . ———T—T—T—TT——T—T—T—T——— ̃ ͤ—— — PR = IP. > 4 7 - __ — —— EE ————— Een Om CD — — — —. ——— —— mo. = - CIC — —— I OD p — ——— — — ͤ——4—B — — — — A Compleat HISTORY of EuRropx, * time reſiſt the great Power of the Enemy, and * ſome have aſſured me, that the number taken in © this Place did not exceed 1500 Men; as for all © the reſt of our Infantry, we have no more here than * thoſe who guarded the Baggage, the lick and the © wounded in the Action at Catina, I have found * 147 wounded and recovered. This is the ſad Con- * dition of our Army ; we ſhall leave ſome Men in * Garriſon here, as for the reſt, I cannot tell what * they will do, and how they will fave themſelves; © there is ſtill above 100 good Horſe in my Regi- was ſuch a piece of work in the World as we have made of it : I was not of the Council of War, as not having received my Commiſſion for a Gene- ral Officer; but I cannot underſtand how thoſe who have been the Cauſe of this Misfortune, can anſwer for it; however, I ſhall not enlarge upon * this Head, but wiſh with all my Heart, 1 could * ſpeak in Perfon to your Excellency ; there is an ab- CTV * ſolute neceſſity for it, and to that End I endeavour- ed to go towards Catalonia; but the Baron de Frie- © ſheim not allowing me that Liberty, this has put me * upon Writing in this manner, being very ſorry J could not do it ſooner, The Evil is irremediable, and I look upon our Affairs to be ruined, and [ am farther affraid, when I conſider the State and Management of our Affairs, that they will ſtill be attended with more fatal Conſequences; the Re- © cruits are ſent towards Torroſa, and Monſieur Frie- * {peim told me, that he would have them incor- porated with our Arragon Battallions: Your Ex- * cellency knows much better than I after what manner, if it be poſſible, this Misfortune may © be a little redreſſed. My Lord Galway has a bro- * ken Pate, dar Minas is Sick, and Fieſheim knows not what to do in this Extremity. I wiſh I could * have ſent better News to your Excellency. Alcira, April 30, 1707. Getran- ment and ſeveral wounded. Certainly there never e Wn neee e N 2 W bo. Ss wh NEST n Ka: * 11% — MN r 2 88 * as A "I a 4 "33> 7 p J 3 8 % n n > e l R 1 2 0b 1 vw Lo — — — — for the YE AR 1707. GCetranſlatesrde Extran int een Brief, door den Grave de la Corzana geſchreven, den 2 May 1707, ut de Hooft- ſtadt van Valencia. * TEgenwoordigh bevinden wy ons met de onge- ] neughte wegens he quaet ſucces van de actie © te Almanza voorgevallen, die men wel hadt kunnen © ontgaen, indien de groote vivaciteyt van Galway * te wederhouden was geweeſt: Maer die is ſoo verre gegaen, dat de verſcheyde advyſen der Of- * ficieren, daegs te vooren gepaſſeert, noghte die der © Landtluyden, welke de voorige eonfirmeerden, * bequaem geweeſt zyn hem van voornemen te doen © veranderen. Het ſlimſte is eghter geenſints in 't verwerpen van voorſeyde berighten: dogh wel in 't niet aenvallen op de Vyandtlycke flanquen, gelyck ſeer gemackelyck heeft kunnen gedaen wer- den: Welk verſuym, gevoeght by de groote le- dige ruymte in het midden van onſe corps de Ba- taille, aen den Vyandt kans vergunt heeft ſigh van die mis{lagh te beneficeren, ende onſe rechter * vleugel geheellyck af te ſnyden, ſoo als geſchiet is : * Waer by komt, dat alle de Cavallerye op de Infan- * terye ten eenemael geabandonneert heeft, ende aſge- * welen is; waer door gemelde Infanterye by na to- * taliter is ter nedergeveldt. | Dit facheuſe contretems is ſoodanigh, dat. gevot- gen daer van ons nogh grooter ſullen doen ſien, als * wy die nu begrypen, &c. | - ; WE find our ſelves at this time full of Regret, Tye C. of by reaſon of the bad Succeſs of our Arms Cos ana's in the Battle of Almanza, which might have very Letter e- * ealily been avoided, could the over-eagernefs of bout the © the Earl of Galway for it have been diverted : But battle of © the mateer was carried fo far that neither the ſe- Aman * yeral Advices of the Officers the Day before, nor 17 2. © thoſe of the Country People, which confſirm'd the former, were any ways available towards making * him alter his Delign : However, the greateſt fault, dy no means, conſiſted in rejecting the ſeveral In- * formations given him, but in not falling upon * the Enemy's Flank, which might have exlily been done. — F 64 Þ Compleat HISTORY of EuRkorz, © done. This overſight, together with the great In- 2 * terval in the middle of the main Body, gave the Enemy an Opportunity to improve it to their own © Advantage, and wholly to cut off our Right © Wing, as it actually happen'd ; the Conſequence * of which was, that all the Cavalry fell upon the Infantry, now totally abandoned, and at laſt cut them almoſt all down to the Ground. = This unhappy Miſcarriage was ſuch, as may juſt ly make us fear more fatal Conſequences than at * preſent we can well imagine. 1 A Letter from Her Majeſty the Queen of Great Bi. 1 ain, to the Governor and Counſellors of State, of the Sovereignty of Neufchatel and Vallagin, ANNE, by the Grace of God, Queen of Great * Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Se. To the Illuſtrious Governor and Counſellors of the Stare and City of Newchatel, Our molt dear Friends, Greeting. Gentlemen, My moſt Dear and Illuſtrions Friends, 8 HE Strick Union there is between the moſt a Serene and moſt potent Prince the King of © Pruſſia and Us, and the Friendſhip he ever main- tain'd with the Kings our Predeceſſors, incline us © to take a full thare in all his Concerns. Therefore having been inform'd of the Death of the Dutcheſs * of Nemours, we thought there was an indiſpenſible Obligation incumbent upon Us, to write to you in * favour of his Pruſſian Mlajeſty, That by Vertue of his Right to the Cuy and County of Neufchate!, Þ © both by Hereditary Title, and by the Ceſlion of the late King of Great Britain William III. our Bro- * ther, You may be. willing to acknowledge and ad- mit him for your lawful Sovereign. We hope you will do it the more readily, not only becauſe that Prince is United with You, by the ſacred Bond of the Reform'd Religion, which both he and you e- ually Profefs ; but alſo becauſe he has hitherto * thewn the ſame Care and Affection for your In- * tereſts, which he <ver expreſꝭ'd for the Good and * Advantage of his own Subjects. Wherefore I » -” oubt, EY OO G6 6G @ (6 r — >, for the YEAR 1707. doubt, that being mindful of your own; and your $ Country's Welfare, and endow'd with ſo much © Prudence, as you are, you will carefully avoid F for your Prince a Perſon, who being a © Subject, and entirely devoted to the Government ' of France, ought, for that Reaſon, to be as ſuſpect- ed to you, and to all our other Allies. This per- ſuades me, at the fame time, that without any de- ' mand ; and becauſe the ſame will give us a ſingu- ar Satisfaction, ſo on our = we ſhall ever be © diſpos'd to ſhew you the Effects of our Friendſhip. © As for the Reſt, we recommend you with all our Heart, to the Almighty Protection of our Great God. Given at Sr, James's in our Royal Palace. Tour Good Friend, ANNE Regina: Sunderland. A Letter from her Majeſt the Queen of Great Bri- tain, to Meſſieurs the four Miniſtraux and Coun- ſellors of the City of Neufehatel. ANNE, Iy the Grace of God, &. THE Alliance and Friendſhip, which ſo ſtrict- * + 1y unite Us, with the moſt Serene and moſt potent Kifig of Pruſſia, engage Us to procure his * Advantages as our Own. Wherefore upon Occa- © fon of the Dutcheſs of Nemours's deceaſe, We can- not forbear earneſtly recommending to you that ' Prince's Rights to the City and County of Neufeba- tel, as Lawful Succeſſor of our late Brother MI. * liam III. King of Great Britain, and of his An- ceſtors; and deſiring you to acknowledge him for your Lawful Sovereign. The ſame will, undoubt- ' edly, entirely redound to your Advantage; ſince ' through the Clemency and Benevolence he has to- ' wards his Subjects, he will not fail enlarging your ' Immunities and Privileges; and thereby you not only will do a Thing moſt acceptableto that Prince, but will l:ikewiſe er gage Us, to do you, upon all * Occaſions that may offer, all the Good Offices that * {hall be in Our Power. We heartily Recommend you ta the Divine Protection. Given as Our Palace | "= WEE 2 lay, Fg will grant his Pruſſian Majeſty's juſt De- = * U , [+ \ 4 is 2 [ A Compleat H ISTORY of Eu ROPE, © of St. James, the 25th of June, in the Near of Grace, 1 * 1707, and of our Reign the 6th, Sign'd, Tour Good Friend, ANNE Regina. An Extract of the Treaty concluded the 28th of October 1704. by his Majeſty the King of Praſſa, with my Lord Duke of Marlborough, and ratified by the Emperor, the Queen of Great Britain, and the States General. ; W Hereas his Majeſty (the King of Pruſſia) will FT cauſe this Body to act with all poſſible Vi. S pour for the good of the Common Cauſe ; and it being juſt that herein his own Intereſt be not neg. lected, the EMPEROR, QUEEN OF GREAT GREAT, FHE STATES GENERAL, AND THE DUKE ON * SAVOY oblige themſelves, that in the Opera- tions that ſhal! be made againſt France on the} * {ide of 7taly, a very particular Regard ſhall be had for the King of Pruſſia's Intereſts, in reference to * thoſe he may have on that fide, particularly u his Rights on the Counties of NEU F CHAg * TEL AND VALENG TN. either by proj © curing his preſent Majeſty the Poſſeſſion therecl © as ſoon as po{lible, ot that neither Peace nor Trucg be made with France, except he be entirely ſatisty as to his aforeſaid Rights and Pretenſions. A Letter from their High Mightineſſes the States Go ral of the United Provinces, to the Laudable Hs v2tick Body and their Allies. : WE cannot doubt but that you are inform: 6 well as our ſelves of the Pretenſions and lay © ful Right-his Majeſty the King of Pruſſia has ti * the Principality of Neuchatel after the Death 0 © the Dutcheſs of Nemours, However, finding Wl * ſelves engag'd with his ſaid Majeſty, by the Bond © of a ſincere Friendſhip and ſtrict Alliance, we hat * L104 for the Yn in 1907. ct, J 6 though ir n&ceſliry- to concern our- ſelves in this Affalr in his behalf, as good and faithful Friends and Allies; s that we ag vd to . — with „our other Allies, in order to maintain his ſaid Ma- I jeſty in his lawful Right, that he might in no man- na. ner be fruſtratèd of it by any unlawful means, nor even thwarted by any indirect ways in the purſuir 0! (cok his jaſt Prerenfions.” And becauſe the ſaid Prin- YI \ cipality is ſttuated in the Neighbourhood of your ic oY © Laudable Republick, we could nor forbear im- ind oY + parting to you Sur FHdughts about this Matter, and ' recommending to you af the ſame time in the beſt. 