See the Supplement of June 30.

*

A. C. to them, and that they fhould be oblig'd to 1712. fultain a cruel and heavy War against the other Allies, to whofe Invafions the very Heart of France lay open by the taking of Quefnoy, and would be further expofed by the Reduction of Landrecy, which Prince Eugene threatned with a Siege. On the other Hand, the British Miniftry, whofe main Design of becoming abfolute Umpires of the Negotiations of Peace, feem'd to be fruftrated, could not but highly refent the Refolution of the German Auxiliaries, to continue with Prince Eugene; which one of their Agents did not flick to call an unexampled Difobedience and shameful Treachery: And from that Time the very London Gazette gave thofe Troops no better Appellation than of Mercenaries and Hirelings. The Writer before quoted, exclaim'd fome time after again't them with more Bitter+And July nels: The Defection, Jays the, of fo great a Body of Troops fo well paid by Her Britannick Majefty, during the fpace of Ten Years, as it is a Precedent for future Times, fo does it hugely redound to the eternal Shame of all fuch as lead thofe Mercenary Troops. This together with the Reflection upon what happen'd laft Year after the Surrender of the dear-bought Village of Boschain, when thefe Gentlemen complain'd of the great Defertion of their Troops, and affirm'd, that they would not go upon any other Siege; this, I fay, ferves to convince the Pacifick, that the fe Officers are clofely link'd with the Grandees, who found it their Intereft to perpetuate the War. Mr.Secretary St. John's However, the British Minifters refolv'd fteddily Declaration to purfue their Scheme: And on the 20th of so the Foreign June, Mr.Secretary St. John defired the Minifters of Ministers a thofe Foreign Princes who had Troops in the Pay

14. 1712.

bout the

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20.0.S. and

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Auxiliaries of Great Britain to meet him at his Office in the in British Cock-Pit, where he told them, That Her Maie ity had receiv'd undoubted Information, which made Her judge the prefent Pofture of Affairs to be fuch, That the Conditions of Peace or War were no longer the Matter in Quettion, but only whether Her Majelty fhould have the Ma

the Slip to the Leyden GaZette, dated,

July 26...

nagement

nagement and Secret of the Negotiations of A. C. Peace, or whether the fame fhould be left to 1712. the States General? And the latter, in order to break the Measures fhe had taken, pretend, ing to over-rule the Allies, whofe Generals in Flanders obey'd Prince Eugene to carry on the War, and refufed to follow the Duke of Ormond's Orders, in cafe the Queen fhould think fit to agree to a Sufpenfion of Arms for the Good of the Peace: Her Majefty had commanded him to acquaint the Minifters of the Princes who had Troops in Flanders, either intirely in the Queen's Pay, or jointly with the States, That She would look upon fuch a Refufal as a Declaration against Her felf; and that She had refolv'd not to pay any more any Subfiftence, Subfidy, or Arrears to those that 'fhould make fuch a Refufal. That Her Majelty defired the faid Minifters to make this Declaration known to the Commander in chief of their respective Mafters Troops; and that an Express would forthwith be difpatch'd to the Duke of Ormond with Her Majelly's Orders for taking Poffeffion of fuch Towns as France had offer'd to deliver up to Her Majelty, as a Secu rity for the Perforinance of the Schente propos'd in Her Speech to Her Parliament on the 6th of June laft; which Places, as they could not be taken in Two Years War, were far more advantageous than any that could now be reduc'd: Which gave Her Majefty Hopes, That the High Allies would think it more for their Intereft to concur with Her, than to take other Measures; fince whatever the Confequence might be, the Queen would never depart from the faid Scheme. The Foreign Minifters having no Inftructions about that Matter, return'd the ufual Anfwer, That they would acquaint their refpective Malters with the faid Declaration.

Some Days after the Court receiv'd Advice June 26.0 S. from Paris, That altho' Her Britannick Ma- The King of jelty had not yet been able to procure a ge- France «ffers neral Sufpenfion of Arms, yet the King of to deliver France, to thew his fincere Intentions for Peace,

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and the Confidence he repos'd in Her Majesty, was willing to deliver Dunkirk into Her Hands not doubting but Her Britannick Majefty would take the neceffary Measures to bring the Allies into the Plan concerted between the Crowns of Great Britain and France. Hereupon Sir John Leake let tout for Deal, to take upon him the Command of Her Majelty's Fleet in the Downs; and to provide Tranfports for the Troops Hill appoint that were appointed to take Poffeffion of Dunof Dunkirk, kirk, under the Command of Brigadier Hill, viz. a Batallion of the Scotch Guards, about 1000 Men of feveral Regiments of Marines, and the Regiments of Hill, Difney and Kane. At the fame time, Sir James Abecrombie and Colonel King were fent to Dunkirk, to regulate matters with the French Governor, who, on the 7th of July N. S. caufed a Royal Order, (dated the 27th of June, N.S.) to be publifh'd there, by which the French Troops in that Town, as allo in the Citadel, Risbank, and other Forts, were enjoin'd to be in a readiness to march out, on the Appearance of the English.

The very fame Day on which the Earl of Strafford arriv'd in the Duke of Ormond's Camp, his Grace receiv'd Advice from Dunkirk, that Sir James Abercombie and Colonel King were come there from England, to concert Meatures with the Governour for evacuating the Place; whereupon the British General immediately fent Colonel Lloyd, one of his Aids-de-Camp thither, who re turn'd the 16th of July, N. S. in the Evening with Intelligence, That the Count de l'Aumont had receiv'd the French King's Orders to refign the Town and Forts to Her Majefty's Troops, as foon as they came to demand Poffeffion. Ac. cordingly, Brigadier Hill having embark'd on Sunday the 6th of July, O. S. Sir John Leake, with the Squadron under his Command, fail'd early the next Morning, and at Two in the Afternoon, came to an Anchor off Dunkirk. About Six in the Evening the Pilots, who were Poefen of fent from thence to conduct the Yachts and Dunkirk. Transports into the Harbour, came on board the

Brigadier
Hill take

Fleet;

:

continued in

Fleet; whereupon the Difpofition was concerted A. C.
for Landing the Troops the next Morning, as 1712.
foon as the Tide would permit, which was ac
cordingly done at Eleven of the Clock, and by
Twelve most of the Troops were difembark'd,
At Three in the Afternoon the Guards of the
Citadel, Fort Louis, and the Risbank, were re-
lieved, as were, foon after, the Guards of all the
other Gates and Forts. This being done, and the
French Garrison having paraded towards the
Porte-Royale, the Count de l'Aumont the Go-
vernor for the French King, came and took his
Leave of Brigadier Hill, and deliver'd up to him
the Keys of the Town; after which, the Briga
dier accompany'd him to the faid Gate, where
the Count de l'Aumont put himself at the Head But the civil
of the French Garrison, and march'd to Vinoxberg. Government
Immediately upon this,the Queen's Colours were
hoisted in Three feveral Places of the Town; the French
the Hands of
tho' is to be observ'd, that not only the Civil and their
Government was continued in the Hands of the Soaps, Galies
French, and feveral of their Ships and Galleys allow'd to
and Marines
permitted to ftay in the Harbour, with Two or stay in the
Three Batallions of Marines in the Town, on Toron
Pretence of Guarding the Stores; but the Priva-
teers of that Place were indulg'd the Liberty of
going in and out, provided they brought no
English Prizes into the Ports. On the 14th of Prince Eus
July, in the Evening Prince Eugene fent an Aid gene's Maf
de Camp to acquaint the D. of OrmondThat he was fage to the
obliged to decamp the next Day, both for want of Ormond
Forrage, and to profecute the Operations of the Cam-
paign; and if his Grace intended to do the like, and
concert with him thereupon, his Highness would
fer with him at fuch a Place as his Grace should
pleafe to appoint. The Duke anfwer'd in Writing,
That he thought it ftrange fuch a Meffage The Duke
fhould be fent him by an ordinary Aid-de- Ormond's
Camp, and that only Twelve or Thirteen
*Hours before the Prince was to march, because
no Measures had been concerted between them
relating either to their Motions, or to any fur-
ther Undertaking: For which Reasons his
Highness ought not to expect, that he should

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Duke of

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Reply.

His Highness

marches off. And with

him the Auxiliaries

in British

Pay.

accompany him, or be affifting in any Operations wherein he had not been confulted. "That he gave the Prince this Notice, that he might regulate bimfelf accordingly, and not attribute to him any Misfortune which might happen. And that he alfo thought it proper to let his Highness understand, That if the Inperial Army march'd away, and left him, he Thould be obliged to take the beft Methods he 'could for the Security of the Queen's Troops." Upon the Receipt of this Anfwer, the Prince fent Count de Althan, an Imperial Major General,

and Quarter-Mafter-General, with the Meflage The Prince's before-mention'd, to which he added, "That his moft Serene Highness had already acquainted his Grace Three Days before, that he would pass, the River Elcaillon, and asked him if he would confer about it; fo that his Grace could not fay, the Notice came too late. On the 16th of July N. S. a Day which will ever be famous in Hiitory for the Separation of the Confederate Army; and the fatal Epoch of the Declension of the Confederate Caufe! The Prince of Savoy broke up from his Camp at Hafpre, and march'd off with the Troops under his Command, being follow'd by all the Danes, Pruffians, Saxons, Hanoverians, and other Auxiliaries in British Pay, except Four Squadrons of Vander-Nath, and a Batallion of Berner, of the Troops of HolsteinGotterp, and Baron Walef's Regiment of Dragoons. His Highness encamp'd at Atre, near Landrecy, which Place the Prince of Anhalt- Deffau invelted the next Day, with 34 Batallions and as many The Duke of Squadrons; whereupon the Duke of Ormond de marches to Camped the fame Morning from Chateau CamAvefne-le brefis, and came to Avefne-le-fecq. In his march fecd, and de- his Grace order'd a Ceflation of Arms for Two clares a Suf Months to be declared between the Queen's pension of Forces and thofe of France, at which the Troops July 17.N.S. were fo far from Rejoycing, that on the contrary they could not forbear fhewing their Concern for parting with their Fellow-Conquerors. The fame Evening Marefchal Villars fent an Aid-de-Camp to acquaint the Duke of

Landrecy in vefted, July

17.

Ormond

Arms.

Ormond,