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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A63310) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 105928) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1160:30) A True account of a great engagement between the Germans and the French on the fourteenth of March, 1689 1 broadside. Printed for J. Wallis ..., London : 1681. Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library. eng Grand Alliance, War of the, 1689-1697. eebo A true account of a great engagement between the Germans and the French, on the fourteenth of March, 1689. [no entry] 1689 1 459 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-01 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-01 Sampled and proofread 2009-01 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A TRUE ACCOUNT OF A Great Engagement Between The Germans and the French. On the Fourteenth of March , 1689.

FRom Elsen near Nuis upon the Rhine , t is Related , That the French who kept Garrison in Nuis , having given Orders for the Boors to be Ready with their Waggons and Carts on the twelth of March , to carry two thousand Measures of Rie to Keyserswert under a Convoy of Horse and Foot , gave Occasion to some Brandenburg Troops ( who had notice thereof ) to place themselves in Ambuscade between Ordingen and Lein , where they continued undiscovered till the French fell in among 'em , whom they immediately Charg'd with a Bravery the French Convoy could not resist ; their Horse being routed , five Companies of Foot threw down their Arms , and were made Prisoners of War . The loss sustained by the French , in Mony and other Things of value , is very considerable ; Major Lion , who Commanded this Convoy , loosing five thousand Crowns in Specie for his part .

An Account of this Defeat being brought to the Marquess de Sourdis , and the Sieur de Bartillac , General Officers of the French Troops in this Diocess , they presently gather'd all the Force they could , in hopes to overpower the Brandenburgers , ( who were Commanded by General Barfus ) and recover the Booty ; But the Brandenburgers , who were reinforc'd by another Detachment that was advanc'd to sustain those in Ambuscade , Behav'd themselves so well , that very few of the French escap'd , they being surrounded on all sides , and Charg'd by the Brandenburgers with the greatest Fury imaginable ; insomuch that 2000 French were kill'd upon the place , besides a great number of Prisoners , among the first is the Sieur de Bartillac , the Marquis de Sourdis escaped with great difficulty with about twelve or fifteen Horse . This happy Expedition has oblig'd the French to quit all the Places they held in the lower Diocess , excepting Rhineberg , and Keyserswert , and retire to Bon.

This little Place as well as Sibourg and Grosenbrouck are of the number , and we do not hear the French upon Evacuating the the Places before-mentioned , committed those Outrages we might with reason have apprehended . General Barfus hath Posted himself in Nuis , and making Preparations for to drive the Enemy out of Wesein , Zoest , Artenberg , and other Places , that as yet remain in the Electorat , and to Block up Bon if they pretend to resist .

LONDON , Printed by J Wallis , in White Friars .