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Memoirs of the late Duke of Brunr.dck. [Jan. l, 



wound which he received on ihc fliould- 

 er. 



His uncle, Prince Ferdinand, being 

 now forced to abinidon tlic liroug can)p 

 at Sachienhaufcn, by means of which he 

 Lad kejit the French in cliock, it became 

 of the utniod importance that he Ihould 

 kccj) up a comnnmication with Wcfi- 

 phaha. To elfec'-t this, tlie Hereditary 

 Prince was onl(re<I to crofs the Dyniel, 

 on the aotli of July, fo as to turn the 

 left of the enemy, who were lironj^ly 

 polled at Warburg, wliile he himfoU" ad- 

 vanced aiiainll their front with the main 

 body of tlie army. This ikilful manaii- 

 vre fiicceeded to admiration ; for the 

 French being attacked in front and rear 

 at the fame time, experienced a hgnal 

 defeat, to whicli tlie Marquis of Granby, 

 who acted at tlie head of the Fn-liih 

 KOops, contributed not a little. 



On the otli of Aui;nll, the Hi reditary 

 Prince was <letached on a fecret expe- 

 dition, the oJ)iect of which was to take 

 polVelVuni of the f|narters of a Frencii 

 fletachnient encamped at Zirenberf;. Tlic 

 march was etyected with lb much caution 

 and fecrecy, tliat tlie enemy were com- 

 pletely furprifed ; in confe(|nencc of 

 which 100 jtritbncrs, inchuliii!; -10 ol- 

 ficer>, were briun;hl away, toijether with 

 two pieces of cannon. 



Prince Ferdinand and Marllial Broglia 

 were at this period oppofed-to each 

 otiier ; and the former haying conceived 

 the prqjeii't of rutting olV the eonnnu- 

 nic.atidu' of the latter with France by 

 the Lower llliine, th(' Hereditary IVince 

 was detached lor thijt pnrpofe. Haviiig 

 /tnprifed a detachment of Auftrians, he 

 eroded the river at DulfeldorlV, lUt's, 

 and Knnmerich ; then mlvanrcd againit 

 Clcves, and having forced the garrifoa^ 

 of that place to iurrender prifoners of 

 war, he invcfted Wcfel. iJnl on this 

 occtifion he had been anticipated by tin: 

 Marquis de C'allries. That general had 

 difpatched an excellent otlicei-j called 

 Sionvillc, with ."iOO men, who liavin:; 

 embarked on tht Rliine at C<)logne. fell 

 down to Wefel, and threw himlelf intt) 

 the town, notwitliftanding the lire from 

 the enemy's batteries. 



To repair this misfortune, his Highr 

 ncfs croffed the river, attacked the Frencix 

 at Cloitercanip, Airprii<?d them during 

 the ni::ht, and would have defeatexl 

 them with great llaughter, but, for the 

 pertinacious refifiencc experienced on 

 the part of Fiichtr, a Ocrman par^; 

 tif;«n, who was polte(l in the abbey ; and 

 the ijjirit difpiayed by the CJouat Uc 



Rochainbcau*, at the head of the regi'.. 

 ment of Auvergnc. After this re|)ull'e 

 he ri'crolVfd the Rhine, raifed the fiege 

 of Wefel, elTc^.ted a brilliant retreat 

 with his prifoners, among whom was 

 Duinouriezf , at that moment an obfcure 

 fubulterii 



* This general afterwards diftinguiihed 

 hinifelt during the American war. 



•f- As this is a very fnigular in:ident, we 

 {hall quote the particulars from the Life of 

 that general, as detailed by himfelf ; 



" Duniouriez, who was on duty with the 

 Count de Thiars, then Marlhal dc Camp, 

 was difpatched, on the evening; before the 

 battle of Cloftcrcamp, to the right of the 

 army. Having fallen in with fome of Fifcher"s 

 liorfe grenadiers, and fome of Beaufreraont's 

 dragoons, lie crofied the canal with them, on 

 purpofe to advance towards the right, keep- 

 ing always within tight of his own troops ; 

 but was immediately aflailed by a fcorc of the 

 enemy's huHars. 



•' He inltantly defended himfelf, and at 

 the fume time called on fome of the Frencli 

 troopers, who had juft fled, tp come to his 

 aihllaiice. He himfelf difabled two of the 

 huffars from continuing the combat, but his 

 own iiorfe fell down dead under him ; and 

 to cncrcafc his misfortune, his Icit Hirrup, 

 wbich happened to be formed of untempered 

 iron, was bent clofe to his foot by the weight 

 of his charger. He difengaged his leg, how- 

 ever, but rtill found that his foot was held 

 fall; notwithftanding this, he fuftained, even 

 in that polition, a combat of five minutes 

 againft his furious antagonifts, &c. 



At the very moment he was about to be 

 murdered, a tutelary angel arrived to his 

 fuocour; this proved to be the Baron dc Bclir, 

 aide de-camp to the Hereditary Prince. Tha 

 Prince himiclf happened to be reconnoitring, 

 and thefc hufl'ars, indeed, formed his eftort. 

 " The baron wasobhgcd to draw iiisfabrc, 

 to prevent them from butchering Dumouriez: 

 he at length fucceeded in his efforts, anil 

 they difengaged his foot, and dragged him 

 Icfore the Hereditary Prince, who paid him 

 many compliments. He was then carried to 

 the ftation where the enemy's firft line had 

 encamped in the open air during the preced- 

 ing night ; it confined of an Engll/h brigade 

 commanded by Lord ^^'aldeg^ave. There his 

 wounds were drcflcd for the firll time ; he 

 had fix deep ones, and thirteen fevcre con- 

 tulions. What affected him moft was, the 

 circumftance of being unable to make ufe of 

 either of hi? arms. He was however placed 

 on horfeback, and arrived at the camp of 

 Burich, where he was greatly carelfed by the 

 enemy's generals and foldiers, more efpecially 

 the Britilh. 



" On the next day the Hereditary Prince 

 chofq to retire, after experiencing but indif- 

 ferent fucccfs, which in; however had ni. 



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