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Hereditary Princeof Orange, at Dor/ r(?f///, where 

 the Britifli and Dutch guards lay. 



The battle ftill continued d.o.ubtful, alter- 

 nately raging and flackcning in the different 

 pofitions. The village of O;////^^'/ had for fome 

 time been occupied by the enemy. Saxe Co- 

 burg now determined to force it, and a body 

 of troops was feledled for that purpofc ; I was 

 frill mounted on the mifcrablc poft-horfe, which 

 had brought me to the field, ne-yerthelefs anxi- 

 ous to fhare in the daring entcrprize about to 

 be put in execution, I folicited leave to accom- 

 pany the dragoons, and that a horfe might be 

 furniificd me; but no horfe was at hand, and 

 there was no time for delay, I therefore rode on 

 mounted as I was. 



The affair though very fiiort was inconceiv- 

 ably defperate. Our way to the village, was the 

 high road from St. Tronde, to Tirlemont, (en- 

 clofed by trees and a deep ditch on each fide.) 

 The enemy had planted feveral pieces of cannon 

 to defend the entrance, and kept up a xeyy heavy 

 iire along the avenue; we however advanced un- 

 difmayed, though nearly every horfe of the firft 

 fquadron was either killed or difabled by an 

 unuafually furious difcharge of artillery. There 

 "was no flopping, and thofe who weredifmount- 

 cd, were forced to move forward on foot, to 

 avoid being rode oyer; for fuch was the cpnfu- 



lion. 



