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one of the enemy's men pointed at the aforesaid Lieutenant, 

 got under foot owing to the pressing-on of our people, as 

 above referred to, lost his musket, bandoleer, and cutlass, 

 together with the cutlass of the Captain, which said Captain 

 lying on the ground, wounded, he had taken up. 



Carel Jacobsz, of Leyden, private ; that owing to the 

 retreat and the pressing as aforesaid he lost his musket and 

 bandoleer as he was lying under foot, after which he him- 

 self threw away his match. 



Steven Daelburch, of Paris, private ; that in the fight his 

 musket was shot to pieces and out of his hands by the 

 enemy's men, and thus lost, and that he left his bandoleer 

 in the brushwood, to which he had fled with others. 



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Jan Landtsknecht, of Middelburch, private ; that he, the 

 prisoner, was thrown under foot by the retreat and the press- 

 ing of our own men, as aforesaid, and in this way lost his 

 musket and bandoleer. 



Jan Maleman, of Mechelen, private ; that as he, the prisoner, 

 was doing his duty against the enemy, standing near the 

 Captain and Lieutenant, his musket was struck out of his 

 hands in the retreat, and his bandoleer torn off his body by 

 our own men. 



Asmus Jansz, of Oorhuys, private ; that he, the prisoner, 

 having got under foot in the pressing, as before-mentioned, 

 together with the Captain, who being wounded had caught 

 hold of his arm, did in this wise lose his musket, and 

 afterwards left behind his bandoleer in the brushwood, 

 whither he had fled with others. 



Steven Jaspers, of Lorraine, private ; that he, having been 

 thrust under foot by the press and retreat of our men, lost 

 his musket, after which he took to flight together with others. 



Hendrick Diloofs, of Rotterdam, private ; that he, the 

 prisoner, in the press as aforesaid, lost his musket, together 

 with his cutlass, after which he fled together with others. 



