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3 ” Ammunition, and that they had a Design to draw a Detachment out of za+ embirgh, and other Places against the Moo#e, but the Commanders of the Confederate Troops having timely notice of it, stood so Well upon their Guards, that the Design of the French came to nothing. The Rhine has been Frozen up for some Leagues together, in the partsa ent Unkerfein, which made us afraid of some avason , but the River be ing thaw'd by the Rains between Coblentz and Box, those fears are now over. In the mean time, because. Parties of the French come frequently as far as the Forrest of 4rweyl, some Troops are sent to re inforce the Garrison of Remageh, and Orders are given to the Troops of Newburgh that lie about the Upper Rhine; and the Brandenburghers to be ready to March, upon the firt Mations of the Enémy. ceeee The French King’s Troops are noters in Mation in the Low -Countries, than they are upon the Rite, but the Confederates have hitherto disfo ginted as their Designs. Toward the end of December the Marquiss of Ga- Davee receiv'd an kaha tacac and harlerey, to inform him that the Enemy had drawn out of all their ‘Garrisons'upon the Mibielle and the Sambre and Places adjoining ‘Thirty’Men out of every Company, to go and burn a part of the Country of Siege 5 Oat to the Detachments that were imme diately commanded forth, tender'd that Enterprize abortive. However, because it is one of the Maxims of War. To be still in fear,if you intend to prevent surprizes, there are some Fortifications rais’d about Vilverde , to the end, that if the French should attempt any thing on that side, they may be in a condition to defend themselves, tiN they can be reliev'd. The Preparations of the French in Nieuport and Offend fide, are no less then upon the fide next Namur, and cots pers fere Accidents that may happen, they have resolv'd to send Taree thowsand Spaniards to Ofte Epgertier with a considerable Number of the English. ” Some days since, Information was given that the French, mad that they could effect nothing as yet, made some Motions between the Sambre and the Mexié, and that the Count of Dreux, advenc'd forward with Three thou sand Horie . Thereupon several Parties, were drawn out of Namur, Gharle poy, Huy and Liege, to go toward Dinant, Thain, Walcourt and Beaumont, and ob serve their Countenances , and for the more security, besides that, the Troops had Order to ‘March apod their Command 4, the, Places along the Mey are re inforc’d, and Bridges are laid over some, little Rivers, to the end the Detachments may join if Necesity requires it. . The Confede rates cannot be too wary 5 they have to do with an Enemy that knows all the Stratagems of War, and who it may be, is better serv’d than any Prince in the World. ‘The Frontier Garrisons of the French,are full of Men and Amimenision. Their'Men’ are continually Marching; and cer tain it is, that the King of France intends, for the Low-Countries, which we would never do, in the work Season of the Year, but that he has some Designin'his Head. “I will be suficient, if they can but prevent his lay ing Siege to any City, before the opening of the Campaign ; for after that, he lies quiet for that Year, The Three Armies which are prepa ring, of which one is to be Commanded by the King of England, the o ther.
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Monthly Mercury
London, Middlesex, GB
Tue, Jan 01, 1692
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