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Show him endeavour to go to Italy the Fifth, td prevent the Ruin of the D. of Savoy ,and theLofs of A1l on that Side: This made him the Sixth fo importunate with the States, for near Two Months together, to march from the Camp of Meldeft,and aftertharro try to fall upon the French Army at Seneff: -ThismadehimtheSeventh pafs the. Scbelde, and fight the Ba~tel of O«denarde;without which a11Flanders muft have beenloft; and afterwardsmaketheSiegeof Lijle, w.bich'was the moft fenfible PartFranctcou'd be wounded in ; and begin in Decemyer the Siege of Gantl, which had it been left in French Hands, the Allies, infteadof doing any thiirgJth~IPfelves the next Campaign, muft ha"e. fe~n.Lifle and Menin taken from them, without a Poffibility of Relieving them. This made him the next Year, when he could not Fight the French, Surprize ~hem with th.e Siege of Tournay; when they expeered pothing Jefs, and rake fo rtl\lch Care that rhe reft of rhe Camp;tign might nor be loll:.. With chis View he endeavour'd to furprize St. Guilain; an·d that failing, by the time.tbe Garifon of Tournay march'd our, he had pafs'd the Lines of Mom; After which )1e fought the great Bartel of Tanim; in which the Enemy were fo defeated, that they who had hazarded a Bartel to prevent rhe Siege of Mom, did not dare to venture any thing for the Relief of it ; rQWards which they did not make the Jeaft Srep, tho' .the Allies had neither River, nor Intrenchment ro cover them. Laitly, 'rw.as this 1nade. him begin rhe !aft Campaign Six Weeks iooner rh~n rhe Enemy were able to take the Field; [ ~5 J Field, .\1(1lteii. gave himPoffeffionof their Lines and foon·a'frer of Douay ; and had rhat Sie~ been e?ded in the rime propos'd, Arta1 h~s mer wtth the fame Fate ; ·which how'e'.'er was ;m' , great M. ea!rU: ;e compenfa' ted by the, Re~ucbon of &thune, St. Venant, and Aire: W~tch hfl: Place, though fame may chink it a lhght C_onqueft , the French, who khow beft tbe. Importance of their own Places thoug~r 1t fo great an Enterprize tha,t they cou.ld not be1iev~ the Alties would venture on tt ,; and when twas taken, they own'd it o~en d to them a Paffage to the Soam · arrd Without n~uch Skill in Military Matte~, a Man can t look upon a Map, and not fee tha~ b~fides the Comm?-nd of aH the Lp, .~htch ~ ~ vaft Advantage for ere&ing Maga:.; mes aoamft another Year, it gives the Alhes a g;eat Front, which will make it much more difficult for the .French to ftop their Progr~ fs on that fide, when they are not con~ n d ~o. one Way_ only of advancing co. 'their 1emammg ,Pron_ctcr,as they would have bi:en, had the Campatgn ended without Aire. Thefe have been the Endeavours and Step~ the D. o~ M . has made chi~ War, which have all contnbuced to protong it in one Senfe as they have kept the Allies In Heart, and fe~ them above. the mean Conditions of an ill Peac~ ; whtch they muft have long ,fincc fubnut~ed to ' had either the Emperor oNhe Duke of ~avoy been ruin'd, or had the EneMy gam d ' a!ly confid~rable Advantage in ·~nt!eh ; or tf our lna&i'on there had left ~~~ Enemy at Liberty to aCl: Offenfively in er Parts. All which has been prevented D z by |
