The Prince of _Orange_ was hereupon leaving the Army in great Disgust, till prevail'd upon by the Count _de Montery_, for the general Safety, to recede from that Resolution. However, seeing no likelihood of any Thing further to be done, while _Souches_ was in Command, he resolv'd upon a Post of more Action, though more dangerous; wherefore ordering ten Thousand Men to march before, he himself soon after foliow'd to the Siege of _Grave_. The _Grave_, a strong Place, and of the first Moment to the _Hollanders_, had been block'd up by the _Dutch_ Forces all the Summer; the Prince of _Orange_ therefore leaving the main Army under Prince _Waldeck_ at _Ghent_, follow'd the Detachment he had made for the Siege of that important Place, resolving to purchase it at any Rate. On his Arrival before it, Things began to find new Motion; and as they were carried on with the utmost Application and Fury, the Besieged found themselves, in a little Time, oblig'd to change their haughty Summer Note for one more suitable to the Season. The Prince, from his first coming, having kept those within hotly ply'd with Ball, both from Cannon and Mortars, Monsieur _Chamilly_, the Governor, after a few Days, being weary of such warm Work, desired to capitulate; upon which Hostages were exchanged, and Articles agreed on next Morning. Pursuant to which, the Garrison march'd out with Drums beating and Colours flying, two Days after, and were conducted to _Charleroy_. By the taking this Place, which made the Prince of _Orange_ the more earnest upon it, the _French_ were wholly expell'd their last Year's astonishing Conquests in _Holland_. And yet there was another Consideration, that render'd the Surrender of it much more considerable. For the _French_ being sensible of the great Strength of this Place, had there deposited all their Cannon and Ammunition, taken from their other Conquests in _Holland_, which they never were able to remove or carry off, with tolerable Prospect of Safety, after that Prince's Army first took the Field. The Enemy being march'd out, the Prince enter'd the Town, and immediately order'd public Thanksgivings for its happy Reduction. Then having appointed a Governor, and left a sufficient Garrison, he put an End to that Campaign, and return'd to the _Hague_, where he had not been long before he fell ill of the Small Pox. The Consternation this threw the whole Country into, is not to be express'd; Any one that had seen it would have thought, that the _French_ had made another Inundation greater than the former. But when the Danger was over, their Joy and Satisfaction, for his Recovery, was equally beyond Expression.