The History of the 2nd Dragoons: "Royal Scots Greys"Almack, Edward
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The History of the 2nd Dragoons: "Royal Scots Greys"
Almack, Edward
Great Britain. Army. Dragoons, 2nd (Royal Scots Greys)
"Brigadier Ross (who was ordered to sustain Lieutenant-General
Ingoldsby) did the like on the other side of the Town with
5 squadrons of Dragoons and 3 squadrons of Horse which
Lieutenant-General Lumley had sent from the pursuit for this
purpose; two of which he soon after sent back again, upon order
he had received from the Duke of Marlborough to bring all the
squadrons he could to the right, where the Elector was marching off.
"It was now betwixt 3 and 4 o'clock when General Churchill sent
word to the Lord Cutts that the Duke of Marlborough had beaten
the enemies Horse out of the field. He also let him know that he
himself was going to attack the same village in Flank and Rear, and
therefore desired his Lordship to make another attack at the same
time in the front, if his troops were not too much spent, or at
least to make a feint of doing it. This was effectually executed
at once on all sides. The Earl of Orkney and Lieutenant-General
Ingoldsby entered the village at two different places at the Head
of their respective Lines, but not being able to make a front equal
to what the enemy had in the village, especially in the Churchyard
which had high walls round about it, they were forced to retire.
However this, and the frequent attacks the enemy had sustained in
their front for several hours together; the damage they suffered
by our Cannon which played all the afternoon furiously upon them
within musket shot, the great disorder they were put into by a
Battery of Howitzers, whose shells set all the Barns and Houses
on fire, and especially Monsieur Clerambaut their commander
being fled and as they were told, drowned in the Danube, and
being quite surrounded, and obliged to stand another attack at
a time when they had no hopes of relief, the Cavalry which was
to sustain them, being drove quite out of the Field: all these
together put them into so great consternation, that they demanded
a cessation, which being allowed, General Churchill sent orders
to the Lord Cutts to cease attacking in the Front, and the Lord
Orkney immediately sent in Captain Abercromby his Aid du Camp on
one side as Lieutenant-General Ingoldsby did Lieutenant-Colonel
Belville of the Tell regiment of de Beial on the other side. After
a very little time their Lieutenant-Colonel returned with Monsieur
Hautefeuille and Monsieur Blansac, and the Lieutenant-Colonel's
own Brother, who was Captain in Nasseys Regiment of Dragoons, then
dismounted in the Town. The Lord Orkney had also met with the
Marquis Desnouville, who commanded the French regiment Royal and
was already made prisoner, but was suffered to go into the Town
again, upon his parole to return immediately. This he did bringing
with him to the Lord Orkney several French generals. And as they
were all capitulating, General Churchill came up and told the
French Generals that he had no time to lose, (it being now past
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