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THE laſt Mail from Holland Dated the 17th of July, has brought us the welcome News of His Electoral Highneſs of Saxonies paſſing the Rhine with the Army under His ComJune; an Account of ſo great Importance and ſo little expected either by the Confederates or the Enemy, by reaſon of the great dificulty of the Enterprice, that it has as much rejoyced the Firſt, as it has ſtruck a terror amongſt the Latter. The particulars of this great Action is as fallows.
After the French that lay Intrencht on the other ſide of the Rhine near Manheim, had for ſeverl days furiouſly plaied with their Cannon on this ſide of the River to hinder our Men to paſs it: His Electoral Highneſs of Saxony accompanied by the Electoral Prince His Son, the vel Marſhal Caprara and the General Schoning; went the 27 of June about One a Clock in the Morning towards the Bridge of the Neckar, to find out a paſſage over the Rhine; after they were aManheim, they found an Iſland near a Ferry called the Sandhofer-Ferry; His Electoral Highneſs immediately ſent ſome to take a view of it, and whereas it was obſerv'd that it was a very advantagious Poſt, and that near it there was ſtill remaining part of the Bridge the Enemy had demoliſh't; His Electoral Highneſs ordered inſtantly ſome Hundereds of men to paſs over in Boats and to take poſſeſſion of it, which before break of day was executed ſo ſecretly that the French, altho in a manner done in their ſight, had not the leaſt notice of it, ſtaying all the day following in the Fort only half a Mile diſtant from the ſaid Iſland.
The French that had poſſeſſed themſelves of this Iſland were moſt put to the Sword. A Souldier of Oppau, called Chriſteffle Ruff, ſhot the French Sentenal like a Bird from a Tree, the reſt were driven into the River, and their Cannon Seized, ſome of them geting over; and informing of this News, thoſe that lay in the Fort on the other ſide of the River, they immediately abandon'd the ſaid Fort, the Foot retreating towards Philipsbourg, and the Horſe towards Creutznak. And His Electoral Highneſs finding that he was like to have no oppoſition, immediatly ordered a conſiderable Body of Men to paſs the River, the Electoral Prince his Son was amongſt the firſt that paſt it; and in a little while 8000 of our Foot with two Regiments of Dragoons took Poſt on the other ſide of the River, under the Command of General Hederſdorf.
A great Detachment of the French, furiouſly attact our Men, endeavoring to drive them back to the other ſide of the River; but they were put to the flight, leaving many killed behind them. In the mean time our whole Army paſt the River, and they being joyned by 9000 of the Cercle of Franconia, and 10000 Men of the Cercle of Suabia; they will now enter immediately upon ſome conſiderable Action; And its thought His Electoral Highneſs has a deſign upon Landaw, a very conſiderable Fortreſs, which is ſaid to be very ill provided, and one of thoſe places out of which the French have Drawn moſt of their Garriſon to reinforce their Army.
The French that are ſtill in the Pelatinate are in the greateſt terror in the world, they have abandon'd moſt of the Places they were in poſſeſſion of, amongſt which there is Worms and Newſtad, and all this in ſo great a haſt they were not able to burn them. They have alſo abandon'd the Caſtle of Leiningen which the Confederates have poſſeſſed themſelves of. We have made a great many Priſoners and aWorms alone we have ſeiced four French Captains and a Quartermaſter.
This glorious expedition as it advances in a great meaſure the intereſt of the Confederates, ſo indeed 'twill be of great advantage to his Highneſs the Duke of Savoy, for the French muſt needs call hack all the Regiments that Marſhal de Lorge has Order'd to march into Savoy, in caſe they will endeavour to make the leaſt reſiſtance. 'Tis ſaid to the Glory of his Electoral Highneſs of Saxony, that by this ſtrenuous Action he has gain'd no leſs honor than the great Guſtavus Adolphus did near Opruheim.
'Tis ſaid that an Expreſs has not only Confirm'd all this News, but has alſo inform'd the Court; that his Electoral Highneſs was actually beſiging Landaw, and that he had cut off 3000 men of the Rear of the French Army.
From Savoy we have a full Confirmation of raiſing the Siege of Coni, and beſides, we are told, that the French have been forc'd to raiſe the Blockade of Montmelian, in ſuch a manner that it turns to their everlaſting ſhame. The Governor of Monemelian ſent a Trumpeter to the French commander of the Blockade, deſiring him to grant him a paſs port to pay his devotion to a Church out of the City, very famous amongſt the Roman Catholicks; The Commander readily granted it, but the Governor being ſenſible of the French faith, foreſaw very well they would break their word, and indeed the whole buſi
London, Printed for R. Bauldwin, near the Oxford-Inn, in Warwick-Lane. 1691.