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&4£My September ii N.S. Lunette; from whence fix Swissers, with an Officer, sallied last Night about Mitinight, threw L L the Mefnbers of the Regency and down the Sacks of Earth, and set fire to thc Magistrates of the Province of Overys- of the Enemy, which burned two sel have agreed to Contribute 500 Hours, and came all back safe into the Gallery, A Florins a Piece for the Service of the exeept one Soldier who was taken Prisoner by an Tublijk. It is computed these Contributions Earth Sack's falling down upon him. Our ivill Amount, for the Magistrates and Regents, Fire is of late much superior to that of the to about 70,000 Florins, besides what it is ex­ Enemy. pected will be contributed by the other Inha­ Hague, Sept. 5, JV* S. Our last Advice? bitants of that Province. from Bergen-op-Zoom continue to be fa­ BergeH-ep+Zoom, Sept. 1, N. S. Yesterdayvourable . The Besieged defend themselves with Afternoon there was a smart Cannonade both equal Vigour and Resolution, whilst the Enemy from the Town and Camp, which lasted till seem to be tired and difheartned with the long bear Midnight, when a Signal was given from Resistance of that Place. M. Lowendahl has the Pucelle for a General Fire of all the been obliged to dismount Part of his Cavalry, Artillery and Small Arms, which was immedi­ who do Duty at present in the Trenches. For ately executed with great Regularity, and con­ these several Days past the French have not tinued till Four o'Clock in the Morning. At made the least Progress. On the 31st past thp Break of Day we could fee that the Enemy's Enemy being still apprehensive that the Garri­ Lodgments were quite razed. At Six o'Clock son might spring some other Mines under the they went to work again, to repair their Lodg­ Lunette of Zealand, chose to prevent them, by ments j and we are now preparing to renew our blowing it up entirely themselves. But while Fire in the fame Manner as last Night, in which < they were endeavouring to compleat a new our Artillery lost but 12 Men. We have just Lodgment upon it, the Garrison made a Salley* received a Captain and twenty two Miners from in which they set Fire to their Gabions and Fas­ Maestricht. cines. They still however persist in compleating Bergen-op-Zoom, Sept. 4, N. 5. Since my this Lodgment, without which it is impossible Letter ofthe ist, the Enemy have repaired their for them to attack the of Dedem; And Lodgments, but have gained no new Ground. they are endeavouring likewise to erect Batteries The Day before Yesterday they sprung a Mine upon the , to batter the said Ravelin almost opposite to the Angle of the Ravelin of in Breach. The Prince of Orange's Birth-Day Dedem, towards the Left, which (hook Part of was celebrated last Friday by a prodigious Fi­ our Gallery, and killed two Men. Our Miners ring from the Town, which, according to all hearing the Enemy at Work near one of our Accounts, did the Enemy a great deal of Mis* Mines, as if they meant to withdraw the Charge, chief. On the 2d Instant the Garrison spruqg set Fire to it in the Evening, by which the French two Mines; the first under the Counterscarp, Miners were killed; and Yesterday, at One opposite to the Left of the Lunette of Utrecht, ios the Clock in the Morning, we sprung which totally destroyed the Enemy's Lodg­ 'another, which did great Execution. We ment, and blew up a whole Company of their Grenadiers. The other Mine was play'd under are still Masters of the Lunette of Utrecht, the fame Lunette with great Success, and entirely having a Command of 60 Men in the , ruined the Works (he French *fead been com­ and a Reserve of 3 b in die Gallery under the pleating [ Price Two-pence, J