B nemy loft in this Action above 3000 Men. A private Letter from Frankfort. THE News of Pr. Charles's pafting the Rhine without Lofs, nay without Oppofition, amazes the Imperial Count pro digiously. Indeed there is good Reason. We fee plainly, that tho' many of the Princes and States of the Empire have infinite Respect for his Imperial Majefty, yet they are not now much inclined to rifque their Troops, and their Dominions in hisQuarrel, a Quarrel quite his own, in which the Empire has not the leaft Concern. Yet, in all Probability, had not this great Event happen'd, his Army would have been fpeedily augmented by fome Theuland Auxiliaries, diawn indeed by their Refpect for that Prince, but paid by France and Spain. All fuch Expecta tions are now over; and even the Hessians, it is said, will foon take an Opportuni y to declare themselves neutral Troops, and return home, to repair the Lofs which they have fuftained. Before we had this News, most of our Courtiers were out of Humour at the furprizing Intelligence from Mofcom, of the Difgrace of Chetare die. His Imperial Majesty faid, This Gentleman has pull'd Ruin on his own Head, by endeavouring to remove fuch as had Interest fufficient to remove him. M. de Baviere added, I find publick Mini fters are very unhappy there; to Day 'tis Chetardie's, yesterday it was the Marquis de Botta',and to-morrow it may be fome other Minifter's turn. The M. de Lau marie, Minister from his most Christian Majefty at Stockholm, is like to fhare in Chetardie's Difgrace; the Letters which have given moft Offence, being written to him. All the Exprefies from Count Seckendorff, acknowledge his being ill feconded by the French, who shelter'd themfcives continually behind the Imperialifts. He fpeaks, however, very re fpectfully of M. de Coigny, and attributes this Behaviour in the French, to their be ing beft Part of them raw Troops. His Pruffian Majefty's Minifter has actually de manded the Inveft:ture of the Principali Gty of Eaft Friezland for his Mafter; and there is no Queftion made here of his receiving it. D F had marched out of that Place upon the 13th, in order to furprize Gen. Nadafti, who was buly in reconnoitering, were themselves furprized by the faid General; for he being advised in time of their De fign, fent to the Prince for speedy Succour, and fucceeded fo well, that he took the 800 Men between two Fires, and put them all to the Sword. Befides this Ad vantage, the General is now in a Condi tion to make himself Master of the outward Fortifications, and the Head of the Bridge of Fort Louis, the Garrifon by the I.ols of thofe 800 Men being much weakened. 24,000 Auftrians are to march H thro' Franconia and Swabia to join the Army of Prince Charles, which will then amount to 100,000 Men. The Dutch Gazettes tell us, that, the E. of Hyndford the British Minifter ha ving, on the K. of Pruffia's Return_to Berlin from Pyrmont, renewed his. De mand for Succours, his Majefty answered thus, "According to all Rules the Ob ligation of a ftipulated Succour ought on ly to exift when the allied Country is in Danger of being attacked or invaded, but I cannot perfuade myself that the Elec Electorate of Hanover is in that Conditi on, feeing the King of Great Britain, who is a wife Prince, has withdrawn his Troops from thence, to put them in Pay of a foreign Power, for fuch is England in Refpect to Germany." A It is written from Courland, that 12 or 15000 Ruffian Troops are affembling on the Frontiers, in order to be fent to the Affiftance of the Q of Hungary. A favourable Account is also talked of from Silefia, that the Army encamped there is going into Quarters; fo that her Majefty will have no need of Troops on that B Side. On the other Hand, the King of Sardinia prefles for Succours, without which he fhall not be able to repell the allied Army. FLANDERS. At the Beginning of the Month, Furnes furrendered to the French atter a C Sege of 5 Days; but their Career was ftapped on this Side by the important News from the Rhine. D When the King of France first received Advice of Prince Charles palling that River, he could not believe it, but faid it was impoffible, till the arrival of a fecond exprefs from Marthal Coigny himself brought à Confirmation of it. That General acquainted his Majefty, that if he did not immediately fend him fome Affiftance, his whole Army would be destroyed. The King immediately called a Council, wherein it was refolved to fend the greateft Part of the Army to the Defence of Alface, and Orders were dispatched to E Marthal Belleifle, and the Duke d'Har court, to make forc'dMarches towards the Rhine, with the Troops under their Command. F Such was the Situation of Affairs a few Weeks fince,that the States General defired the Q. of Hungary to fend Prince Charles of Lorrain to command the Confederate Army, but the declared, that as it was from her Army on the Rhine, that the muft hope any Advantage over the Ene my, he could not entrust it with so much Confidence to any other General. However as she had no lefs Zeal than they for the Common Caufe, that Prince fhould fend 25,000 Men for Flanders as foon as he had pafled the Rhine. Whether her Majefty really intended to perform this Promife, we cannot judge; but fince he has pafled that River, and the French King is fending large Bodies of Troops to oppofe him, with an Intention to fol low them himself, the Duke d'Arem. H burg propofed in a Council of War that a Body of 20,000 Men should be detach'd from the allied Army towards the Mofelle, G to make a Diverfion in Favour of Prince Charles, fince the French haid deafed all Hoftilities, and had not above 45,000 Men in the Low Countries, exclutive of their Garrifons. But General Wade, and the Dutch General after him, declared that he could not confent to it. Ghent, July 19. The Dutch Troops from England arrived here very happily on the 16th at Night, under the Com mand of Lieut. General Smiffaert and Major General Rumpt, who took their Me fures fo well that tho' there was a Corps of 15,000 French within 2 Leagnes of Bruges, they had not the leaft Notice of their March. The Soldiers themselves knew not whither they were going, as they marched four Leagues about to a void the Enemy; about five in the Evening on the 15th they left Brages, march ing all Night without Noife, and all the next Day. It is impoffible to express the Joy fhewn here on their arrival. By the Detachments fent to Alface, the French Army ander Count Saxe, is re duced to 30,000 Men, excepting the Gar rifons, and is at prefent very quiet, being entrenched up to the Teeth behind the Lys. The allied Army, being by the Ac celfion of feveral Dutch and English Regis ments, increased to near 70,000 Men, in excellent Order, and a perfect Harmony among the Generals, paffed the Scheld on the 20th, to enter upon Action, the Soldiers having Bread given them for 4 Days. It is affured that the Plan is either to attack the French in their Lines, or befiege Maubenge, in order to draw them from their Entrenchments. It is reported that on the Appearance of only so Huf fars, they had abandoned Courtray. ITALY. Count de Gages maintains his Ground at Velletri agafft Pr. 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