The Diplomatic Correspondence Of The Right Hon Richard Hill L L D F R S C C Vol 2
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The Diplomatic Correspondence of the Right Hon. Richard Hill, (L. L. D., F. R. S., &C., &C.,), Vol. 2
Excerpt from The Diplomatic Correspondence of the Right Hon. Richard Hill, (L. L. D., F. R. S., &C., &C., ), Vol. 2: Envoy Extraordinary From the Court of St. James to the Duke of Savoy, in the Reign of Queen Anne; From July 1703, to May 1706 Sir, I did myself the honour to write to you the 4th inst. S.N., and acknowledged the receipt of your letter, of the 17th November. I have been since then at Crescentin to see the wonderful effects of courage, constancy, and resolution. It is this day three months that the Duke of Vendome is tormenting himself, and us, before Verrue. It is more than five weeks that he is lodged upon the counterscarp of the castle, which had no outworks; in which five weeks, he has not got one inch from us, above ground. We reckon he has fired above 100, 000 cannon-shot upon the place, and thrown 20,000 bombs, besides infinite quantities of stones upon us. He has had time to wear out one set of artillery, and to consume all his powder, and to have recruits of cannon, mortars, and ammunition from France. We have had the good fortune to kill him five of his General-officers, his chief engineer, and the commander of his artillery. We have stifled a great many of his miners, and have reduced five companies of his cannoniers, which were of 45 each to 46 in all. Five of these cannoniers deserted yesterday, and came to us at Crescentin, and gave for the reason of their desertion, that their officers grew peevish, and impatient, and charged them a coups de baton, because the cannon did not make more impression upon our breaches. We have, indeed, two large breaches upon two of the bastions; but the care, which we take every night to clear away the rubbish which falls into the ditch, leaves an escarpe of six or eight feet high, which hinders them from attempting to lodge themselves upon these bastions, till they can throw them quite into the ditch by their mines, which they had carried almost under them. We have had the good fortune to spring one of those mines, and to blow up their gallery; and we are very hard at work to meet with the other. This long laborious defence is very expensive, as you will believe, in all respects, to his Royal Highness; but the immortal honour which he gets by it; the hindering a superior enemy from taking winter-quarters in Piedmont; the wearing out an insolent enemy; and, above all, the gaining time for a slow ally to come to our assistance, are the great advantages which are due to his Royal Highness's virtue, and patience. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Diplomatic Correspondence of the Right Hon. Richard Hill
Author: Richard Hill
language: en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date: 2024-04-28
Reprint of the original, first published in 1845.
The Diplomatic Correspondence Of The Right Hon. Richard Hill
The Diplomatic Correspondence of the Right Hon Richard Hill is a collection of letters and notes written by Richard Hill during his tenure as envoy extraordinary from the Court of St. James to the Duke of Savoy in the early 18th century. The correspondence includes letters from many illustrious individuals, such as Queen Anne and the Duke of Marlborough, and provides valuable insight into the politics and diplomacy of the time. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.