id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
A37153	D'Auvergne, Edward, 1660-1737.	The history of the campagne in the Spanish Netherlands, Anno Dom. 1694 with the journal of the siege of Huy / by Edward D'Auvergne ...	1694.0		.xml	application/xml	37973	1023	61	This is an old ruined Town , where the Spaniards had once a Garison , but the French upon pretence that it was within the Chatelleine of Tournay , beat them out of it , and no Garison has been in it since There is hardly a finer place in all the Seventeen Provinces for an Army to incamp upon , than the Plains of Cambron , where the strength and scituation equals the beauty and conveniency of the Plain , which reaches from the Village of Irchonwetz to Lens upon the little River that runs by Cambron , about five English Miles in length , with a small rising over against Chievres , from whence we could have a perfect prospect of the Camp from the Right to the Left. From the Meuse to Audenarde we met with no Garrison of ours upon the March , but that of Aeth ; the French they had in their way Namur , Charleroy , Mons , Conde , Valencionnes , and Tournay ; and unless when we passed by the Plain of Cambron , and the Town of Aeth , we marched upon the Enemy's Country , but the French still near their own numerous Garrisons : From whence the Enemy had this advantage over us for a speedy March , that the Boors were all fled to their Garrisous with their Effects , from whence they could not onely get Supplies of Refreshments for their Infantry upon every halt , but also Waggons to bring the Baggage , the Sick and the wearied Soldiers after them , in so much that though their Battalions were not of One Hundred Men each , at their coming up to a Camp or Halt , yet still by Night all the rest were brought up in Waggons , who could not march and follow the Army ; and the Soldiers Bagagge being carried in the same Waggons , they marched only with their Arms so much lighter than ours This is a conveniency the French had , and which 't is plain we wanted :	cache/A37153.xml	txt/A37153.txt
