the evening to the army. Here he received certain advice that the recruits for the French amy in Bavaria, with farther reinforcements, had joined the Elector three days be føre at Villingen. But the Duke, notwithfanding this junction of the enemies, was, on account of the number of the troops which the French left behind them, and by the Marthal's marching back with the rest of his army towards the Rhine, confirmed in his opinion that the enemies were as yet. wholly ignorant of his defign. He therefore continued his march with unwearied diligence, and advanced to the camp of Neudorff near Coblentz, where, beides Mr. Davenant, the Queen's agent at Francfort, and Monsieur d'Amelo, Envoy extraordinary from the States-general, Count Wratiflaw, in his return from London, waited on him to fettle all things for his farther march, and his conjunction with the Imperial army. · Then the Duke paffed the Neckar near Ladenburg, where he refted three days. Having, by this time, gained the advance of Some days of the French army, he wrote to the States from Ladenburg, to let thema know that he had the Queen's order to march to the relief of the empire, with which he hoped they would agree, and allow his carrying their troops to thare in the honour of that expedition. He had their anfwer as quick as the courier could bring it, by which they approved of the defign, and of his carrying their troops with him. So he had now the whole army at his own difpofal.

The French imagining that he would advance to the Upper Rhine, Villeroy marched thither with all poflible speed; and, at the fame time, a detachment of feven battalions and twenty-one fquadrons, from the Confederate arury in Flanders, under the Duke of Wirtemberg, followed the Duke of Marlborough, who marched from Ladenburg to Mildenheim, where, the next day, Prince Eugene paid him a vifit. The confultations between the Prince and the Duke lafted several hours; and it was agreed upon that the two armies fhould join, and the Duke and Prince Lewis of Baden fhould command each day alternately, and that Prince Eugene should go upon the Rhine to command a feparate army. The troops being drawn up in order of battle, the Duke accompanied Prince Eugene to a review, when the Prince feemed wonderfully pleafed to find them in such excellent order after fo long a march. The next day, Prince Lewis of Baden arrived in the camp at Great Heppach, where a conference was held in the svening. The day following the troops marched from Great Heppach, and Prince

Lewis went to his army on the Danube, and Prince Eugene rid poft for Philipsburgh to command the army on the Rhine, and on the 22d joined Prince Lewis of Baden at Wafterftet. On the 24th the army marched from thence to Elchingen, the next day to Gingen. On the 30th the army marched from thence to Landthauflen on the right, and Balmertfhoffen on the left, and paffed to near the enemy's camp, that Lieutenant-general Bulau was fent out the night before with a detachment of two thousand horse and dragoons, to secure the avenues, by which they might have disturbed the march of the Allies, who, by this means, proceeded without any oppofition. On the firft of July they continued their march in fight of the enemy's intrenchments at Dillingen, and incampel the right at Amerdighen, and the left at Únderingen.

While they lay in this camp, the Duke, received advice that the Elector of Bavaria had fent the beft of his infantry to reinforce Count d'Arco, who was posted at Schell.n. berg, a rifing ground on the Danube, near Donawert, where for feveral days he had caufed fome thousands of men to work upon intrenchments, as being a poft of vaft importance. The Duke refolved to march and attack the enemy; and, the necessary directions being given to the army, on the ad of July, early in the morning, he advanced with a

detachment of thirty fquadrons of English and Dutch, a confiderable number of foot commanded by Lieutenant-general Goor, three battalions of Imperial grenadiers under Prince Lewis of Baden; and the reft of the army followed with all poffible diligence. But, the march being long, and the ways very bad, they could not reach the river Wermitz, which ran by Donawert, till about noon, and it was three hours before the bridges were finished for the troops and cannon to pafs over. About five o'clock in the afternoon, they came before Schellenberg and the Duke of Marlborough moved up with the horse as near the enemy's intrenchments as was neceffary to take a view of them. In the mean time, the artillery began to fire upon the enemy, who answered briskly from their batteries for about an hour, when the English and Dutch foot, fupported by the horle and dragoons, began the attack with prodigious refolution, before the Imperialifts could arrive; but, having the greatef part of the enemy's forces to contend with, they were at firit obliged to give ground. Soon after the Imperialifts came up very feafonably, and, being led on in good order by Prince Lewis of Baden, advanced to the enemy's works without once faing, threw

their fafcines into the ditch, and paffed over with inconfiderable lots. The enemy's horfe charged them vigorously, but were repulfed; and then, the Imperial cavalry entering their intrenchments, and the English and Dutch breaking in about the fame time, the Confederates made a dreadful flaughter of the enemy. Lieutenant-general Goor, who commanded the first detachment of foot, and Major-general Beinheim, both in the Dutch fervice, loft their lives very much lamented. The horfe and dragoons fhared the glory of the day with the infantry, and all the Confederate troops behaved themfelves with incredible bravery and refolution. But, as the attack was begun by a battalion of the EngJish foot-guards, and the regiments of Orkney and Ingoldfby, they futtered very much. The enemy's forces confifted of thirty-two thousand men, all choice troops, commanded in chief by Connt d'Arco, and under him by two Bavarian and two French Lieutenantgenerals. As foon as the Confederates had poffeffed the intrenchments, the enemy ran away in great confution to Donawert and the Danube; but, being closely purfaed by the horse and dragoons, a great many followed the example of their Generals, who faved themselves by fwimming over that river. The lofs of the enemy was computed to be about fix thoufand men. The Confederates made themselves matters of fixteen pieces of cannon, thirteen colours, with all their tents and baggage. The Duke of Marlborough gained great honour in this action, giving directions with extraordinary prefence of mind, and expofing his perion to the greateft danger. Prince Lewis of Baden was wounded, having performed the part of a brave experienced General; as was alfo the Hereditary Prince of Hele Caffel, who, throughout the whole action, gave fignal proofs of an undaunted courage. Count Stirum was mortally wounded. General Thungen, Count Horn, Lieutenant-general Wood, Major-general Paland, and everal other Officers of distinction, were likewife wounded. The next day, the Bavarian garrifon quitted Donawert upon the approach of the Confederates, and broke down the bridges, but had not time to destroy their ammunition and provifions as they had intended.

The Elcator of Bavaria was no fooner informed of the defeat of his troops at Schellenberg, than he quitted his trong camp between Dillingen and Lavingen, and came to the other fide of the Danube, over-against Donawert, in his march to the river Leche, to prevent the Confederates curting off his retreat to his country.

On the 5th of July, the Duke of Marl borough pailed the Danube near Donawert; and on the 17th Count de Frife, with a detachment of four thousand men and twelve pieces of cannon, marched over the river Leche, and took poft in the county of Bavaria. The whole army marched at the fame time, and incamped with the right at Hamber, and the left at Ginderkingen. Upon the first notice of the Allies having begun to pats the Leche, the garrison of Newburg marched out and retired to Ingoldstadt. Whereupon a detachment of dragoons was immediately fent out by the Duke of Marlborough to take poffeffion of that place; and Prince Lewis of Baden ordered General Herberville, who commanded a separate body of between three and four thousand men on the other fide of the Danube, to r main there for the fecurity of that important place, and for the drawing of provifions out of Franconia for the fubfiftence of the Contederate troops while they continued in Bava ria. On the roth the whole army paffed the Leche; and on the 13th Count Vecklen, General of the Palatine horse, arrived from Prince Eugene of Savoy with an account that the Marthals Villeroy and Tallard had paffed the Rhine above fort Kehl, in order to fuccour the Elector of Bavaria; for which reafon he defired a reinforcement of horse to inable him the better to obferve the enemy's motions. Upon which Prince Maximilian of Hanover was detached with thirty fquadrons of imperial horie, with orders to join Prince Eugene with all pofiible diligence.

The enemy having left a garrifon at Rain, the Confederate Generals refolved to attack it; and in order thereto the army decamped from Ginderkingen, pailed the Leche, and came with the right to Stauda, and the left to Berchiem. The garrifon at firft feemed refolved to defend the place to the lait extremity; but, the beliegers playing upon the town with twenty-feven pieces of cannon, their approaches were carried on fo fuccefsfully, that in two days the Governor defired to capitulate: And the articles being agreed on, the gurifon marched out the next day, to the number of about four hundred foot, commanded by the Count de Mercy, Brigadier-general, and were conducted by a party of hore to the Elector of Bavaria's camp near Augfburg. There were found in the place twenty-four brais cannon, a confiderabie quantity of provifions, and feme ammunition The Allies, encouraged by the fuccefs of their arms, were willing to push their advantages; and on the marched to attack the poft of Aicha, whicit hind a garrison of eight or nine hundred Ba

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