. A duke and his friends : the life and letters of the second Dukeof Richmond . lamented by the wholearmy as the best Officer of his standing in It. howeverteadious and long this letter is, I will tell your Gracea Storey of a Poor Granadier which will Please bothYour Grace and the Duke of Montagu, the fellowthought he was mortaly wounded, and a Party cameout to secure the arms etc and anoy the rear. TheOfficer perceiving some stragglers calld out to themClose Quarters, which the Granadier understandingfor calling for Patriots (?) told a wounded comeradewho lay by him of It ; and took up his mu
. A duke and his friends : the life and letters of the second Dukeof Richmond . lamented by the wholearmy as the best Officer of his standing in It. howeverteadious and long this letter is, I will tell your Gracea Storey of a Poor Granadier which will Please bothYour Grace and the Duke of Montagu, the fellowthought he was mortaly wounded, and a Party cameout to secure the arms etc and anoy the rear. TheOfficer perceiving some stragglers calld out to themClose Quarters, which the Granadier understandingfor calling for Patriots (?) told a wounded comeradewho lay by him of It ; and took up his musket levelledat the Officer, and shot him, saying this was now allthe service he could do his Country. Youll imaginemy Lord, the Spaniards did not let him live long after,however the Viceroy sent to reprimand and stop theirmurder of the wounded, which were the only personsmade prisoners ! and by his express comand weretaken good care of, Your Grace will hear with concernof our loss of poor Lord Aubrey, Coin. Moreton isnow dying, and little Wynyard little better, and Bri- ^ \. N 5 I St. Lazare 363 gadier Wolf in a bad way ; however I hope if we onceget him alive out of this place to rub through the rest,the Plague is not so suddenly destructive : we haveonly this advantage, that we shall not be shund (Ihope) after we come from hence. I have alreadypresumed too far on Your Graces Patience. I havethe honour to be with the greatest respectMy Lord Your Graces Most Obliged and Most Obedient and most humble Servant Aug. Fitzroy. I beg your Grace will present my humble respectsto my Lady Dutchess, The Count and our Danishfriends beg I should present theirs to both. —Since I finisht my letter I received theenclosd View of St. Lazarus from Monsieur Nordan,A. is that part of the hill, our Guides led the Grana-diers to : B. is the part which I believe we ought tohave made our attack from, for the trenches marktC. & D. are so deep that two scaling ladders will notreach from the bottom
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