. The chronicles of an old campaigner, M. de la Colonie, 1692-1717 . ont of all this was alarge and important horn-work furnished with an excellentand very deep dry ditch, counterscarp, and covered-way,well palisaded ; the curtain was again covered by afourth work, which, by reason of its shape, was calledthe Priests Cap. It also had counterscarp and covered-way, but was not of great importance. Beyond thisfourth work came a large and very deep ravine, andthen a new fort, complete with its ditch, covered-way,and glacis, called Fort William, named after Williamof Orange, afterwards King of Engl
. The chronicles of an old campaigner, M. de la Colonie, 1692-1717 . ont of all this was alarge and important horn-work furnished with an excellentand very deep dry ditch, counterscarp, and covered-way,well palisaded ; the curtain was again covered by afourth work, which, by reason of its shape, was calledthe Priests Cap. It also had counterscarp and covered-way, but was not of great importance. Beyond thisfourth work came a large and very deep ravine, andthen a new fort, complete with its ditch, covered-way,and glacis, called Fort William, named after Williamof Orange, afterwards King of England, who constructedit. It was at this point, then, that we were obliged tobegin the siege of the citadel. The rains had begun when we attacked this fort, but theroads being still practicable, we had little difficulty inbreaching it, and we carried it by assault on the 12th of themonth. It served as a- position in which to place ourbattery for the attack on the Priests Cap, and also on oneof the faces of the half-bastions of the horn-work. The rest [ aSud 3D-EJ ox. 1692] SLOW PROGRESS 19 of our batteries were in the open also opposed to thehorn-work, but our artillery here was of small accountowing to the difficulty of transporting the fields had become so sodden with the rain as torender cartage impossible, and all that could be done wasto carry a few bombs and cannon balls on the backs of thebat-horses and mules. Even these animals had the greatestlabour in extricating themselves from the bad places, andhad constantly to make fresh tracks. Owing to these difficulties our batteries were perforcesilent, and everything took a leisurely turn. The cavalry,too, lacked forage; the country, chiefly woodland, was unableto provide supplies for any length of time, and so muchwas this the case that the men were obliged to feed theirhorses on leaves and branches, with the result that a greatnumber perished. Such was our condition towards theend of the month of June. The Kin
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