. British campaigns in Flanders, 1690-1794; being extracts from "A history of the British army,". Mackays and Laudersregiments, reinforced by the Buffs and the Fourth Laer and Neerwinden stood six battalions ofBrandenburgers, troops already of great and deservedreputation, of whom we shall see more in the yearsbefore us. Neerwinden itself was committed to theHanoverians, the Dutch Guards, a battalion of theFirst and a battalion of the Scots Guards. Immedi-ately to the north or left of the village the entrenchmentwas lined by the two remaining battalions of the Firstand Scots Guard
. British campaigns in Flanders, 1690-1794; being extracts from "A history of the British army,". Mackays and Laudersregiments, reinforced by the Buffs and the Fourth Laer and Neerwinden stood six battalions ofBrandenburgers, troops already of great and deservedreputation, of whom we shall see more in the yearsbefore us. Neerwinden itself was committed to theHanoverians, the Dutch Guards, a battalion of theFirst and a battalion of the Scots Guards. Immedi-ately to the north or left of the village the entrenchmentwas lined by the two remaining battalions of the Firstand Scots Guards, the Coldstream Guards, a battalionof the Royal Scots, and the Seventh Fusiliers. On theextreme left of the position Neerlanden was held by theother battalion of the Royal Scots, the Second Queens,and two Danish regiments, while Rumsdorp wasoccupied by the Fourteenth, Sixteenth, Nineteenth,and ColHngwoods regiments. In a word, every im-portant post was committed to the British. Theremainder of the infantry, with one hundred guns, wasranged along the entrenchment, and in rear of them LANDEN. Allies Ci3 French r*~l Stanfurdh Geo^ Ustad. London 28 BRITISH CAMPAIGNS IN FLANDERS vol. i 1693. stood the cavalry, powerless to act outside the trench,and too much cramped for space to manoeuvre within also was early astir, and was amazedto find how far the front of the position had beenstrengthened during the night. Plis centre he formedin eight lines over against the Allies entrenchmentsbetween Oberwinden and Landen, every line exceptthe second and fourth being composed of cavalry. Forthe attack on Neerlanden and Rumsdorp he detailedfifteen thousand foot and two thousand five hundreddismounted dragoons. For the principal assault onNeerwinden he told ofi eighteen thousand foot, sup-ported by a reserve of two thousand more and byeight thousand cavalry; while seventy guns werebrought into position to answer the artillery of -. Shortly after sunrise W
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