. British campaigns in Flanders, 1690-1794; being extracts from "A history of the British army,". ince of Orange, whosetroops had been advanced towards Cambrai on the17th, countermarched to Le Cateau, and assemblinghis force at Forest, about three miles to the north April 20. of it, on the 20th fell upon the enemys posts overagainst Landrecies on the left bank of the a hard struggle, which cost him one thousandmen and the French twice as many, he carried theFrench position, and at once opened the trenches April 21. before the town. On the following day Pichegrudelivered feeble and
. British campaigns in Flanders, 1690-1794; being extracts from "A history of the British army,". ince of Orange, whosetroops had been advanced towards Cambrai on the17th, countermarched to Le Cateau, and assemblinghis force at Forest, about three miles to the north April 20. of it, on the 20th fell upon the enemys posts overagainst Landrecies on the left bank of the a hard struggle, which cost him one thousandmen and the French twice as many, he carried theFrench position, and at once opened the trenches April 21. before the town. On the following day Pichegrudelivered feeble and incoherent assaults upon thepositions of Prisches and Nouvion, and upon theheights to the south of Wassigny, all of which werebeaten off with the loss to him of many men and fourguns. Further desultory fighting at the advanced April 22. posts on the next day was equally unfavourable toPichegru, as indeed he deserved for his folly in notconcentrating the thirty thousand men, who lay readyto his hand at Maubeuge, for an overwhelming attack. * Ditfurth, ii. 54. Craig to Nepean, i8th April 300 BRITISH CAMPAIGNS IN FLANDERS vol. iv 1794. Cobiirg then judged it safe to proceed with thesiege in earnest, and, withdrawing the covering armj^to the north, formed it in a huge semicircle aroundthe besieging force. His left wing curved roundfrom the heights that lie to eastward of Landrecies,and between it and the village of Maroilles, south-ward to Prisches, thence south-east across theRivierette to Le Sart, and thence by Fesmy to theSambre, the whole line being strongly entrenched,with several bridges thrown over the force allotted for the defence of this tract wasthirty-two battalions, fifty squadrons, and twenty-six light companies, the left under General Alvintzy,the right under General Kinsky. On the westernbank of the Sambre the right wing completed thesemicircle, with a total of twenty-six battalions andseventy-six squadrons. The first section of the de-fences
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