The battle roll: an encyclopedia containing descriptions of the most famous and memorable land battles and sieges in all ages . that day to re-view, in the city, the royal regiment of themarine, of which he was colonel. Thesesoldiers were already assembled at one ex-tremity ^of the city, precisely at the momentPrince Eugene entered by the other. DEn-tragues began by hastily scouring throughthe streets with his soldiers, and resistinc^ allthe Germans he met with, which gave timefor the rest of the garrison to come up. Offi-cers and soldiers, pell-mell, some badlyarmed, and some half-naked, with


The battle roll: an encyclopedia containing descriptions of the most famous and memorable land battles and sieges in all ages . that day to re-view, in the city, the royal regiment of themarine, of which he was colonel. Thesesoldiers were already assembled at one ex-tremity ^of the city, precisely at the momentPrince Eugene entered by the other. DEn-tragues began by hastily scouring throughthe streets with his soldiers, and resistinc^ allthe Germans he met with, which gave timefor the rest of the garrison to come up. Offi-cers and soldiers, pell-mell, some badlyarmed, and some half-naked, without com-manders, without order, filled the streets andpublic places, fought in confusion, or in-trenched themselves from street to street, orfrom place to place. Two Irish regiments,which formed part of the garrison, stoppedthe efforts of the imperialists. Never wascity surprised with more art and prudence,and never was one better defended by cour-age and promptness. The garrison consistedof 5,000 men; Prince Eugene had not intro-duced more than 4,000. A large detach-ment of his army was expected to arrive by rlii i iMte. CRIMBSUS. 209 the bridge over the Po; his measures were?well taken, but another event deranged themall. The bridge over the Po, badly guardedby a hundred French soldiers, was to beseized by the German cuirassiers. At theinstant Prince Eugene entered the city, itbecame necessary that as the cuirassiershad entered by the southern gate, near tothe sewer, they should go out of Cremonaimmediately at the north, by the gate of thePo, and should hasten to the bridge. Theywent thither, but the guide who conductedthem was killed by a musket-shot from awindow, and the cuirassiers mistook onestreet for another, which made their passagemuch longer. In this short interval, theIrish threw themselves into the gate of thePo, and fought and repulsed the resistance at first perplexed PrinceEugene. He sent Macdonald, one of theircompatriots, to them, who had been


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