On the 6th of July, the Parliament of Scotland met at Edinburgh and adjourned to the 11th, when the Queen's Letter was read. Her Majelty expreffed her Concern for the Differences and Divifions among them, promifed to grant whatever could in Reafon be demanded for rectifying Abuses, and quieting their Minds. Recommended to them in elpecial Manner the fettling the Succeffion in the Proteftant Line, and was willing to give into any reafonable Terms and Conditions of Government with refpect to the Succeffor. Laid before them the Neceffity of raifing Funds, the former being expired and exhaufted, for maintaining the Forces, &c. And laftly recommended to them the Advancement of Piety, and Difcouragement of Vice and Immorality.

The Lord Commiflioner enlarged upon the Letter in a Speech, and was feconded by the Earl of Cromarty.

But all had little Effect, the House continued in the fame Temper, and were fo far from naming a Succeffor, that feveral Motions of Overtures were made for a Refolution, Nat to name a Succeffor till a previous Treaty of Commerce be made with England, and Limitations and Conditions of the Government be made for fecuring the Religion, Liberty, and Independency of the Nation. Which after much Debate, was at laft put to the Vote, and carried in the Affirmative by a Majority of 55. On the 19th of July, Duke Hamilton moved that this Bufinefs fhould be proceeded upon before the Supply, except two Months Cefs for prefent Suffiftence of the Forces. On the 21ft, an Act for 14 Months Cefs, payable in two Years, being brought in, it was de

bated, and then the Vote put, whether to give a Supply for two Months or fix Months Cefs. Carried by 16 Voices for fix Months. But on the 25th when it came a gain to be confidered, the Aft for Security was brought in, and upon Debate voted, That the Parliamen will proceed to grant two Months Ces for fubfifting her Majesty's Forces, and as foon as the Act of Security bas gu the Royal Affent, will give four Montes more. Thus they in Effect tacked it to the Money Bill, and withou paffing it, the neceffary Supplies could not be obtained. Neither could the Queen be affured that the refuting both would not have produced a Rebellion, fo violent was the Temper of the Nation at that Time. To comply with Necy therefore the Act of Security in the Terms we mentioned in our Ac count of the Proceedings of lat Seffion, received the Royal Affert on the 5th of Auguft. The ret the Seffion was taken up in examin ing the Accounts, in forming an Act for Exporting Wooll, and other Afperities, which made the Hig Commiffioner prorogue the Par ment on the 27th of Auguft. b they firft drew up an Address a the Queen, defiring that the Ev dence and Papers relating to t Plot (which we fpoke of int Proceedings of the English Par ment) might be laid before then next Seflion wherein they reflected fmartly on the Houfe of Lords t having meddled in that Matter.

The Progrefs of her Maje Army this Year was very happy, The Imperial Envoy prefented a Memorial to the Queen on the of April, to fet forth the prefing Neceffity of the Empire, by the Duke of Bavaria's bringing a F Army into the Heart of it, and by the Perplexity and Confufion t

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A. D. forced the Entrenchments, made a 1704. terrible Slaughter of the Enemy, and put them to Flight. The Count d' Arco iwam over the Danube, and many of his Officers took the fame Way.

The Enemy's Lofs was 5000 Men, and the Confederates not much lefs, for the Fight lafted an Hour and half in moft Furious Action. Fifteen Pieces of the Enemy's Cannon, and all their Ammunition, Tents, and Baggage, and a very rich Booty, were taken. This glorious Victory, wherein the Duke of Marlborough by admirable Conduct and Bravery gained immortal Honour, gave the Confederates free Entry into Bavaria, and obliged that Elector to retire under the Cannon of Augsburgh; but firft fent Word to his Garrison at Donavert to retire, and fet the Town on Fire; but the Confederates advanced with fuch fpeed, that they had not time to put thofe Orders in Execntion, and fo the Town was faved. They found here 20,000 Sacks of Meal, great Store of Oats, and Plenty of all forts of Provifions and Ammunition.

The Army pursued the Victory, and entring Bavaria took several Towns, and put the Country under Military Execution.

The French on the other Hand were diligent in their Endeavours to relieve the Duke of Bavaria; to which Purpose a gallant Army of 22,000 Horfe and Foot under the Command of Count Tallard, additional to what they had already there under Marshal Marfin, marched to the Danube, and on the 4th of Auguft joined the Elector's Army. This obliged Prince Eugene to join the Duke of Marlborough, and their two Armies obferved the Enemy, while Prince Lewis of Baden befieged Ingolstadt. A few Days after, viz. Auguft 13. N. S.

was fought that famous Battle of Blenheim. The Particulars whereof have been fo often told, and are fo well known, that 'tis needless to enter into the Detail. We fhall only fay therefore, That Advices berg brought that the Enemy advanced, it was refolved to march and give them Battle; the Place where the French encamped had a Rivulet in Marthy Ground in the From, the Village Blenheim on the Da nube on their Right, and a Wood on their Left. It was neceflary tot! the Confederates to pass the Riva let, which accordingly they effeted, and about one Hour after Noct began the Attack. Prince Engen and the Imperial Troops were ca the Right, General Churchill, Lieutenant General Lumley, the Lord Orkney, and Lieutenant-General Ingoldsby, with the reft of the Es glih and Dutch Officers on the Left, and the Duke of Marlborgb_in the Center commanded the Whole. The Difpute was very fharp with equal Advantage till 5 of the Clock. at which Time the Imperalits under Prince Eugene were hard pre fed by the Bavarians, but beng relieved by the Duke of Me. borough, who ordered the Corps & Referve to advance, put a Stop the Enemy, and in the third Attack about feven of the Clock brok them. The English and Dutch i the mean Time gained fuch Groun upon the French, that they obliged their Horfe to retire in Confusco, and leave the Foot to our Mercy. Twenty eight Battalions and 1: Squadrons retired into the Village d Blenheim, and defended themselves an Hour and Half, but being for rounded by our Troops, they wer at lait overcome, many killed, and the reft furrendred themfelves P foners of War. And the Co: fede rates by that Time were Makers of the Enemy's Camp, Canner, and

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Baggage. Abundance of Officers were taken, and among the reft the French General himfelf, Count Tallard, was made Prifoner. The Bavarians with their Duke at the Head of them, by taking a different Road, and keeping in a Body, got off, but the French were mifeably flaughtered in their Flight, The Enemy's Lofs was vaftly great; efides feveral General Officers, ,200 others, and 12,000 CommonSoldiers, were taken Prifoners by he Confederates; the Particulars f the Captives fhew them 11,192, efides 3,000, who took Service with he Allies. And the Number kiled muft needs be great; 10 French attalions were cut to pieces, and o Squadrons of Horfe and Draoons were driven into the Danube nd drowned, befides 4 or 5,000 hat were killed in the Purfuit, and hat fell in the Battle. The interepted Letters from the Enemies onfeffed their Lofs to be 40,000. There were found in the Enemies amp, 100 Pieces of Brafs Cannon, 4 Mortars, 3,600 Tents, 300 laen Mules, and a great Quantity of Money. And there were 129 Cours, 171 Standards, and 17 Pair f Kettle Drums, taken in the Bate. This great Victory coft the Alies 4,485 Men killed, 7,525 wound d, and 273 Prifoners.

The Effect of this Victory was he Reduction of Bavaria to the Dominion of the Emperor, which ras performed before Winter, But s that Work might be done with Part of the Army, the Duke of Marlborough, Prince Eugene, and 'rince Lewis, left it to General hungen to accomplish, and marchd with their Armies to the Rhine. On the 12th of September the Imerial Army fat down before Lanlau, and formed the Siege of it, wherein Prince Lewis commanded, while the Duke of Marlborough and

Prince Eugene covered the Siege, The French Governor acted his Part fo well, that although the King of the Romans came to command in the Siege in order to expedite the taking the City, it held out, till the 23d of November, on which Day they capitulated, and marched out on the 25th, whereby the Army was hindred from making the victorious Progrefs into France, which would have been done in these two Months time, had not this Siege been neceffary. This, with the taking Traerbach, ended the Campaign on that Side.

Before we proceed it must be noted, That the Emperor was fo fenfible of the Kindness her Majefty had fhewn in fending her Army fo far to his Relief, and of the Bravery and excellent Conduct of her General, that immediately after the Battle of Schellenberg he fent to the Duke of Marlborough the Dignity of a Prince of the Empire, which his Grace declined to accept; the Emperor therefore wrote to the Queen, wherein after his Thanks for her Favour, he entreated her Majesty to command the Duke of Marlborough to accept the Title of Prince of the Empire, which he purpofed to confer on him. The Queen him Orders accordingly. And the Emperor by his Letters on the 28th of Auguft, conferred that Honour upon him. The neceffary Inftruments were afterwards difpatched to ratify it in full Form. And Mindelheim a Fief, lying in the Circle of Suabia, at that time devolved to the Emperor, was given to his Highness.

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A. D. fide, and Baron Spar the Army in 1704. Dutch Flanders; the former twice broke the Enemies Lines, bombarded Namur, and ftood his Ground against the united Force of the Enemy under the Duke of Bavaria and Marthal Villeroy, when on the 28th of October they marched to attack him. 'Tis true, it was faid that Villeroy checked the Refolution of the Elector by producing pofitive Orders against Fighting, which made that Prince leave the Army in Dif guft. The latter (Baron Spar) bcmbarded Bruges, and took Fort Ifabella, which interrupted the Nav gation to Sluys.

In Savoy the French had the bet ter, they took Verceil, making the Garrison Prifoners of War, altho' they had made a brave Defence, and got Poffeffion of the Valley of Aofta, whereby the Communication with Germany through Switzerland was cut off. And on the 14th of October the Duke of Vendofine fat down before Verrue, a ftrong Fortress feated on the River Po, in the midway between Cafal and Turin, but the ftrength of the Place, the good defence the Garrison made, and the Communication with it which the Duke of Savoy was able to keep open, rendered this Siege very painful and ruinous to the French; for fo earnest was that King in the Refolution of taking the Place, that the Siege was continued all the Winter, altho' the Froft and Snow killed his Men almost as faft as the Enemies Bullets So, altho' at last, that is in April following, it was furrendered, the length of the Siege, and the Lofs the French fuftained in it, was as favourable to the Duke of Savoy as a Victory.

Purfuant to the Alliance with the King of Portugal, the Queen and the States General had fent over Forces to affift that Prince. Duke Schomberg was Commander in Chief of

the English, and Count Fagel of the Dutch.

As foon as King Charles arrived, the Councils for carrying on the War were frequently held, but the Refolution taken therein not agreeing with the Sentiments of Duke Schomberg, who maintained that all the English fhould act in the Field, whereas the Portuguese would put part of them into their Frontier Garrifons: And that Court refafing him the Poft of Commander in Chief, which his Father formerly enjoyed, there was no good Underftanding between them. To prevent therefore the ill Effects, her Majefty pitched upon the Earl of Galway, whom he was pleafed to fend for from his Re irement in the Country, and imposed on him (for he defired to be fuffered to decline it) the Command of her Forces in Portugal, which Office was conferred on him the 25th of June, and being allowed a Reinforcement of 4,000 Men from England, the Dat fending a proportionate Number al fo, he fet fail on the 30th of J and in eight Days arrived at Liben. The Kings of Portugal and Spain marched their Armies to the From tiers to make head againft the Army brought by the Duke of Anjou, who in Perfon invaded Portugal by the beginning of May. He took Portalegre, and Castle Davide. But while the French lay before the laft Place, the Marquifs das Minas with 1.500 Men was fent out the 2d of Jar to make a Diversion on the Fron tiers of Spain; he took Fuente Gr naldo, and marched to Monats, The Spaniards marched to the Reit of this Place, which obliged the General to leave the Siege to go to meet them, which he did, and foegat them fo bravely that the Spaniar were put to Flight after the lots of 200 Men killed. The Portag