The chiefe occurrences of both the armies, from the 8. of Aprill, till the 17. of the sayd moneth.
THe Prince of Parma at hys first arriuall into France, with intent to raise the siedge before Roan finding the King to be able to beard him and to keep still the siedge afore the said Towne, seemed to withdraw his forces into Artoys againe, and departing from Newcastle, went ouer the riuer of Some in Picardie, which when the king did vnderstand, dismissed a great part of his forces, and gaue them leaue to withdraw themselues to their owne houses. The Prince of Parma hauing taken notice thereof by his intelligences: suddenly thought to haue surprised the king, and his armie lying before Roan, and the King being gone to Deepe the eight day of Aprill, news wer brought to sir Roger Williams, by one who had serued sir Thomas Morgan, that the [Page 2]prince of Parma had fully determined and purposed to lodge in Darnetall on Monday being the tenth of the saide moneth: wherevpon aswell as vpon other aduertisements, Sir Roger Williams dispatched in all hast letters vnto his Maiestie, who at the receit therof presently the next day in the euening repaired to the Camp then before Roan: and at his arriuall sent the Duke of Boillon, otherwise the vicount of Touraine with eight hundred horses to discouer the enemy. The Duke brought newes to the king of the enemies neere approch, very early in the morning, being the tenth of the said moneth. Whereupon the king riding to the shippes that lay in the riuer on the side of New-hauen set such order vnto them as seemed moste meete vnto his maiestie, and causing fire to be put in Crochet, being the place where the shippes lay, sent and dispatched certaine chiefe officers of the armie, to withdraw the siedge from Roan, & to retire towards Pont de L'Arches, all which being done as the king had appointed himselfe, hys Maiestie gathered a head of all his forces, betweene the tenth of April, and the fifteenth of the sayd moneth.
The fifteenth day of Aprill, the king began to martch with suche forces as were come of strangers, and his other nobilitie towardes the enemy, and quartered the same night in Fontaine Le Bourg, three leagues from Roan, and [Page 3]eight leagues or thereabout from the Prince of Parma his Campe.
The sixteenth of the said moneth, the king hauing appointed his Rendeuous about a League and a halfe from Angleuille in a great plain neere a Winde-mill: his forces failed not to finde his Maiestie at the place appointed: and marching thither in battell aray: the number of the horsemen were in sight at the least betweene seuen and eight thousand horses, and about 16000. footmen besides the troupes of the Duke Monpensier, and the Marshiall d' Amons, who were expected to meete the king at the next Rendeuous, the 17. of Aprill, and were at Pont de l' Arches the 15. of the said moneth.
The Baron Biron, being sent by the king, to lie in Ambuscado with twelue hundred horses, betweene New-hauen, and the Duke of Parma his armie, discomfited a certaine conuoy comming from the Gouernour of New-hauen, and sent the 16. of Aprill late in the euening, some Waggons with prouision of warre, and six Spaniards, prisoners to the king.
The Kinge marcheth towardes the Enemie with twentie pecces of Ordinance as wel great as small, and the sixteenth daye of Aprill cawsed them to be discharged at his arriuall at Angeuille, his quarter that night being fiue leagues from the Princes Campe, to giue notice of his comming to them of Caudebeck.
Victuals were somwhat scarce in our camp▪ bicause Diep was shut vppe and nothing could come thence, by reason of the Prince of Parma his marching betweene our Armie and the said towne, but assoone as the Kinge had sent a Conuoy from his quarter, victuales and all other munition were sent by the gouernor of Diep to our Campe.
The kinges ships haue hindered the Prince of Parma for plantynge his Ordinance to batter the towne of Caudebeck, and haue had a fight with certaine vesselles laden with Wine, & other prouision of war to relieue the prince of Parma, and hauing taken some and sunk the rest, sent those that were taken into Diep.
The kinge hath stopped the passage where the Prince of Parma entred firste into Fraunce, with fiue thousand horsses, vnder the leading and conduct of the duke Longueuille: and in forces, courage, & magnanimitie, is very forward God be thanked to incounter his enimie.
By other letters credibly reported.
The kinge vnderstanding by diuers of his spies, how that the Prince of Parma had lefte some of his companies in seuerall villages, thither the king made and hath slaine them all, amo [...]g the which the Duke of Parmaes sonne is [Page 5]slaine, it is crediblie reported also that the duke himselfe is shot into the arme lieng before Caudebeck. They of New-hauen did send out twelue vessels, in ech vessell a hundreth men to cleare the riuer, and to conuey wine and other necessaries for warre to the Duke of Parma, but the Hollanders that lie there and keepe it for the K. did so mightilie resist them, that of the Hollanders Admirall there is but twelue men lefte aliue, and some of the twelue vessells are ouerthrowne, and other some taken, and those that be taken are brought to Diep and the marchandize solde there and all their men slaine. The king looks daily for more companies to come to helpe him. The Duke of Parma is nowe at Tankauille, whiche is about eight miles from Newhauen and the kinge is at Yuerot, whiche is about sixe miles from Tankeuille, keeping the waie from Roane, Diep, and Caudebeck. All the kings people are fully determined to fight the battaile, if they can any waie get their enimies to it: and it is verilie thought that if the Duke of Parma doo not find the better meanes to retire the sooner, hee is like to remaine inclosed and therefore it is thoughte the Duke dooeth drawe himselfe toward Newhauen, there to receiue more succour, or else to get away by Sea.