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210 the castle. He himself, accompanied by the prince of Hesse Darmstadt, led the first of these bodies, general Stanhope the other. It was not till about daybreak that the earl made his attack on the outworks of the castle, and established himself on a platform with a few small fieldpieces and mortars. There they awaited the coming up of general Stanhope, but he had missed his way and did not arrive in time.



The governor of the castle, seeing the small number of the assailants, made a headlong sally from the castle, thinking to sweep the rash detachment down the hill, but he found himself mistaken; and whilst lord Peterborough was in close engagement with him, general Stanhope came up, and the governor withdrew within the walls. The English then began to throw bombshells into the castle, and one of these speedily ignited a magazine, and blew it up with a tremendous explosion. The governor himself