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 Besieged had gained the Breach, and were entered the Skirts of the Town, they found that they had still a fresh Difficulty to surmount, and that all the Streets were full of Coupures of Retrenchments, on which the Besiegers did not think to venture; The Besieged seeing them at a stand took fresh Heart, regained the Bastion of St. Peter, that of St. Augustine, &c. and attacked the Breach again, killed and overthrew all in their Way, and drove the Enemy even to the Foot of it; and had probahly driven them further, but that the Body of Reserve was ordered to the Defence of it, and Eight fresh Battalions were ordered from the Camp to sustain the reft, which made Fourty Nine Battalions, besides Fourty Four Companies of Grenadiers employed in this Assault. The greatest Stress of the Action lay at the Baslion of St. Peter, which was taken and retaken Eleven times that Day, and here the Besiegers lost an incredible Number of Men. It may he observed that 'tis very improbable the Besieged, according to the French Journals, should in this Instant of Success, retire without being driven, and beat the Chamade, if the Marshal Berwick had not let them understand, that if they thought fit to make Proposals, he would receive Deputies, and consent to a suspension of Arms, as he accordingly did, and at tight in the Evening, three Persons came one to treat for the Body of the City. The Negociation was terminated the 12th in the Evening upon the following Conditions: That they should be assured of their Lives; that the City should not be Plundered; that they should be left to the Discretion of the King of Spain, which they consented to with great Reluctance; that they should immediately surrender Cardona in the State it is, and should dispose the Marjocans to submit; and lastly,