Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-07

cavalry were being beaten back by
French brigade. and just when the English
volunteers arrived the French received a
large accession of strength, and the Dutch.
broken and ridden down by weight of
men and horses. were driven back. 1t was
in vain that their colonel ordered his men
to charge. for in fifty yards the mass of
Dutch cavalry In front were thrown upon
them and broke their line. It was now a
man to man and hand to hand conflict for
a few minutes, and Claverhouse. when he
had disentangled himself from the hurly-
burly. and forced his way through the
mass, was In immediate conflict with a
French officer in front of their line. whom
he disarmed by clever sword trick which
the French service. French soldier
missed Claverhouses head by hair g
breadth. while he, swerving. struck down
another on his right Carlton had dfsap-
peared. Hales had been wounded. but in
the end escaped with his life. Collier and
Claverhouse were now In the open space
behind the first line of the French cavalry.
and they could see more than one Dutch
officer and some of the Dutch troopers also
in the same dangerous position. Graham
was considering what to do when he caught
sight. a short distance off on the left. of a
figure he seemed to know: 1T was an officer
riding slowly along the line as if in COM
mand. and taking no heed of the many IN
c!dents happening around him.
Collier" cried Graham, see you who
that is among the French soldiers alone
and at their mercy? As am living man
il is the prince himself. Good Cod how
did he get there, and what is he going to
do?'
While Graham was speaking the Prince of
Orange. who was now quite close to him.
but gave no sign that he recognized him.
suddenly threw out an order in French to
the regiment behind which he was riding.
and which was hewing its way through a
mass of Dutch. He called on them to halt
and reform and their officers. SuppoSng
m n he n had
arrived from headquarters, set to work to
eXtricate their men from the melee. The
prince passed with the utmost GOODNESS
through their line as If to see what was
doing in front, while Clayerhouse and Col
lier followed him as IL they were attached
AS soon as he had got to the open space in
front. for what remained of the Dutch were
in rapid retreat, and were scattering in all
directions, he put spurs to his horse, and
shouting to ClaverhouSe and Collier to fol-
low rapidly. for his trick had already been
detected, he gallOped forward to the place
where the crowd of fugitives was thinnest,
that he might as soon as possible rejon his
staff and resume command when above all
times general was needed. A French Of
ficer, however. had recognized him as he
passed through the line. and now with some
dozen soldiers was pursuing at full speed.
The princes horse had been wounded in
two places and was also blown with exer-
ton, and passing over some marShy ground
had not strength to clear 1t, but plunged
the French would have been upon them and
made the greatest capture of the war.
Claverhouse, leaping off his horse, asked the
prince to mount. who. instantly and with
out more than a nod. sprang into the sad
die and escaped when the Frenchmen were
within a few yards. Claverhouse fired at
the French officer and missed him, but
brought down his horse, which did just as
well. and Collier sent his sword through the
shoulder of the French soldier who followed
next Claverhouse. seizing this minute of
delay, ran with all his might for hedge
over which dismounted stragglers were
climbing in hot haste. and made for the
nearest gap. 1t was blocked by a tall and
heaviy-built Dutch dragon. who could
neither get through nor back, and was
swearing fearfully.
It's maist awful to see a Christian man
misusing the Lords mercies like that" and
at the sound of that familiar voice Claver-
house turned to find Grimond by his side.
who had been out in the hope of finding his