The enemy's loss in killed and wounded was so great that he derived little advantage from the victory.
THE QUEEN'S regiment continued with the main army until the autumn, when it marched into garrison at Malines.
The regiment marched out of Malines in May 1694, and pitched its tents near the cloister of Terbank, where three English and thirty-six Dutch battalions were encamped. During the campaign of this year two magnificent armies manœuvred on the plains of Flanders and Brabant, but no general engagement occurred. In September the QUEEN'S regiment of foot formed part of the covering army during the siege of _Huy_, which place was taken by capitulation, and the regiment subsequently marched to its former station at Malines.
In 1695 the regiment again took the field, and was employed in the movements which preceded the siege of the important fortress of _Namur_. The attack of this city excited universal attention throughout Europe. The strength of the place both by nature and art,--the extent of the castle, situated on a rock, with the works by which it was surrounded,--the number of veteran troops in the town,--the character of their commander (Marshal Boufflers),--the fact that this was one of the most important of the French king's conquests, and consequently strenuous exertions would be used for its preservation,--with the immense armies employed in covering and carrying on the siege, or in attempting to relieve the garrison, gave an important character to this undertaking, which produced a lively feeling of interest throughout Christendom; and the QUEEN'S was one of the regiments which had the honor of taking part in the enterprise.
When NAMUR was first invested, this regiment remained with the covering army under the veteran Prince of Vaudemont; but it formed part of the force detached on the 24th of June under Lord Cutts, and joined the besieging troops on the 1st of July. During the night of the 8th of that month a detachment from the grenadier company was engaged in storming the covered way which the enemy had constructed on the hill of Bouge, in which service Captain Selby was wounded, and several private men were killed and wounded.
The regiment was on duty in the trenches on the 9th, and also on the 13th of July; on the 17th the grenadiers were engaged in storming the counterscarp. The assaulting party of 500 grenadiers was commanded by Colonel Collingwood, with Major Carryle of the Queen's regiment second in command. The attack was made about five o'clock in the evening; the enemy defended their post with great bravery; every inch of ground was disputed; but the counterscarp was eventually carried. The regiment lost many men on this occasion; Captain Carter (son of Rear-Admiral Carter who was killed at Barfleur) was killed in the covered-way, and Major Carryle was wounded.