Catalogue description RESOLUTION of the STATES GENERAL.

--Having heard the difficulties put forward by Lord Willoughby concerning the marching and employment of the English troops for the succour of Wachtendonck and the security of Berck and other frontier places in Guelderland and the Comte of Zutphin, the said troops being now at Rotterdam for this service as agreed; and (notwithstanding that the States General and Comte de Meurs, relying upon the said help, have, by his Lordship's desire, deferred the business for more than a fortnight, and that a good opportunity of effecting it has been let slip), his Lordship now stating that by the withdrawal of these troops Bergen op Zoom is left with only 800 men, and is in imminent peril, and also that he does not believe that Sir William Russell, Governor of Flissingues, will send any of the super-numerary troops from thence to re-inforce Bergen:--

After careful deliberation, and to their great regret, they find it to be advisable that the English troops be sent back to Bergen op Zoom, in order that (Wachtendonck being lost and Berck in great peril) the town of Bergen may not also be endangered, where, until now, they had believed 2,000 English soldiers would be left when the others were withdrawn for the above-mentioned service. Having been assured by Lord Willoughby that the troops of her Majesty were complete (over and above the garrisons and the troops newly arrived from England, which his Lordship and Ambassador Noreys called supernumeraries) they cannot conceal from him that they have grave cause of complaint in the matter. Signed. Heermale; G. Aerssens. Also French translation. ref 8ANC5/90