Catalogue description NEWSLETTER.

--The Archduke Leopold, General in the Palatinate, has surprised Germersheym, and killed the garrison and most of the inhabitants, thus closing the passage of the Rhine and Neckar towards Heidelberg and Manheym. He has also so surrounded those of Franckenthall that they will have to surrender for want of provisions.

Tilly has made himself master of the Imperial towns of Landaw, Weyssenberg, Spire and Wormaer, and replaced the Protestant and Lutheran magistrates by Roman Catholics, intending to do the same at Francfort and elsewhere. The Kings of Denmark and Sweden, and princes of Brandenbourg, Wirttenberg, Hessen and Brunswyck are raising men, and Norimberg, Strasburg, Ulms and other Imperial towns are assembling their forces to resist the Spaniard.

The forces of Bavaria are assembling in Hessen, to march to the siege of Papenmutze, near Cologne, and afterwards into Frieslande.

The Count of Mansfield and Duke of Brunswick have passed through Luxembourg and the country of Namur, and on Aug. 19 O.S. entered Brabant, after a sanguinary battle with Don Gonsalves de Cordua, in which they killed many, and took Cordua's cannon, baggage and much money. Their army, said to number 7,000 horse and 8,000 foot, is now resting about Bolducq [Bois-le-Duc], and the two Generals are gone to the Prince of Orange at Breda. Brunswick was wounded, and has had to have part of his left arm amputated, but is doing well.

Bergen-op-Zoom maintains itself bravely against the assaults of the Spaniards, who have not gained a foot of ground and lose men daily. Cordua with the remains of his army is before Antwerp, fearing that the Prince of Orange may get in between that place and their camp before Bergen. The States General have sent Colonel Morgan with reinforcements and cannon to this town. The brave Col. Hinderson was buried on Aug. 27 with all honour at the Hague, the States General, nobility and magistrates being present.

The Prince of Orange has sent 8,000 men by boats into the fort of Lillo to attempt something against the camp of Spinola who, since Aug. 26 has not fired a shot against the town [of Bergen].

The King of France, by a proposition of peace, thought to surprise Montpellier, but those in the town made a sortie, and killed over 4,000 of his men. More than forty French nobles were slain and the King had a narrow escape. Those of Rochelle have intercepted the post going from England with letters from the ambassador into Spain.

The son of the Due d'Espernon and more than 600 Spaniards, thinking to retake the half moon in the north quarter of Bergen on Aug. 29 O.S.," sont quasi tous demeurez."