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1708.] col. blackader's papers. 91
16. The goodnefs of God to me is very
great. It was by his great mercy that I
was not killed or wounded to-day, by a
ball from the citadel *, while walking in
the ftreet where 1 apprehended no dan-
ger. The ball juft palled me and batter-
ed upon the wall at my fide. They mark
at officers. O Lord, let me not forget thy
mercy. I w >uld have had no peace to
have been wounded in this way, where I
had no call.
17. Our good news is confirmed. The
French have made but little oppofition to
us in palling the Schelde.
18. The regiment came into the town
this evening. The fuccefs we have got
is the Lord's doing, and wonderful in our
eyes. The French have been Fortifying
thefe polls upon the Schelde for two
months, and had made them fo itrong that
they boafted they would ftarve us, yet
the Lord had fo taken heart and hand
from them that they fuffered us to pals,
at vill the places we attempted, without
oppofition.
20. I went out in the afternoon alone,
* Of Lifle, which ftill held out.
16. The goodnefs of God to me is very
great. It was by his great mercy that I
was not killed or wounded to-day, by a
ball from the citadel *, while walking in
the ftreet where 1 apprehended no dan-
ger. The ball juft palled me and batter-
ed upon the wall at my fide. They mark
at officers. O Lord, let me not forget thy
mercy. I w >uld have had no peace to
have been wounded in this way, where I
had no call.
17. Our good news is confirmed. The
French have made but little oppofition to
us in palling the Schelde.
18. The regiment came into the town
this evening. The fuccefs we have got
is the Lord's doing, and wonderful in our
eyes. The French have been Fortifying
thefe polls upon the Schelde for two
months, and had made them fo itrong that
they boafted they would ftarve us, yet
the Lord had fo taken heart and hand
from them that they fuffered us to pals,
at vill the places we attempted, without
oppofition.
20. I went out in the afternoon alone,
* Of Lifle, which ftill held out.
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| Histories of Scottish families > Select passages from the diary and letters of the late John Blackader, Esq. > (147) Page 91 |
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| Description | Written chiefly during the most interesting scenes and engagements of the war in Flanders and Germany, conducted by John Duke of Marlborough. ... To which is prefixed, An account of the life and parentage of the writer. With a preface, by John Newton. Edinburgh printed by J. Ritchie. Sold for the benefit of the Edinburgh Magdalene Asylum. 1806 |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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