His conduct was no less agreeable to his sovereign, than mortifying to the Dutch, who never dreamed of leaving Ghent and Bruges in the hands of the English, and were now fairly outwitted and anticipated by the motions and expedition of the British general.
THE ALLIES DEFEATED AT DENAIN.
The loss of the British forces was soon severely felt in the allied army.

Villars attacked a separate body of their troops, encamped at Denain, under the command of the earl of Albemarle.

Their intrenchments were forced, and seventeen battalions either killed or taken.

The earl himself and all the surviving officers were made prisoners.

Five hundred waggons loaded with bread, twelve pieces of brass cannon, a large quantity of ammunition and provisions, a great number of horses, and considerable booty fell into the hands of the enemy.