Athlone with a part of this body invested Dinant, while Coehorn with the remainder advanced to Givet.

He forthwith began to batter and bombard the place, which in three hours was on fire, and by four in the afternoon wholly destroyed, with the great magazine it contained.
Then the two generals joining their forces returned to Namur without interruption.

Hitherto the republic of Venice had deferred acknowledging king William; but now they sent an extraordinary embassy for that purpose, consisting of signiors Soranzo and Venier, who arrived in London, and on the first day of May had a public audience.

The king on this occasion knighted Soranzo as the senior ambassador, and presented him with the sword according to custom.

On that day, too, William declared in council that he had appointed the same regency which had governed the kingdom during his last absence, and embarking on the seventh at Margate, arrived at Orange-Polder in the evening, under convoy of vice-admiral Aylmer.