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The loss of the allies did not exceed three thousand men, including prince Louis of Hesse, and Mr.Bentinck, who were slain in the engagement.
The French generals retired with precipitation to Brussels, while the allies took possession of Louvaine, and next day encamped at Bethlem.
The battle of Eamillies was attended with the immediate conquest of all Brabant. The cities of Louvaine, Mechlin, Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, and Bruges, submitted without resistance, and acknowledged king Charles.
Ostend, though secured by a strong garrison, was surrendered after a siege of ten days.
Menin, esteemed the most finished fortification in the Netherlands, and guarded by six thousand men, met with the same fate. The garrison of Dendermonde surrendered themselves prisoners of war; and Aeth submitted on the same conditions.
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