of the British were drawn up for the most part in rear of Lauffeld in order to feed and relieve its garrison, the brigade of Guards being posted in the hedges before Vlytingen. The British cavalry stood on the right of the infantry and joined their line to that of the Dutch.
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LAUFFELD
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Stanford's Geogl. Estabt., London
Meanwhile Saxe, sending forward a cloud of irregular
troops to mask his movements, had despatched
Count d'Estrées and the Count of Ségur with a strong
force of infantry and cavalry to seize the villages of
Montenaken and Wilre on the left flank of the Allies.
This service was performed with little loss. At the
same time he directed the Marquis of Salières, with six
brigades of foot and twenty guns, to attack Vlytingen,
and launched five brigades, with as many guns, backed
by a large force of cavalry, against Lauffeld. The
assault of the French infantry upon Lauffeld was met by
a furious resistance. It was just such another struggle
as that of Neerwinden, from hedge to hedge and from
