Misconceptions, that my uncle Toby did oft times puzzle his visiters, and sometimes himself too. Writers themselves are too apt to con∣found these terms -so that you will the less wonder, if in his endeavours to explain them, and in opposition to ma∣ny Nicolas's gate, notwith∣standing the gallantry of the French offi∣cers, who exposed themselves upon the glacis sword in hand.Īs this was the principal attack of which my uncle Toby was an eye-witnessĪt Namur,-the army of the besiegers being cut off, by the confluence of the Maes and Sambre, from seeing much of each other's operations,-my uncle Toby was generally more eloquent and parti∣cular in his account of it and the many perplexities he was in, arose out of the almost insurmountable difficulties he found in telling his story intelligibly, and giving such clear ideas of the differ∣ences and distinctions between the scarp and counterscarp,-the glacis and co∣vered way,-the half-moon and rave∣lin,-as to make his company fully comprehend where and what he was about.
Roch: The issue of which hot dispute, in three words, was this That the Dutch lodged themselves upon the counter-guard,-and that the English made themselves masters of the covered way before St. Nicolas, which inclo∣sed the great sluice or water-stop, where the English were terribly exposed to the shot of the counter-guard and demi∣bastion of St. Wars,-but if he has not,-I then inform him, that one of the most memorable at∣tacks in that siege, was that which was made by the English and Dutch upon the point of the advanced counterscarp, be∣fore the gate of St.
I must remind the reader, in case he has read the history of King William's
I Have begun a new book, on purpose that I might have room enough to explain the nature of the perplexities in which my uncle Toby was involved, from the many discourses and interroga∣tions about the siege of Namur, where he received his wound.
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