SECT. 3
[Sect. 3] In the beginning of this Campaign, the Spaniards handled the French pretty roughly for first,* 1.1 they attacked a Detachment of French march∣ing from Bagnoles to Gironne and routed them, And soon after, hearing that St. Sylvester was on his march with eight thousand Men, and three or four hundred mules loaden with provisions for the releif of Castle Follet, they attacked him with so much cour∣age, as they routed him, killed above two thou∣sand, and took above five or six hundred Prisoners, and all the mules, but about thirty, who got into the Castle during the heat of the Fight. which last∣ed about 6, hours. And presently after this, they routed another Detachment of French marching from Pras de Melo, to joyn Sylvester and his eight thousand lately beaten. Yet for all this they could not carry Castle Follet, which they had blockaded so long. No nor Palamos either, tho invested by Sea by Admiral Russel at the same time they Beseiged it at Land, for hearing that Vendosme was on his march to releive it, they withdrew their Forces and left it. On the Rhine nothing considerable hapned this Campaign.
About the middle of June,* 1.2 the Confederat Forces Beseiged Casal,* 1.3 being Blocked up by them for a long time before, and carried on the Seige with great in∣dustrie till the 10 of July, and the Beseiged finding then that they had all things prepared for a general