"There was one Scotchman in the band who vied even with Hepburn in
the gallantry of his deeds. He was the son of a burgess of Stirling
named Edmund, and on one occasion, laying aside his armour, he swam
the Danube at night in front of the Austrian lines, and penetrated
to the very heart of the Imperial camp. There he managed to enter
the tent of the Imperialist general, the Count de Bucquoi, gagged
and bound him, carried him to the river, swam across with him and
presented him as a prisoner to the Prince of Orange, under whose
command he was then serving.
"It was well for Hepburn that at the battle of Prague he was guarding
the king, or he also might have fallen among the hosts who died
on that disastrous day. When the elector had fled the country Sir
Andrew Gray's bands formed part of Mansfeldt's force, under whom
they gained great glory. When driven out of the Palatinate they
still kept up the war in various parts of Germany and Alsace. With
the Scotch companies of Colonel Henderson they defended Bergen when
the Marquis of Spinola besieged it. Morgan with an English brigade
was with them, and right steadily they fought. Again and again
the Spaniards attempted to storm the place, but after losing 12,000
men they were forced to withdraw on the approach of Prince Maurice.
"The elector now made peace with the emperor, and Mansfeldt's bands
found themselves without employment.
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