The Duc de Luxembourg, sole general of his own army, covered the siege operations, and observed the enemy.

The ladies went away to Dinant.

On the third day of the march M.le Prince went forward to invest the place.
The celebrated Vauban, the life and soul of all the sieges the King made, was of opinion that the town should be attacked separately from the castle; and his advice was acted upon.

The Baron de Bresse, however, who had fortified the place, was for attacking town and castle together.
He was a humble down-looking man, whose physiognomy promised nothing, but who soon acquired the confidence of the King, and the esteem of the army.
The Prince de Conde, Marechal d'Humieres, and the Marquis de Boufflers each led an attack.

There was nothing worthy of note during the ten days the siege lasted.